27 November 2016 – There were a significant number of voters who were turned away for various reasons. Some wanted to vote at the wrong polling station, did not have appropriate identity documents, or were not appearing on the voters’ rolls. Those who turned up at the wrong polling stations were redirected to the correct polling stations…. Read More

Harare – 22 November, 2016– The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) a non-partisan network of 34 member organisations is concerned by vote buying using food aid and farming inputs and the alleged intimidation of voters in Chimanimani West Constituency ahead of the Chimanimani National Assembly by-election… Read more

2 November, 2016

We, the undersigned Civic Society Organisations, having deliberated for two days at an All Stakeholders Conference convened by the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Bulawayo, note with concern the half-hearted attempts and lack of political will to reform the laws and institutions governing the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe. We note with concern, that in the absence of meaningful legislative, administrative and political reforms, the 2018 elections will not be free and fair…Read more