#RRRV2023
Using a highly sophisticated data analysis tool, ZPP maps the severity of the
violations to give an indication of the political volatility of each province.
National Outlook
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Mild
6
serious
5
severe
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2
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Bulawayo
Harare
Manicaland
Mashonaland
Central
ZPP recorded more infractions
in Harare and Mashonaland
Central provinces. In Harare,
there is a total of 22 The main
highlight was the political
activity in Zanu PF, where the
party was holding its internal
provincial chairperson
elections.
The ruling party, which is
supposed to be torchbearer for
democratic and violence-free
internal electoral processes,
failed the test; its processes,
held in the last week of
December, were marred by
violence, intimidation,
harassment, allegations of
rigging, vote-buying and
manipulation and abuse of
state resources.
There were high hopes that
Mashonaland
East
Mashonaland
West
Masvingo
Matabeleland Matabeleland
North
South
Zanu PF would conduct free,
fair, credible and peaceful
provincial elections to set an
example, and to give
confidence to citizens of what
to expect in the 2023
harmonised elections, but that
did not happen.
Reports show that in some
provinces there was
widespread violence and this
was prevalent in parts of
Mashonaland West and
Central provinces where some
candidates were accused of
ballot stuffing and fleeing with
ballot papers.
There were a lot of
irregularities across all
provinces, and in some
instances, there were
squabbles over which ballot
Midlands
papers to use while in some
areas ballot papers and other
relevant material was only
delivered just before close of
voting.
What transpired in the
provincial elections is a red
flag that the same basic
election rules flagrantly
ignored may also be flouted in
2023. This is largely because
of the fat that Zanu PF has
completely breached the lines
between the state and the
party. If it cannot follow its
internal rules, then it is most
likely they will do the same
when it comes to national and
supposed-to-be apolitical
processes like national
harmonised elections.