Zimbabwe Peace Project
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
4
Election Results
5
Findings from By-election
6
Intimidation and harassment
Traditional leaders becoming polling agents
6
7
Politically motivated violence
8
Assisted Voters
8
Low Voter Turn Out
9
Conclusions
10
ABOUT ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project, ZPP, is a peace-promoting organisation that uses human rights lenses
in peacebuilding, having established that the deprivation and abuse of human rights pose the
greatest threat to peace in Zimbabwe.
The organisation was established in 2000 as a project of civil society and faith-based groups in
response to the violence and human rights violations that characterised the political landscape of the
time. These organisations were the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), the
Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ), the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Zimbabwe Human
Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS), Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), Civic Education
Network Trust (CIVNET), Counselling Services Unit (CSU), Zimbabwe Liberators Platform (ZLP) and
Non-Violent Action and
Strategies for Social Change (NOVASC). Over the years, the ZPP network of members has evolved as
the network welcomed new member organisations while others have developed new thematic
interests or have ceased to exist. Current member organisations are the Catholic Commission of
Justice and Peace (CCJPZ), Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ), Zimbabwe Council of
Churches (ZCC), Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS), Counselling Services Unit (CSU),
Women and Law Southern Africa (WLSA), National Association for the Care of the Handicapped
(NASCOH) and the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ).