Good morning fellow citizens, and welcome to update number six from TransparencyInternational Zambia (TI-Z)’s 2021 Elections Project, whose focus today is on the engagementmeeting we held with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), the suspension of politicalrallies by the ECZ, and an apparent example of abuse of public resources during campaigns.Our engagement with the ECZOn...Continue Reading

Good morning once again fellow citizens, and welcome to the latest of our 2021 ElectionsProject updates. Today’s update is the fifth in this series, and we are delighted with thefeedback that we have been getting on some of the issues that we have been highlighting inthese updates. I wish to remind you that the purpose...Continue Reading

Good morning fellow citizens. We are delighted to bring you the fourth of our weekly reflectionsfrom our 2021 Elections Project. Today’s update has a special significance because it falls onthe occasion of Africa Freedom Day, a very important day for the African continent when weremember the sacrifices made by our founding fathers to bring political...Continue Reading

Greetings fellow Zambians. Our update today, which is the third of our weekly 2021 ElectionsProject updates, will focus on three critical issues, namely the political parties’ adoption process;independent candidates in the forthcoming elections; and anti-corruption strategies in politicalparties’ manifestos.Adoption process in political partiesWhile the adoption of candidates to contest elections at parliamentary and local governmentlevels...Continue Reading