Zimbabwe is gearing for a general election due by August 2023, and dozens of new political parties are emerging ahead of the vote. While political organisations can be freely established without any registration, the parties are required to register with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for purposes of contesting elections. This is a factsheet of organisations registered with ZEC, and includes names of the party leaders. It updates ZimFact’s earlier fact guide on the same subject. ZimFact is publishing a second part of this factsheet, of parties in ZEC’s books but whose leadership details are not in the register. The following is the first part of Zimbabwe political parties in the ZEC register as at October 25, 2022: See also this Factsheet https://zimfact.org/factsheet-registered-political-parties/ FEATURED