Scope of countries

For specific information on individual countries, please visit the country pages below

·         Angola

·         Botswana

·         Lesotho

·         Madagascar

·         Malawi

·         Mauritius

·         Mozambique

·         Namibia

·         South Africa

·         Swaziland

·         Zambia

·         Zimbabwe

Election Spotlight

Forthcoming

Angola | National Assembly

Election day: 5 September 2008

Swaziland | House Assembly

Election day: October 2008

Recent

Zimbabwe | Presidential (2nd Round) and By-Elections

Election day: 27 June 2008

Zimbabwe | Presidential, House of Assembly and Senate

Election day: 29 March 2008

See the latest  information about Harmonised Elections in Zimbabwe:

• 2008 Presidential Run-off
  

• Post-Electoral Developments
  

• 2008 Election observer missions and statements

• News related to Presidential candidates, Parliamentary candidates by party and Women candidates in the elections
  

Madagascar | National Assembly

Election day: 23 Sep 2007

The ruling Tiako i Madagasikara is returned to power in an election marked by apathy and low turn-out. More...

Lesotho | National Assembly

Election day: 17 Feb 2007

The election was marked by controversy and conflict over the allocation of compensatory seats by the Independent Electoral Commission. More...

Madagascar | Referendum

Polling day: 4 Apr 2007

Voters overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments that gave additional powers to the president and abolished the provinces. More...

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About EISA

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Regional events

Upcoming

Workshop: The role and challenges of Civil Society Engagement in the Post - Election Dispute Resolution

EISA will hold a workshop on the role and challenges of civil society engagement in the Post - election dispute resolution from 21 - 23 July in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Recent

Workshop: Technical training for the Malawi Electoral Commission

EISA held an orientation workshop for the commissioners and training of  trainers for senior staff of the Malawi electoral commission (MEC) from 02 -06 June in Zomba, Malawi. Read More>>

Workshop: Effective Electoral assistance workshop

EISA supported the fifth edition of the Joint Training on Effective Electoral Assistance, organized by the European Commission, United Nations Development Programme and International IDEA, in Mozambique, Maputo on 23 to 28 June 2008. Read more>>

Workshop: Challenges of Election management & prospects for reforms in Madagascar

EISA held a workshop on Challenges of election management and prospects for reforms in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 22 May 2008

Workshop: Political Parties workshop

EISA held a capacity building workshop for South African political parties from 26 - 28 May 2008 at EISA, Johannesburg

Workshop: Political Parties workshop

EISA held a capacity building workshop for Sudan political parties from 28 - 30 April 2008, Kha'toum

Training: BRIDGE trained the  Facilitators in Pretoria

IDEA in partnership with the South Africa Electoral Commission (IEC) held a 10 day BRIDGE Train the Facilitator Course in Pretoria, South Africa on 3 – 14 March 2008

Workshop: Political Parties workshop

EISA hosted a capacity building workshop for political parties in Lesotho from 9 - 11 April 2008

Workshop: Training in voter's roll testing methodologies

EISA worked in collaboration with the Mozambican Electoral Observatory to conduct a workshop in 12 March 2008 in Mozambique

Workshop: Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) prepare for Elections

Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) hosted a BRIDGE course for the different organisations in its network in mid-January 2008.

Workshop: Malawi Electoral Commission staff undergo training

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), with support from UNDP Malawi, trained the third group of  secretariat staff at Hotel Masongola in Zomba, Malawi from 11th  to 15th February 2008.

Symposium: Democracy and Development

The Second Annual EISA Symposium was held on 20-24 October 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa entitled "In Search of Sustainable Democratic Governance for Africa: Does Democracy Work for Developing Countries?"

Workshop: Gender, Media & Democracy

Southern African Media and Gender Institute invited activists and staff of NGOs and CBOs to its workshop from 29 October to 2 November 2007 in Zimbabwe.

Conference: Election Disputes

A conference was held to promote regional dialogue on election related disputes and share experiences across countries in terms of best practice in managing them entitled Lesotho's 2007 General Election: Challenges & prospects for the constructive management of post election disputes.