Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries (ECF-SADC) Undertakes Courtesy Call on The Excecutive Secretary of SADC Secretariat, His Excellency Mr Elias Magosi

The ECF-SADC leadership paid courtesy call on the Executive Secretary of the SADC Secretariat on the 13th September 2023 at the SADC Headquarters in Gaborone, Botswana. The courtesy call was undertaken in the spirit of regional integration and collaboration and for the two organizations to converse on issues of mutual interest as articulated in the…

Preliminary Statement of The ECF-SADC on the Harmonised Elections of The Republic of Zimbabwe

This is the Preliminary Statement of the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries (ECF-SADC) Election Observation Mission to the 2023 Harmonised Elections of the Republic of Zimbabwe that were held on 23rd August 2023. The Preliminary Statement covers the Mission’s observations of the pre-election period up to the close of polling day activities. The Mission’s…

Chairperson of Electoral Commission of Namibia and also ECF-SADC Executive Committee Chairperson MS ELSIE NGHIKEMBUA gets a PHD

Ref: ECF–SADC   The Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries congratulates its Executive Committee Chairperson Ms Elsie Nghikembua on being conferred the Doctorate Degree in Business Administration on the 26th April 2023. Worth noting is that her thesis investigated the legislative frameworks put in place for Election Management Bodies and how these affect their operational…

EXCO Courtesy visit to Gaborone Botswana

20th April 2023 The ECF-SADC Executive Committee Chairperson and Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia Ms Elsie Nghikembua pays a courtesy call on ECF-SADC President and Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission of Botswana Hon Justice Barnabas Nyamadzabo The ECF-SADC Executive Committee Chairperson and Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia Ms Elsie Nghikembua,…

Communique of the 24th AGC of ECF-SADC

The Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC countries held its 24th Annual General Conference (AGC) on the 26th October 2022, hosted by the Electoral Commission of Namibia in Swakopmund. This was the first physical Annual General Conference since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Keynote address and official opening of the 24th Annual General Conference…