Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facilitating a Mobile Voter Registration Exercise that seeks to ensure citizens are registered to vote in preparation of the 2023 Harmonised elections. Phase one of the Blitz began on the 1st of February and is slated to close on the 28th of February. The second phase of the Blitz begins on the 11th of April and draws to a close on the 30th of April. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are also working in communities through carrying out voter education about the BVR Blitz and demystifying possible myths associated with voter registration. Throughout the first week of voter education, observations made included low turnout of people who went out to register to vote and voter apathy among the youths. In some communities visited, youths do not feel the need to participate and register to vote as it is said to be a process that hardly benefits them.
As a result, WILD conducted a radio show aimed at raising awareness on the ongoing BVR Blitz. In this show, we feature Busi Masina, who has been mobilising youths to register to vote who highlights how voter apathy is negatively impacting voter registration. Two ZEC officials speak of the BVR Blitz, from the motive behind decentralising. During the show they urge communities to take advantage of the ongoing BVR Blitz by ensuring they register to vote.
