Harare, (New Ziana) – The Zimbabwe government has released over ZWG147 million to political parties for this financial year, in line with the law that governs public funding of political organisations.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi announced the development through an Extraordinary Government Gazette published on Tuesday under General Notice 1829 of 2025. In Zimbabwe political finance is governed by the Political Parties Finance Act, which, among other things, regulates permitted (citizens, permanent residents, companies and associations) and prohibited (all others) sources of funding.
This is consistent with the approach internationally, as more than 95 percent of countries place certain limitations on who can make financial contributions to political parties and election campaigns, and in some cases, how much they can contribute or how much political parties and election campaigns can spend.
Public funding is available to political parties that reach over 5 percent of the vote in the preceding general election, similarly to provisions in other African countries. According to the gazette, the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), which dominated the last election with 69.3 percent of the vote, will receive ZWG102 343 972.50 while the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), which attained 30.7 percent, is entitled to ZWG45 338 527.50.
The main purpose of regulating political party and campaign finance is to ensure transparency in how political parties and election campaigns raise and spend money, stop corrupt practices, limit the impact of money on the electoral process and counteract abuse of public resources.
In Zimbabwe, there are no limits on spending, no compulsory requirement to report contributions and spending, and no requirement to publish financial reports. In comparison, globally more than 90 percent of countries require financial reporting by political parties, candidates, or both.
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