On 8th January 2021 the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] published a newspaper notice, over the name of Mrs J.P. Chigidji, Acting Chief Elections Officer, notifying the nomination date and polling date for by-elections to fill 117 vacancies on various local authorities.  This was supplemented by a further newspaper notice published on 11th January over the name of the name of the Chief Elections Officer, Mr U. Silaigwana, adding three by-elections to fill another three vacancies.  The dates specified for nomination day (26th January) and polling day (26th March) were the same for all 120 by-elections – and the same as the dates fixed by the President for the 28 vacancies in  the National Assembly.

The document downloadable below is a notice posted on the ZEC website on 18th January incorporating the contents of both newspaper notices.  Being in a larger font, it is more legible than any of the original newspaper notices.