The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), a network of 31 non-government organisations whose head office was raided by police in February, is deploying about 600 observers.
On Friday police also raided offices of the ZESN -- an independent election observation group -- in Harare, according to a program manager for the group.
Local observers from Zimbabwe Election Support Network, Zesn, who were accused of supporting MDC, were not spared either as some were forced to put on Zanu-PF regalia in Karoi at the weekend.