Zimbabwe elections events timeline

• 16 March 1996: Voting begins in the 1996 presidential elections in Zimbabwe
• 17 March 1996: Voting ends in the 1996 presidential elections in Zimbabwe
• 13 February 2002: SADC sends 70 observers to monitor presidential elections in Zimbabwe
• 13 February 2002: South African government sends 60 election observers to Zimbabwe
• 11 March 2007: Tsvangirai arrested on his way to a prayer rally
• 27 October 2008: Zimbabwean police tear-gassed and physically assaulted about 150 ZINASU and WCoZ activists in Harare