Radio Programme on Star-Fm
NTJWG Activities
On Friday 19 July, 2019 the NTJWG hosted a radio
programme on Star-Fm entitled ‘The Role of
Leadership in National Healing and Reconciliation
Processes’ to explore the role of leadership in
facilitating and catalysing reconciliation and
healing processes, provide a platform for key
transitional justice actors to extract lessons on
leading transitional justice in other jurisdictions and
to generate a practice note for Zimbabwe's
leadership in efforts at building informed political
will in transitional justice processes. The panellists
were Mr. Dzikamai Bere (Zimbabwe), Dr. Fani Du
Toit (South Africa), Ms. Paula Gaviria (Colombia)
and the NPRC Commissioner Patience Chiradza
(Zimbabwe).
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On 11 July, 2019 Masakhaneni Trust hosted an
advocacy awareness conference on promoting
safe education spaces for the rural girl child in
light of the vulnerability of young school girls in
Matebeleland. The event was attended by CSOs,
FBOs, traditional leaders, government and local
government officials. The workshop interrogated
the importance of advocacy in protecting the girl
child, developed the capacity of participants in
responding to challenges faced by the girl child in
the Matebeleland region and provided useful
tools for effective advocacy.
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In commemoration of the Mandela Day, the
NTJWG joined the rest of the world in
commemorating the legacy of ‘Madiba’ and
published a press statement entitled 'Call for an
Inclusive, Transformative and Problem-solving
National Dialogue on 21 July, 2019. Drawing on
the contributions by Nelson Mandela, the
NTJWG encouraged Zimbabweans to enter into
dialogue about difficulties facing the country to
address the challenges Zimbabweans face today.
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reports.
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On 9 July, 2019 Ukuthula Trust hosted a
workshop in Bulawayo working with
Gukurahundi victims to unpack ethics of
handling Gukurahundi trauma survivors
covering issues such as sexual violence in
conflict, children of conflict and the need for
post-conflict counselling and rehabilitation. The
outcomes of the event were the identification of
problems encountered by Gukurahundi victims,
the solutions to the problems and creation of a
platform for victims to share their issues and
developed the capacity of participants to cocreate the way forward.
Following months of protests, the army and
representatives of protestors signed a deal in July
2019 which secured a three-year transition
period and a joint sovereign council with rotating
leadership. But subsequent talks to thrash out the
details of a constitutional declaration have
stumbled because of disagreements over the
composition of a civilian legislative council and
immunity for military figures for past crimes.
Towards the end of July, thousands of people
resumed marching across cities in Sudan to
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