Country Case Studies also recognizes the role of traditional systems of handling matters under the customary courts provided by the Customary Law and Local Courts Act [Chapter 7 : 05]. However, the jurisdiction of traditional leaders (village heads, headmen and chiefs) is limited to petty issues and cannot try cases of political violence. • Identifying and tracing perpetrators within the community will pose a big challenge in Zimbabwe because most of them came from other communities, incited violence and returned to their own communities. • It is highly unlikely that in Zimbabwe perpetrators will come willingly to confess their crime as has happened in Rwanda. In Zimbabwe, some of the perpetrators are in politically protected positions. • It will be a great challenge to guarantee the security of victims and witnesses in Zimbabwe. • The issues in Zimbabwe are complex (Gukurahundi, Murambatsvina, preand post-election violence) so it is impossible to apply only the traditional transitional justice mechanisms. 54 International Conference on Transitional Justice, Zimbabwe