Someone Lied - Theatre performance at Amagugu Village by arts group Victory Siyanqoba after three days. The family was only able to rebury their beloved one and putting a memorial mark at the site where he was killed after 34 years - putting their soul to rest - with the help of Ukuthula Trust. With reflections from Counselling Services Unit, Ukuthula Trust and other participants, the story helped delegates to learn that; Ÿ Communities are desperately in need of healing and reconciliation interventions Ÿ Without facilitating reburials, erecting memorial sites and other transitional justice mechanisms, there would be continued trauma among the victims of violence Ÿ Cultural sensitivity is crucial when facilitating transitional justice interventions Ÿ It is possible for communities to participate in their own healing when there is ownership of the processes. Ÿ There is need to gather more evidence and understanding various conflict issues that took place in Zimbabwe's history to provide a holistic approach to TJ. Ÿ The government has not been supportive of the healing and reconciliation efforts by CSOs, particularly on reburials of the victims of the Gukurahundi. For example, a church leader from the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe pointed out that he was once threatened by a Governor to stop supporting 18 reburials for the Gukurahundi victims or he leaves the community from where he was deployed to preach. Ÿ The cases of mass graves are also peculiar in Manicaland. There are about 124 sites known as mass graves with some people buried in disused mines. Ÿ While Gukurahundi stopped it has been continued through economic marginalisation and social inequalities perpetrated by the government including denial of job opportunities and land. Ÿ Chief Mathema also reflected that the cries of the people of Matabeleland are that they want to know the person who started Gukurahundi before healing and reconciliation issues are facilitated. He emphasized that the affected communities want the perpetrators should come out in the open and take responsibility of their omissions. The Chief also cited there are cases where some corpse would show that someone was killed by more than eight bullets – an indication that it was a planned killing as opposed to a mistake. 2018 TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY SYMPOSIUM REPORT