The theme of the symposium was, ‘Never Again: Setting the Transitional Justice Agenda for
Zimbabwe.’ The symposium was designed to allow Zimbabweans to reflect on the most urgent
transitional justice needs of the country and contribute to the development of a proposal for a
transitional justice policy for Zimbabwe.
The report gives a detailed account of the events over the three-day Symposium. In the story, there
are narratives of how delegates reflected on Zimbabwe's transitional justice journey dating back to
the colonial era, a series of struggles that have seen us as a nation to where we are today. A
narration of the second day chronicling how the delegates travelled to six key sites of different
atrocities in Matabeleland where they came face to face with the ugliness of violence and the
horrors of non-closure is also given in the report. Furthermore, a detailed narration is provided of
the convergence of the Symposium delegates at the Amagugu International Heritage Trust in
Matobo, where reflections from families searching for closure continued with a very touching
theatre performance by Victory-Siyanqoba Trust titled “Someone Lied.” The performance was
followed by a candid dialogue around how the Matebeleland transitional justice questions can be
addressed and the role of government in it. Day three was the wrap-up, focusing on concrete
policy reflections and processes necessary to say and guarantee ‘Never Again!’ You can access the
report: Here
Impact
The report captures all the proceedings of the symposium, speeches, expert exchanges and
outcomes. With QR codes scattered across the report, the reader is invited to join the dialogue, to
watch the videos of the presentations and capture the full emotion of the 2018 symposium. One
hundred copies were printed and are yet to be distributed in Zimbabwe by the NTJWG.
ii. Brief Symposium Social Media Report
Paper Bag Africa was appointed to handle the social media, live streaming, photography and
audio-visual promotional material for the 2018 Transitional Justice Policy Symposium. Before the
symposium, three audio-visual promotional material was shared across five online platforms run
by Paper Bag Africa during the build-up and on-going of the symposium.
Online Following:
Paper Bag Africa handled a total number of 5 online accounts that were involved in sharing the
#NeverAgainZW information on both Twitter and Facebook.
The combined number of followers from the five accounts
on TWITTER is 35 063 and 21 250 on FACEBOOK.
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