out of the tragic incidents in Harare on the 1st of August 2018, with the following
Terms of Reference:
a. To inquire into the circumstances leading to the 1st of August, 2018 postelection violence;
b. To identify the actors and their leaders, their motive and strategies employed
in the protests;
c. To inquire into the intervention by the Zimbabwe Republic Police in the
maintenance of law and order;
d. To investigate the circumstances which necessitated the involvement of the
military in assisting in the maintenance of law and order;
e. To consider whether the degree of force used was proportionate to the ensuing
threat to public safety, law and order;
f. To ascertain extent of damage/injury caused thereof;
g. To investigate into any other matter which the Commission of Inquiry may
deem appropriate and relevant to the inquiry;
h. To make suitable recommendations; and
i. To report to the President in writing, the result of the inquiry within a period of
three months from the date of swearing in of the Commissioners.
Following the promulgation by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, His
Excellency E.D. Mnangagwa, of Proclamation 6 of 2018 1, the President swore in a
seven-member Commission of Inquiry in terms Section 2 of the Commissions of
Inquiry Act [Chapter 10:07], on the 19th of September 2018.
The Commission of Inquiry comprised the following members:
a.
His Excellency Kgalema Motlanthe, Former President of the Republic of
South Africa;
b.
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Rodney Dixon QC, United Kingdom;
Statutory Instrument 181 of 2018.
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