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. 1 Rodney Dixon QC, United Kingdom; Statutory Instrument 181 of 2018. 2 2