• Politicians who abused their power need to be brought to book. Resources have been
channelled towards youth development, but politicians, even though they may be in
their sixties, still think of themselves as youths and find ways of serving themselves first
[youths].
vi. Reconciliation
• Proper reconciliation will require the Church playing its role, i.e. that of praying for the
leaders and preaching the message of forgiveness. This work is not easy because of the
suspicion that currently exists between the Church and State, which is the result of the
Church playing its role, i.e. that of being prophetic and speaking against corruption
[church representatives].
• Despite political interference, the traditional leaders still have the capacity to lead in
healing and reconciliation [traditional leaders].
7. OBSERVATIONS
• This meeting drew participants from the main political parties in Zvishavane and the
traditional leaders, i.e. several participants identified themselves as being members of
either ZANU(PF) or MDC. The task of bringing the participants together seems to
have been co-ordinated by the ZANU(PF) councillor, who made sure that other political
parties were present, too.
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