Bindura 1. Constituency: Bindura Constituency 2. Province: Mashonaland Central 3. Venue: Ran Mine Primary School 4. Date: 16 April 2010 5. Participants: No.: 32 Sex: 50% female Age: 15–53, average 23 years From: church leaders, youths, women, political activists, government employees, perpetrators and victims of political violence 6. Recommendations i. Restoration of freedoms • There is need to restore the freedoms to belong to political parties of choice, and to associate politically and religiously in order to recoup the dignity of persons and families [religious leaders, political activists]. ii. Restoration of rule of law The breakdown of the rule of law is a concern. Women suffer more as victims of rape and other political abuses [women]. Perpetrators of violence should be arrested, and those occupying influential positions in society need to be relieved of those posts. iii. Reparations • Compensation should be in the form of the rebuilding of homes by perpetrators [victims of political violence]. •Where the perpetrators are unknown, government should provide compensation. iv. Institutional reforms • The police must be transformed effectively since the institution affects many lives of the people [political activists]. • The police force must cease being partisan and must protect individual political choices. • The institutions that cause fear or torture citizens, like the National Youth Service, must be disbanded [participants] • The electoral system is in a shambles, subject to manipulation, secretive and weak, and needs drastic reform in order to deliver democracy. v. Reconciliation • There is need for reconciliation. The question is who should lead it. • Politicians, traditional leaders and some church leaders lacked the legitimacy to lead the process as some had led violent campaigns or supported violent conduct [some participants]. Taking Transitional Justice to the People – Outreach Report 49