Figure 4: Perceptions of Freedoms There is a Zimbabweans freedoms from very dramatic explains this? 70 58 59 60 50 49 45 Freedom to say what you think 40 The increase from 2012 to 2014 seems paradoxical as it covers the period from the Inclusive Government to the aftermath of the 2013 elections, and the massive victory for ZANU-PF. Does this increase, of 13% and 20%, for each measure represent a view that the period of political conflict, and the political violence and fear that this induced, is over? 31 30 22 20 Freedom to join any organisation 10 0 2012 2014 significant increase in perceptions of their 2012 to 2014, and then a decline by 2017. What 2017 However, this honeymoon is short-lived, and the decline from 2014 to 2017 is enormous, 36% and 35% for the respective measures. And what explains this decline? This period is marked by severe factional conflict in almost all the political parties, an increasingly difficult economic climate, and the realisation that elections are approaching in 2018. Are citizens fearful that there will be massive violence, or they losing faith in politics in general against a perceived lack of a national focus on the part of any political party? Figure 5: Agency In constructing these measures, we deemed those with agency as only those that answered often to the question about whether any of these officials were contacted. As can be seen in Table 5, the frequencies were markedly low, declined from 2012 to 2014, and increased from 2014 to 2017. As was seen in Table 2, it is those that scored high on Social Capital that are those with Agency, and, furthermore, this is a small number of women, 19% in 2017. 7 6 5 Contact local government councillor 4 Contact MP 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2012 2014 2017 1 Contact official of a government agency 0 This finding needs more investigation, and here it will be useful to look at the women’s perceptions and views about corruption as well as their views about the efficacy of these public officials. 10