Table 9: Breakdown of Violations by Violation Responsibility, by Province To you Security agents Bulawayo To your close relative Political Traditional Militant activists leaders groups 4 6 0 3 n/a Security agents 87 4 Political Traditional Militant activists leaders groups 15 0 10 n/a 71 Harare 2 12 0 3 83 2 22 2 4 70 Manicaland 1 12 2 5 80 1 18 1 4 76 Mashonaland Central 1 5 0 3 91 1 11 0 3 85 Mashonaland East 2 14 1 2 81 2 21 1 6 70 Mashonaland West 2 7 0 2 89 2 21 0 3 74 Masvingo 2 12 0 5 81 5 22 0 6 67 Matabeleland North 4 8 0 5 83 4 16 0 5 75 Matabeleland South 4 4 1 9 82 4 15 2 11 68 Midlands 3 14 1 6 76 5 14 1 11 69 ZIMBABWE 2 11 1 4 82 3 18 1 6 71 Note: The table gives percentages only. The measurement for Zimbabwe is the average percentage of all provinces. n/a = not applicable. 5. What the victims feel The following section reflects the feelings of the victims about the abuses that they or their relatives suffered. The extent of the pain of the victims of abuses has a bearing on the potential of any future national healing or transitional justice programme. Individuals were asked how they felt about the violations against themselves as well as against their relatives. Table 10: How do you feel now about these abuses? Frequency Percentage 221 19 31 3 I am still struggling 198 17 I am still bitter 686 59 I have moved on I don’t care Other 22 2 TOTAL 3 189 100 This question was intended to speak to the relevance of transitional justice and more importantly national healing. While those who identified themselves as victims or were closely related to the victim- admitted to being bitter,. Seventy-six per cent (17 +59) of the respondents to this question stated that they were still struggling with the experiences of the past. They reported being bitter about what they went through as shown in Table 10. Nineteen per cent said they had managed to move on. 16 Transitional Justice Survey – A Report of the People’s Perceptions and Recommendations