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.
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