List of Tables Table 1: Main reconciliation issues 20 Table 2: Major reasons for setting up the NPRC 22 Table 3: Past experiences to be considered in peace and reconciliation processes 28 Table 4: Major events warranting national peace and reconciliation interventions 29 Table 5: Geographical differences on major reconciliation issues 30 Table 6: Desired peace and reconciliation structures 32 Table 7: Actors to lead in peace building process 33 Table 8: Major areas around which reconciliation should start Table 9: Traditional conflict resolution mechanisms 35 38 Table 10: Preferred reconciliation program that should come first and last 39 Table 11: Extent to which reconciliation should be informed by international best practices Table 12: Previous government reconciliation efforts 43 47 Table 13: Frequencies of reasons why previous reconciliation efforts failed 51 Table 14: NPRC structural indicators of success 58 Table 15: Operational indicators of success 58 Table 16: Outcome indicators of success frequencies 59 List of Figures Figure 1: Zimbabwe’s violence continuum 1886 – 2017 2 Figure 2: What communities want to see done differently by the NPRC Figure 3: Proposed NPRC decentralisation levels iv RECONCILIATION PROCESSES IN ZIMBABWE 36 63