i) How should Justice be delivered?
Zimbabwe has conventional and traditional
justice delivery mechanisms which are vital
to consider in the context of national healing
and reconciliation processes. Therefore,
to understand the mix of justice solutions
that Zimbabweans would want, we asked
participants to indicate the extent to which
reconciliation and national healing
should be informed by local traditional
a le
ra itional on i t re ol tion
methodologies
such
as
‘kuripangozi,
kutandabotso and nhimbes.’ In response to
the question: To what extent should
reconciliation and national healing be
informed by local traditional practices
such kuripa, botso, nhimbe, ngozi etc,
respondents had a somewhat inclination
to the use of traditional mechanisms as
shown in table 9 below:
e hani
Ranking
Percentages
To a lesser extent
24.8
To a greater extent
24.6
To the largest extent
24.0
To the least extent
19.2
Not sure
7.5
Total
100.0
The responses in table 9 above shows that
the majority of respondents (24.8%) said
traditional practices should be used ‘to
a lesser extent’ while 24.6% also said the
traditional practices should be used to a
greater extent. At the same time, 24.0%
said the traditional practices should be
used to the largest extent. Given that the
statistics do not differ greatly, it can be
inferred that there is a slightly inclination
towards using traditional mechanisms as
part of the reconciliation interventions.
To
observe
practical
reconciliation
interventions that can be favourable to the
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communities, HZT asked respondents to
rank, in order of importance, possible national
healing and reconciliation programmes
they would value if implemented. The
ranked processes involved both traditional
and conventional transitional justice
methodologies. In response to the question:
Rank the following in order of importance
in the national healing and reconciliation
process in Zimbabwe. In your view, what
should start first and come last in the
list above, survey respondents said the
following, in table 10:
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