mechanisms shall be effected on the various crimes committed. The NPRC also fails to clearly state if state security agents and political parties will be investigated for past crimes. This clearly understates the seriousness of the NPRC given that political parties have been at the forefront of perpetuating violence as evidenced by close to 300 people being murdered in the 2008 election related violence. Further, state security agents have been used against civilians in acts of violence and human rights violations. Failing to bring such institutions before the Commission goes against the spirit of national healing, justice, reconciliation and peace building. The term “peace “is a subjective term that communities felt needed to be defined. Under normal circumstances, the Bill must define the term peace since its agenda involves building peace. Zimbabwe has over the years experienced sporadic acts of violence experienced by different communities in political, economic and social sectors. In order for violence torn communities to have confidence in the enabling legislation there is need for the Bill to clearly define “peace” in relation to its mandate. 8. CONCLUSION Though the Zimbabwean Constitution gives effect to the establishment of an NPRC, it is apparent that the effectiveness of the NPRC lies with the legal framework that will govern its operations. The confidence of Zimbabweans in the institution lies in whether or not their submissions are taken into consideration when crafting the enabling Act. This is especially so with regards to the over arching powers of the Minister who makes appointments of staff members to work with the Commission, issues a certificate regarding non-disclosure of evidence and reporting to Parliament on behalf of the commission. Issues of concern to communities in Matebeleland are the need for Government to acknowledge Gukurahundi as an atrocity and take steps necessary to facilitate healing. These are just but a few of the issues that Parliament must incorporate into the Bill. Despite the public hearings taking off without a robust information dissemination campaign on the part of Parliament, communities should be applauded for taking part in this process. It is HZT‘s hope that communities will take their cases to the NPRC so that national healing and reconciliation can be achieved for purposes of social cohesion and propagating a never again culture to violence and impunity. 12