A Guide to Understanding A Guide to Understanding the the NATIONAL NATIONAL PEACE & RECONCILIATION PEACE & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION COMMISSION IN ZIMBABWE IN ZIMBABWE Acknowledgments The National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) than four years, he has held a non-executive board director acknowledges support given by various stakeholders during the position at Agribank, chairing the human resources management development of this guide. sub-committee. Special thanks go to the secretariat of the NTJWG, which is the Commissioner Leslie Ncube Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. Commissioner Leslie Ncube is a development expert, with 15yrs of experience service various developmental portfolios This guideand would not in have been successful without the and generous spheres. He has worked for National Aids Council, Southern Africa support of our funding partners. Trust in Midrand in Johannesburg, having done extensive work in theFor Regional poverty hasguide, also held feedback andobservatory. information He in this wedirectorship are gratefulatto the Kusena diamond, a joint venture with the state owned Zimbabwe stakeholders who read through the draft guide and gave valuable Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC). He has also held input. directorship at Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) having been instrumental coming up with policies and strategies to curb Finally, we owe it to the thousands of victims who have requested for road traffic accidents, as well as growing the institution to become thethis regional leader in Itcontinuously reducing deaths injury andkeeps simplified guide. is their enduring hope for healing which damage caused us on our feet. by road traffic accidents. Between 2009-2013, Commissioner Ncube worked for the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee as a liaison Officer servicing five provinces namely Mat North, Mat South, Bulawayo, Midlands and Masvingo. As a liaison Officer, Commissioner Ncube and his team undertook the task of ensuring the implementation in the letter and Spirit of the Global Political Agreement. Responsibilities included receiving reports and in respect of any issue related to the implementation, enforcement and execution of the agreement, promoting understanding and tolerance amongst political parties, and that of promoting a culture of dialogue and zero tolerance on any form of violence and that of cultivating and promoting an atmosphere of mutual, trust and understanding among political parties. Commissioner Ncube is a holder of a MA in Development studies, BA Honours in Development studies with the university of the Witwatersrand, a Bachelor of Social Sciences Special Honours in Monitoring and Evaluation (LSU), a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Development for Municipal Finance with Wits 50 4