Sekai Masikana Holland collaboration with ONHRI has been found quite effective in implementing peacebuilding activities across the country. Going back to the instructive part of the ONHRI’s mandate mentioned above, it will be recalled that reference is made to ‘achieve National Healing, Cohesion and Unity in respect of victims of pre- and post-independence conflict’. This is an admission that in our pre- and post-independence, as well as contemporary periods of Zimbabwe’s history, the country experienced cyclical episodes of violent conflict, resulting in physical and emotional hurts among its people. Regrettably, political violence has continued to rear its ugly head during Zimbabwe’s post-independence era and became a serious indictment on Zimbabwe’s political terrain during the 2008 electoral process. This prompted the main political actors – ZANU(PF), the MDC-T and the MDC – to agree to work together through the Inclusive Government born out of the GPA, which, in itself, is a peace instrument, though not perfect. Despite challenges, which continue to confront the Inclusive Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the GPA has to be credited for bringing some semblance of unity of purpose and stability to the country. National unity or coalition governments in most countries – and, as of now, there are many – have not found the going easy, especially given ideological differences that have to be managed. It is important that peace and reconciliation processes be ingrained in and internalized by the Zimbabwean people. Hence, family units, communities, traditional leadership, FBOs, CSOs, the school system, the media, and others, are expected to communicate messages of peace and reconciliation that should further buttress the national healing, reconciliation and integration processes. The ONHRI has engaged in consultative processes that have resulted in the progressive establishment of an infrastructure of peace and reconciliation to entrench peace-building processes in Zimbabwe. Some of the outputs achieved in this regard include: • The Zimbabwe National Framework for Peace and Reconciliation, which, among other issues, seeks to create a National Peace and Reconciliation Council (NPRC) with structures spanning national, provincial, district, ward and village levels. The broad policy objective is to institute an enabling environment to facilitate dialogue and peace-building among all Zimbabweans through programmes and/or projects that would lead to peace through conflict resolution, reconciliation and transformative engagements. The Policy Framework, therefore, proposes the establishment 4 International Conference on Transitional Justice, Zimbabwe

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