and Zimbabwe on transitional justice matters before. The NPRC was represented at the highest level by its Chairperson and some Commissioners. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission and the Gender Commission were also represented. Deliberations were made over the three days, and a resolution was made that a transitional justice policy would be crafted and be presented to the Government of Zimbabwe. Work is well underway, and the policy will be ready in 2019. On 1 August, after the July 30 disputed elections, protests erupted in the city of Harare, and six people were shot dead by the military. The government argued that it would not take responsibility for the brutal extrajudicial killings. However soon after the President announced that he would set up a Commission of Inquiry led by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and other foreign and Zimbabwean Commissioners. The NTJWG voiced its concerns around the terms of reference of the Commission as well as the suitability of some of the Commissioners. This all seemed to fall on deaf ears, and the Commission went ahead as initially composed. After a few months, the Commission having gobbled close to a million US Dollars was finished and came up with a few recommendations. ANNUAL REPORT 2018 On the part of the NTJWG, several publications contributing to the transitional justice discourse in Zimbabwe were produced. The NTJWG also participated in several meetings with the NPRC, meetings organized by its stakeholders as well conducted several trainings and meetings of its own. Zimbabwe continues to experience economic meltdown and other attendant problems. These problems threaten the fabric and morals of society and have the potential of causing conflict. However, the NTJWG is confident that all this will come to pass, and opportunities lie ahead to change the justice scenario in Zimbabwe for better times. 4