iv. Rehabilitation • There needs to be rehabilitation for both the offenders and the victims. It is important to rehabilitate the offenders in order to ensure true peace within Zimbabwean society. Some of these perpetrators are victims of circumstances [church leaders]. • Rehabilitation of victims is a form of a remedy or justice in itself. Victims who have been violated should be provided with medical assistance in order to enable them to move on with life. Survivors of human rights violations and their relatives should receive professional counselling. • There is a need for community rehabilitation to restore the dignity of the victims and survivors of human rights abuses and to appease the ancestors, who are angered by the “loss of blood” during political killings [group of community leaders]. v. Institutional reform • “We can sit here and talk the whole day, but nothing will take place as long as those who are in power are still there” [one participant]. • “Tinogona kumirira bhazi pano pabus stop isu tichiziva kuti bridge rakafa kumhiri kwenzira.” (“We may wait for a bus, yet we know the bridge is broken where we expect the bus to come from.”] [one participant]. • There is need for a new Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces in order to ensure that the security sector will no longer be involved in perpetrating human rights abuses or political violence [one participant]. • Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police should not participate in politics, even in their private lives, because people will always know that they are police officers. Their mere presence at rallies or political meetings is not appropriate. • The police have been so involved in political matters that there is no more confidence in them. They should go on a training workshop on human rights [one participant]. 7. OBSERVATIONS • The group of political activists identified themselves as being members of the major political parties, i.e. ZANU(PF) and the two formations of the MDC. 114 Taking Transitional Justice to the People – Outreach Report