MOUNT DARWIN SOUTH 1. CONSTITUENCY: MOUNT DARWIN SOUTH 2. PROVINCE: MASHONALAND CENTRAL 3. VENUE: MOUNT DARWIN SOUTH SPORTS CLUB 4. DATE: 14 OCTOBER 2009 5. PARTICIPANTS: No.: 66 Sex: 9% female Age: 20–73, average 38 years From: church leaders, youths, local leaders, peasant farmers, political activists, survivors of political violence, perpetrators of political violence, state agents, government employees, the disabled, and representatives from the Ministries of Education, Youth, Gender Employment Creation, Women’s Affairs, the District Administrator’s office, District Development Fund, Department of Social Welfare, and the Border Gezi Training Centre. 6. RECOMMENDATIONS i. Reconciliation and national healing • Where do we begin? • On what period should we focus? • Injuries were sustained during the liberation struggle for which many did not receive compensation, and people were not helped to recover from the deadly experiences of the liberation war [disabled group]. • The nation was moving ahead leaving such people behind rotting in poverty [disabled group]. • The disabled must be represented by their own members at every level of decisionmaking. ii. Reparations • Reparations must be part of any credible transitional justice mechanism [women’s group]. • Homes destroyed must be rebuilt, trading stands restored and those raped compensated [political activists] iii. Accountability • “Those who committed offences must be punished accordingly” [political activists]. • Prosecutions as part of a transitional justice mechanism could be an option to consider as a means of restoring public confidence in the rule of law [women’s group and church group]. iv. Restorative justice • “Justice” is the key word [political activists]. Taking Transitional Justice to the People – Outreach Report 51