HEAL ZIMBABWE - BASELINE STUDY REPORT that opereationalizes the Commission was gazetted on January 5, 2018. Also, the Officials Secrecy Act, Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) have residual effects to the peace and reconciliation processes unless they are realigned with the constitution. These laws stifle transparency and accountability, hence, the country is partially ready to facilitate a just, transparent and accountable peace and reconciliation process. ii) Popular readiness Zimbabweans must be ready to participate in the peace and reconciliation process. This study observed that Zimbabweans are generally ready for national peace and reconciliation interventions. All respondents agreed that Zimbabwe needs a national healing, peace and reconciliation process. However, there were diverse views on what should constitute this process, what interventions should be included and the kind of conflicts that should be prioritised. The country’s long history of conflict, violence, impunity and gross human rights violations both on civic and political rights as well as socio-cultural and economic rights is largely acknowledged as the basis for peace and reconciliation needs. Political violence and economic disempowerment are the major conflict concerns that communities want addressed. Notwithstanding the severe impact of past violence experiences, most survivors of organized violence, who participated in the study, were generally concerned about immediate economic redress compared to psychosocial support. Livelihoods sources are the most immediate concerns, therefore. iii) Institutional readiness Institutional readiness includes the preparedness of the NPRC itself as well as other public or private players in national peace and reconciliation processes. At present, the NPRC is partially ready to operate, for instance, (i) 8 Commissioners were appointed and (ii) the Organ on National Healing Reconciliation and Integration (ONHRI) is acting as the NPRC secretariat. The government also appointed Vice President Kembo Mohadi as the Minister responsible for national healing and reconciliation. However, the credibility of the established structures and systems remains debatable. For instance, the Minister responsible for national healing and reconciliation is accused of once being a perpetrator of violence and as capable of interfering with the Commission’s work. Also, lack of political will appears to be an unavoidable impediment to peace and reconciliation initiatives as demonstrated by ZANU PF’s Members of Parliament (MPs) remarks against the NPRC processes, in which they argue, could open past violence wounds.103 Therefore, the country’s institutional readiness for peace and reconciliation processes is below what should ideally be expected. Mashaya, B & Mananavire, B (2017, May 19). ZANU PF MPs Want Gukurahundi Buried. Daily News. Retrieved from https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2017/05/19/zanu-pf-mps-want-gukurahundi-buried 103 61