The year 2008 began with high hopes for a more free and fair election in Zimbabwe, and with the accompanying possibilities of this opening up sufficient space for the nation to begin to redress its one hundred years of state violence and impunity. However, the year is heading into its final weeks with little to [...]
Thu, January 15 2009 » Essays, Transitional justice » No Comments
Human rights reporting in Zimbabwe has been extensive in the last few years, and civics have played a monumental role in keeping Zimbabwe in the public eye – but human rights reports have a very specific mandate and a very moral intent. It is their task to keep track of what could be called “forensic [...]
Fri, February 15 2008 » Conflict resolution, Essays, Transitional justice » No Comments
Zimbabwe is a nation whose last one hundred years of official history and policy stand as an example of how to ensure that truth and peace do not prevail. During the last three decades in particular, there has never been a period of sustained peace or genuine reconciliation to the past. We are a nation [...]
Wed, September 13 2006 » Conflict resolution, Essays, History, Transitional justice » No Comments
