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COTRAD programme report
Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD)
August 15, 2012

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Introduction

The resurgence of the militia bases and the rapid increase of cases of politically motivated violence in Zaka, Gutu, Mwenezi and Chiredzi is a threat to peace and security, thereby requiring long lasting solutions from all the stakeholders. The youth, political parties, tradition leadership and war veterans have been responsible for championing politically motivated violence since January 2012 in Masvingo province. There has been a sharp increase in assault, intimidation, discrimination and politicisation of grain loan scheme. The districts that have recorded rise in cases of socio-economic and politically motivated violence are Zaka, Masvingo, Gutu and Mwenezi.. COTRAD facilitated a dialogue meeting with representatives from Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC), Traditional leaders, Zimbabwe Republic Police, MDC-T, MDC-M, ZANU-PF. Chivi Youth Forum and Gutu Youth and Chiredzi Youth for Democracy were part of the Community Based Organizations in attendance. The dialogue meeting was aimed at creating mechanisms to mitigate politically motivated violence by 30 June 2013.

Methodology

The dialogue meeting pursued a participatory approach in a bid to promote action and community level change. The motive was aimed at gathering the perspectives and insights of all stakeholders and making them responsible for analysing the information and generating recommendations for societal change. The approach offered interaction and networking amongst the stakeholders and placed strong emphasis on building the capacity and commitment of all stakeholders to reflect, analyse and take responsibility for implementing any recommendations.

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