Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Reverend Kenneth Mtata has expressed concern over increasing reports on political violence in the country. He said there is a need to find ways to establish and enhance peace, healing and reconciliation in the country. In a Twitter thread posted on Friday, Mtata traced violence to the precolonial era. He said violence is a tool those in power resort to in fear of losing power. We present the Twitter thread below:
Recent developments have shown us that violence remains the most fundamental and urgent challenge to be resolved in Zimbabwe. To effectively do this, we need to first appreciate its deep-rootedness & systemic nature.
We cannot address violence in Zimbabwe without going back to our violent past. Violence characterized our pre-colonial past when fought and beat each other up for control of resources, force compliance and cooperation.
All this creates anxiety and insecurity for many. Their only guarantee of security will be violence. To extricate ourselves from this trap, the nation must negotiate a transitional justice process in which both justice and reconciliation are realized.
Secondly, we need to abandon our winner-takes-all politics and move to a proportional representation system where no political party can have absolute majority or absolute power and entitlement beyond accountability. This will also cater for minority voices.
Fourth, we need to inculcate new values of non-violent ways to resolving differences and attaining consensus and compliance in the family, in schools and in the justice and security systems.
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