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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>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:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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. 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