https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/b60f5813d18b8ec1d26ff959832e9234.pdf f830b635a5b5fc9eb0dddc05f54dd5d0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION: A STUDY OF TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION IN ZIMBABWE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource MBWIRIRE JOHN Description An account of the resource Beginning from the early 2000s, communities in Zimbabwe witnessed the worst forms of politically motivated violence by state agents as well as civilian on civilian clashes at grassroots levels. Efforts to resolve contemporary Zimbabwean politically motivated conflicts are proving difficult if not impossible. This is caused by the efforts which are mainly top-down and conventional in nature. The application of local traditional awareness and procedures in conflict resolution and conflict transformation has been very negligible as many prefer the contemporary law court system. The study assessed the effectiveness of traditional institutions in peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Mashonaland Central Province at grassroots levels. The study adopted a mixed methods approach in obtaining data from the field. A targeted population of 518 634 people above the age of 18 which included traditional leaders’ council and community members was used. A sample comprising five traditional chiefs who were key informants participated through in-depth interviews, 65 members of the chiefs’ council members participated through focus group discussions and 250 community members were respondents to questionnaires. The study found that traditional institutions were not effective when dealing with politically motivated conflicts. Traditional institutions were effective in dealing with other forms of conflicts emanating from land disputes and social disputes. Considerably, traditional practices of peacebuilding and conflict transformation are cultural and community specific. Despite facing economic, social, political and land challenges as well as having operational weaknesses, traditional institutions have practical mechanisms of promoting peaceful co-existence at grassroots levels. The study recommended that traditional institutions should be mainstreamed in all processes of conflict management, peacebuilding and conflict transformation. This should be done in accordance with the value system of the specific community or people in question Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 conflict resolution peacebuilding