Psycho-Social Healing: An Invitation to Reflexive Peacebuilding in Mutoko Post 2008 Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Abstract

The paper used qualitative methodology and a case study of Mutoko was used as a research design. The study used 60 participants including key informants. The major findings of this paper indicated that, causes of political violence in Mutoko include but are not limited to sanctions, militarisation of politics, murdering of political activists and belief in one party state. More so, effects of political violence necessitates the creation of youths militias, trauma and forced displacements in Mutoko

Keywords

Political Violence,Peace, Peacebuilding, and Violence