A damning report released by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition on Friday names well known senior army and police officials who were at the forefront of last year's election violence.

The report entitled: "Can apples be reaped from a thorn tree - Zimbabwe's road to transition," names Air Vice Marshal Abu Basutu, Air Vice Marshal Henry Muchena, Air Commodore Mike Karakadzai, Major General Engelbert Rugeje and Brigadier General Douglas Nyikayaramba, among 77 security chefs who spearheaded the terror campaign. CZC coordinator McDonald Lewanika said the military, some of them pretending to be war veterans, were at the forefront of the violence that took place.

Lewanika said the senior army and police officers were distributed throughout the provinces in May and June last year to do 'commissariat work' for ZANU PF. The civic group is calling upon the Principals in the inclusive government to find out what has happened to the perpetrators and whether they have all been re-deployed back to the barracks where they belong, as per the Global Political Agreement.

The report, which was released to coincide with the SADC Summit in the DRC, is a shadow report about the success of the inclusive government, from the perspective of civil society. The CZC coordinator said the report covers the areas key to any transition to democracy including the state of the media, the challenges of the constitutional reform process, stabilisation of the economy and notions of transitional justice - where justice continues to be selectively applied in Zimbabwe.

The Coalition said a year has gone by since the signing of the GPA but there is still no evidence that the new government has dismantled the structures of violence, especially in the rural areas. "Victimisation against the MDC and rights defenders continues, but there was a trail of blood, violence and death that was left last year and up to now there are no reports of the perpetrators being brought to book, and yet there is talk of justice and national healing by the inclusive government while these questions remain unanswered," said Lewanika.

The GPA was signed on the 15th September and just days before the first anniversary of its signing, Lewanika said: "At this particular point it's important for us Zimbabweans to stop and take stock of our transition to democracy and ask ourselves whether we are actually moving in the right direction or whether certain things need to be tweaked. The report critiques what has happened during the course of the year and posses suggestions on how we ought to move forward."