HARARE - According to the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe, the Mugabe regime killed over 20-thousand people in Matabeleland in the 1980s.
Decades later, human rights and civic groups say government's planned public hearings, aimed at compensating victims and their families, won't work.
READ: Zimbabwe politics | Mnangagwa promises to crush protest
The rights groups want an independent commission headed by a foreign leader.
Political analysts say the government should begin by apologising.