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It is significant that the Zimbabwe Republic Police, in its various branches, is reported with a high
frequency – nearly 10% of the total – and security forces as a whole – police, army, air force,
and CIO – comprise over 14% of the total. It was surprising that the air force was mentioned at
all!
As can also be seen from Table 9, various political officers are mentioned as being involved in the
perpetration of violations: Members of Parliament, Governors, Provincial and District
Administrators, and members of the President’s Office are all mentioned. If the security forces
are separated out from the remainder, then a rather surprising trend emerges. MPs, Governors,
Provincial Administrators, District Administrators, and officers of the Officer of the President
comprise nearly 20% of the remainder.
3.3.2
Perpetrators of violations against farm workers and their families
The respondents indicated a very similar list of perpetrators of violations against farm workers.
Once again Zanu(PF) supporters and “war veterans” are most frequently mentioned [62%], as
are farm employees. There was a trend for the ZRP and security forces in general to be reported
with greater frequency than with the farmers.
Table 10
Perpetrators reported
Numbers of alleged
perpetrators
Agritex
AirForce
Army
CIO
District administrator
Farm Employee
Judge
Magistrate
Member of Parliament
Member of President’s Office
Provincial Administrator
Provincial Governor
War veterans & youth militia
War veterans
Youth militia
Zanu(PF) member
Zimbabwe Defence Industries
ZRP[CID]
ZRP[PISI]
ZRP[Riot Squad]
ZRP[Support Unit]
ZRP[Uniformed Branch]
3
30
73
76
27
443
1
0
108
106
23
13
17
1434
221
1231
0
36
699
25
92
286
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