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As can be seen from Table 10, Members of Parliament are mentioned with much greater
frequency in connection with farm workers than farmers; they were 14% of the civilians as
opposed to 4% for the farmers.
3.3.3
Comparing the perpetrators of violations against farmers and farm
workers
As was the case with the violations, there were significant differences between the farmers and
the farm workers as regards the perpetrators. Farmers were more likely to have reported
violations at the hands of the army, the Criminal Investigation Department of the ZRP, Zanu(PF)
supporters, and, unsurprisingly, farm employees. Their workers were more likely to have
experienced violations at the hands of Members of Parliament, officers of the Office of the
President, PISI, and the Support Unit of the ZRP.
Table 11
Comparison of perpetrators for farmers and farm workers.
Farmers
Farm workers
[No. & %]
[No. & %]
Agritex
3[0.05]
3[0.07]
AirForce
31[0.5]
30[0.7]
Army
154[2.5]**
73[1.7]
CIO
98[1.6]
76[1.8]
District administrator
38[0.6]
27[0.6]
Farm Employee
767[12.2]*
443[10.3]
Judge
0
1[0.02]
Magistrate
0
0
Member of Parliament
45[0.7]
108[2.5]*
Member of President’s Office
51[0.8]
106[2.5]*
Provincial Governor
222[0.4]
13[0.3]
Provincial Administrator
29[0.5]
23[0.5]
War veterans & youth militia
50[0.8]**
17[0.4]
War veterans
2053[32.7]
1434[33.2]
Youth militia
344[5.5]
221[5.1]
Zanu(PF) member
1974[31.4]*
1231[28.5]
Zimbabwe Defence Industries
2[0.03]
0
ZRP[CID]
77[1.2]***
36[0.8]
ZRP[PISI]
22[0.4]
699[1.6]*
ZRP[Riot Squad]
30[0.5]
25[0.6]
ZRP[Support Unit]
102[1.6]
92[2.1]***
ZRP[Uniformed Branch]
386[6.2]
286[6.6]
*p=0.005; **p=0.01; ***p=0.1
However, it is also worth noting that the workers were also likely to experience violations at the
hands of other farm workers, but, on closer inspection, this appeared to be from workers from
neighbouring farms rather than their own farm.
A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.
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