26 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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