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Rwanda. This will be more effective if allied to a strong psychological induction process. The
second method also relies upon compliance, and is produced again through exposure to violence:
witnessing the torture of others for their political or religious beliefs will produce a strong selfprotection motive, identification with the aggressor, and at the least compliance to the aggressor.
However, it is probable that the strongest motive for young men, and occasionally young women,
to associate with the militia was community pressure, and some evidence for this comes from the
reports on the organised violence and torture by the Human Rights Forum. Analysis of the
perpetrators shows a very high proportion of family names amongst the perpetrators; 608 names
were given in this report xi. If one sorts through the names given as the worst perpetrators, and
leaves in the data only names that match with another, then one is left with a total of 322 names
for which one other match can be found. These names can be examined to see whether they
have any geographical correspondence; that is, do the names match and do they come from the
same area.
On the first run – merely examining the data for names that match – the data generated 322
names in total, which was 53% of the total number of serious perpetrators. As can be seen from
Table 1, the vast majority of these were ordinary ZanuPF supporters, but the percentage was
markedly higher than those observed in previous reports for ZanuPF supporters as a category.
Table 1.
Matching names only of the most serious perpetrators.
(n=322)
Category
ZanuPF (Supporter)
War Veterans
CIO
Government official
MP
ZanuPF (Youth)
Zimbabwe Prison Service
Zimbabwe Republic Police
Number
282
9
3
2
5
3
1
17
%
87.5
2.8
0.9
0.6
1.6
0.9
0.3
5.3
The second run – matching names and places – was more interesting, and, as can be seen from
Table 2, came up with a list of 108 names that were matched with places. As can be seen, there
are changes in both the number of categories and in the constitution of the categories, but
ZanuPF supporters remain still the largest grouping by far. It is within this category that militia
are likely to be found.
Table 2.
Matching names and places of the most serious perpetrators.
(n=108)
Category
ZanuPF (Supporter)
CIO
MP
War Veteran
ZanuPF (Youth)
Zimbabwe Republic Police
Number
97
2
2
2
1
4
%
89.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
0.9
3.7
However, it is interesting that there is a match between names, but not between the same
person, and places. For example, in Mberengwa, the name “Hove” comes up 9 times, and since it
is commonly known that Rugare and Joram Gumbo (both MPs) are also related to the Hove’s,
thus we end up with 11 names matching in one area. Staying with the Mberengwa example, we
thus have 11 names, with 2 MPs and a former Minister (Richard Hove) who is also a councillor.
The Perpetrators of Gross Human Rights Violations in the current violence in Zimbabwe.