the period spent away from work as a result of the injury. This is reflected in the claims for damages. Table 8 Forms of Employment amongst Riots Victims [n=28] Student 4 Pupil 3 Vendor 2 General Hand 3 Formal employment 9 Self-employed 7 One complaint was brought on behalf of a deceased person, whilst 13 were complaints about injuries due to bullet wounds (see Table 9 below). The majority brought complaints about assaults, some of whom experienced these assaults during detention. Table 9 Complaints by victims of Food Riots [n=44] Death 1 Bullet wounds 13 Assaults 30 Detention 11 It is significant that the report issued by ZRP General Headquarters makes no mention of deaths or injuries due to gunshot wounds, and the ZNA, according to press reports, claims that no shots were fired by members of the ZNA. Furthermore, there is no mention in the ZRP report of complaints of assaults nor that any investigations are pending charges of assaults. As can be seen from Table 10, the majority of the human rights violations took place in people’s homes, and only 6 persons reported being involved in incidents near the shopping centres where the looting was taking place. This gives strength to the assertions that human rights violations took place during the dragnet operations that ensued. From the testimony given by the victims, most were injured by the ZRP or the ZNA during these operations. Table 10 Place where human rights violation took place [n=44] At home 28 Near home 5 Shopping centre 6 In community 4 At work 1