Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................4
2. Background to the Food Riots......................................................................5
3. The Food Riots — analysis of newspaper and other reports.....................14
4. Analysis of arrests, charges and convictions after the Food Riots.............24
5. The Food Riots — case study in Mabvuku................................................26
6. Human rights violations and psychosocial consequences for survivors
during the Food Riots.................................................................................34
7. Conclusions and recommendations...........................................................40
Appendix
Appendix 1: Glossary of terms used in the Report.....................................43
Appendix 2: Internally accepted rules in relation to the use of force and
firearms......................................................................................................44
Appendix 3: Structured interview format used in the Mabvuku survey.......46
Appendix 4: Instruments used in the psycho-social assessment of Food
Riots victims...............................................................................................48