Table 14: Perpetrators reported Perpetrator ZRP [Uniformed branch] ZRP [CID] ZRP [PISI] ZRP [Riot Squad] ZRP [Support Unit] Army CIO Number % 11 1 0 8 5 18 0 27 3 20 12 44 Awards and Damages In 17[59%] of the cases, multiple defendants were named. However, the three main defendants are described in Table 15. Table 15: Defendants named Defendant Commissioner of Police Ministry of Defence Ministry of Home Affairs Number 26 19 28 % 63 46 68 Damages were awarded in 23 of the cases [see Appendix 2], and damages have now been paid for all the cases, with the last award being paid in March 2004. As can be seen from Table 16, there is a significant difference between the damages claimed and awarded, with only 23% of the damages being finally awarded. However, in any assessment of the damages, the massive decline in the Zimbabwe economy and the value of the Zimbabwe dollar is highly significant, which accounts for the substantial difference between the amounts claimed and the amounts awarded. Inflation was the major factor here. Since the quanta take no account of inflation, and certainly no account of hyperin���ation, the final amounts granted in 2004 are mostly derisory. Table 16: Damages awarded Z$ 3,130,293 3,806,129 Total damages claimed Total damages awarded US$ 118,199 16,100 As can be seen in Appendix 2, some individuals received more than they claimed, which accounts for some of the variation seen in Table 17. However, as can be seen from Table 19, the means were accompanied by massive variance between the amounts claimed and the amounts awarded. These differences are also to be explained by the differences between those who claimed for being shot and those for being tortured. Table 17: Average differences in claims and awards Difference (Z$) Difference (US$) 18 13,439 3,983

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