11 veterans, which was previously the highest reported rate from any population here in Zimbabwe. The implications from these comparisons are very worrying indeed, and require some brief comment. Firstly, this is a group that is still in the displacement process, with no secure home at all for the present – they have at least once been moved forcibly back to the farms from which they came and where they no longer have any security. Thus, the trauma process is still continuing and feelings of anxiety and depression will be very prominent. Secondly, they are a group that has had multiple experiences of OVT and has lived in a state of high stress for a considerable time. This is analogous to what trauma experts term living in a zone of “high war stress”: a situation in which the likelihood of witnessing death, serious injury, and violence in highly probable. Persons living in such situations are highly likely to develop trauma disorders, as was the case with the Mozambican refugees, war veterans, or ordinary citizens during times of epidemic violence, such as the Liberation War or during the Gukurahundi period in the 1980s. This finding is bolstered by the findings on the general health problems reported by this sample. 6.2 Present state of physical health As regards their self-perceived health status, the sample reports very frequencies of symptoms associated with psychological disorder: headaches, dizziness, impaired concentration and memory, chest pains, palpitations, abdominal pains, and sleep disorder are all commonly reported. However, there are also a high number of symptoms that are associated with injury due to physical torture. Together, the findings indicate a group for which medical and psychological care must be a very high priority. 7. Condition Headache Dizziness Impaired concentration Impairment of memory Impairment of hearing Number 77 48 47 49 19 % 55% 35% 34% 35% 14% Numbness or pins and needles in arms/legs Reduced strength in arms or legs 47 34% 32 23% Pains in shoulders or arms Pains in legs, including feet Backache Chest pain Palpitations Abdominal pains Nausea 27 19% Condition Vomiting Diarrhoea Constipation Pain on urination Male pain in the genital, female pelvic pain Lacking control on urination, defecation Convulsions or loss of consciousness in the last month Male impotence Number 17 16 15 17 28 % 12% 12% 11% 12% 20% 7 5% 1 1% 7 5% 45 32% Menstrual disturbances 16 12% 54 45 62 58 26 39% 32% 45% 42% 19% Sleeping disturbances Difficulty in falling asleep Early awakening Disturbed sleep Nightmares 67 41 22 22 26 48% 29% 16% 16% 19% CONCLUSIONS There are several thousand farms in Zimbabwe that have been listed for acquisition and have “war veterans” and others settled on them currently. If one takes the experiences of the farm workers from the farms surveyed and multiplies the situation to cover all the invaded farms where workers have faced a barrage of intimidation, assault, and eventual forced displacement, the magnitude of the crisis is apparent. With Zimbabwe facing a severe food shortage as a result of a drought and dramatically lowered food production on the commercial AMANI TRUST: Preliminary Report of a Survey on Internally Displaced Persons from Commercial Farms in Zimbabwe.