TABLE 17 Percentage of alleged perpetrators for farmers and farm workers Source: Justice for Agriculture.200862 FARMERS FARM WORKERS Police-Riot Squad 2% 2% Police-Support Unit 13% 9% Police-PISI 14% 11% President’s Office 24% 15% Provincial Administrator 26% 18% Provincial Governor 26% 20% Army 27% 20% Police-CID 28% 20% Member of Parliament 29% 22% Farm Employee 35% 24% CIO 46% 29% District Administrator 51% 36% Police-Uniformed Branch 53% 40% ZANUPF member 72% 64% War Veterans & Youth Militia 83% 73% It is also worth noting the number of government officials mentioned by the sample: governors, provincial administrators, district administrators, and even members of parliament. As regards the last, it should be noted [see section 4.9, Command Responsibility] that MPs are also mentioned in connection with violations during elections, and the JAG report makes specific comment that the “land invasions” were strongly linked to election campaigning, especially in 2000 and 200263. As can be seen in Table 18, the pattern of violations was different in many ways between the two groups. For example, denial of food relief was markedly more common for farm workers than farmers, as was displacement, and there was a pronounced difference in the frequency with which farm workers or their children were forced to contribute or join ZANU PF. This speaks to the contention in the JAG report (and other reports) that the “land invasions” were a pretext for election campaigning in 2000 and 2002. 62 63 Note that the number of perpetrators does not add up to 100%, as there was frequently more than one type of alleged perpetrator involved in an incident. Similar comment is made in other reports. See, for example, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (2001), Politically motivated violence in Zimbabwe 2000–2001. A report on the campaign of political repression conducted by the Zimbabwean Government under the guise of carrying out land reform, HARARE: ZIMABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM. Page 21