20 74% of the respondents knew which political party beneficiary was currently occupying their former farm, whilst 74% reported that this person was directly involved in their eviction from the farm. 3.2 Human rights violations experienced by farmers and farm workers As indicated earlier, there have been an enormous number of reports on the gross human rights violations that have taken place since 2000, but virtually none that have separated out, in quantitative terms the violations against farmers and farm workers. Below are reported the findings from this first study. A total of 53,022 people - farmers, farm workers, and their families - were reported as having experienced at least one form of violation, and many suffered more than one form of violation. Below the gross numbers of people affected by each type of violation are reported. Table 4 Violations reported per Province [Farmers, Farm Workers, & families] Total Violations Farmers Farm workers No. % No. % Manicaland 721 36 0.70 685 1.43 Mashonaland Central 12162 1231 23.88 10931 22.84 Mashonaland East 12629 1807 35.05 10822 22.61 Mashonaland West 15228 1270 24.63 13958 29.16 Masvingo 147 72 1.40 75 0.16 Matabeleland North 5185 327 6.34 4858 10.15 Matabeleland South 4807 370 7.18 4437 9.27 Midlands 2143 43 0.83 2100 4.39 Totals: 53022 5156 47866 As can be seen from Table 4, the overwhelming number of victims came from the farm worker population, where farm workers and their families were reported as having suffered more than 90% of all the violations reported. This is unsurprising given the demographic break down of the commercial farms, with approximately 4,500 farmers and 350,000 full-time farm workers. The greatest majority of these victims came from the 3 Mashonaland Provinces, but the caveat must be expressed that this may be an artifact of the sample, where 82% of the sample came anyway A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.