24 Table 8 Perpetrators of violations per Province [Farmers, farm workers, & families] Total Farmers Farm workers Perpetrators No. % No. % Manicaland 299 203 3.35 96 2.24 Mashonaland Central 1730 806 13.30 924 21.55 Mashonaland East 1715 1176 19.40 539 12.57 Mashonaland West 5768 3362 55.46 2406 56.12 Masvingo 85 36 0.59 49 1.14 Matabeleland North 224 168 2.77 56 1.31 Matabeleland South 429 269 4.44 160 3.73 Midlands 99 42 0.69 57 1.33 Totals: 10349 6062 4287 3.3.1 Perpetrators of violations against farmers and their families A total of 9,591 perpetrators were reported by the sample. In common with other human rights reports, Zanu(PF) supporters are the most commonly reported perpetrators against farmers, and “war veterans” are the next most common category of perpetrator. These groups comprise 65% of all perpetrators mentioned. Significantly, farm employees are also mentioned with a high frequency, but the data do not allow any determination of whether employees did this under duress or not, for, as was seen in Table 8 [above], high rates of being forced to join Zanu(PF) were reported. However, it is likely that a proportion of the farm employees were willing actors, as is seen by the number of employees mentioned as being involved in violations against their fellow workers [see Table 9 below]. Table 9 Perpetrators reported. Numbers of alleged Perpetrators Agritex AirForce Army CIO District administrator Farm Employee Judge Magistrate Member of Parliament Member of President’s Office ZRP[CID] ZRP[PISI] ZRP[Riot Squad] ZRP[Support Unit] ZRP[Uniformed Branch] Provincial Governor Provincial Administrator War veterans & youth militia War veterans Youth militia Zanu(PF) member Zimbabwe Defence Industries 3 31 154 98 38 767 0 0 45 51 77 22 30 102 386 22 29 50 2053 344 1974 2 A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.