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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