Table 19:
Exposure to politically motivated incidents of violence and intimidation since 1980
Acts of politically motivated
Personal exposure (%)
Exposure of family members (%)
violence, force, intimidation
2009
2010
2009
2010
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Intimidation, threat, harassment
35
37
35
65
39
33
44
51
Theft, damage to personal property
12
60
13
87
18
54
25
69
Denial of food or starvation
17
55
15
85
18
53
21
73
Forced removal from home, land
9
63
7
93
16
55
17
78
Closure of business
7
65
4
96
10
62
9
85
Loss of a job
7
65
5
95
14
86
11
82
Arrest, kidnap or ‘abduction
6
66
6
94
13
59
29
64
Personal injury, incl. rape, torture
12
60
10
90
22
50
38
54
Witnessed someone killed, injured
27
45
35
65
24
46
7
29
Merged (%)
2012
Yes
No
40
60
19
80
19
80
14
86
12
88
13
87
20
80
28
72
42
58
Notes: Based on Q39 (2012), ‘Thinking about the period since independence in 1980, please tell me whether you personally / members
of your family were ever affected in any of the following ways – refer only to events that were politically motivated’, Q44 in 2009 and
Q45 in 2010.
A dissection (Table 20) of which of the political party‐undeclared categories suffered most under the
measures explored in Table 19 shows clearly that it is those of the MDC‐T that disproportionate
experiences of the range of forms of violence that have been used on citizens of Zimbabwe. The details
demonstrate that the experiences‐of‐violence profile of the undeclared (and specifically those who say
that their vote is their secret) are much closer to the levels reported by ZANU‐PF supporters than by the
MDC‐Ts. Fear of violence is thus not indicated as the reason for refusing to disclose party support.
Table 20:
Politically motivated incidents of violence and intimidation since 1980 reported by party association,
2012
Respondent personally or members
MDC‐T supporters ZANU‐PF supporters Undeclared – Vote
of family have suffered …
(%)
(%)
is my secret (%)
Intimidation, threat or
Harassment
Personal injury incl. physical/sexual
assault, torture
Witnessed someone else being
injured or killed
60
32
35
45
23
25
66
36
35
Notes: Based on three of the most drastic items in Q39 (2012), ‘Thinking about the period since independence in
1980, please tell me whether you personally / members of your family were ever affected in any of the following
ways – refer only to events that were politically motivated’.
39
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