VICTIM/PERPETRATOR ANALYSIS
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PERPETRATORS
57
280
Female
2
VICTIMS
0
Unknown
190
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100
150
200
Male
249
250
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Figure 8:: Victim and Perpetrator Analysis by Gender
The majority of the perpetrators and victims of violence are men; this trend reflects the masculine
nature of Zimbabwean political contestations
contestations, which are still dominated by men. It has to be noted
that there are more victims than perpetrators of violence who are women. Women are targeted as
victims of political violence.
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250
200
150
100
50
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VICTIMS
PERPETRATORS
Figure 9:: Victim and Perpetrator Analysis by Affiliation
There is a slight decrease in victims of violence belonging to Zanu PF from 81 in June to 74 in July
2015, this figure is still high considering that during the same month in 2014 only 46 victims were
from Zanu PF. Most of the victims from Zanu P
PFF emanate from intra party political conflicts. As has
been the trend, the majority of perpetrators of violence are from Zanu PF. It seems victims cannot
be identified by the motive of the perpetrator since beyond interparty conflict there is growing intra
party conflict. This is one reason why there are more victims of unknown political affiliation as more
and more victims are afraid of reprisals in their parties.
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