MatabelelandReport

TABLE V
THE CHRONICLE : JAN 1983 - DEC 1986
"GENERAL REPORTS" ON DISSIDENT ATROCITIES
JAN 1983 - JAN 1984Released JAN 1984, but time span not clear:
120 murders 58 ZANU officials killed
284 robberies 61 civilians killed
25 mutilations 37 raped
47 rapes
JAN 1984 - JULY 1984No report on offences between July 1984 and Jan 1985
45 civilians killed
37 rapes
253 robberies
JAN 1985 - JULY 1985JULY 1985 - JAN 1986
45 killed103 killed
40 raped57 raped
215 robberies263 robberies
plus millions in property damage
DURING 1986 1987 - NO GENERAL REPORT
116 civilians killed
57 raped
20 abducted
210 robberies, worth $47 000
TOTAL
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GENERAL REPORTS
SPECIFIC REPORTS
JAN1983 - DEC 1986
TOTAL
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JAN 1983 - DEC 1986
Killed: 429 Killed: 157
Prop loss:1225
Prop loss:174
Assaults: 25 mutilations
Assaults:103
Rapes:238
Rapes:5
TOTAL:1917
TOTAL:439
NOTE: "Specific Reports" totals here are lower than for the "district by district" analysis because
they exclude offences before January 1983 and after December 1986 to correspond with dates of
General reports. Also excluded from "Specific Report" totals are those "dissident" offences which
took place between Jan 1983 and Dec 1986 in other parts of the country: "General Reports" always
refer to Matabeleland and Midlands only, so "Specific Reports" here do the same.
TABLE VI
THE CHRONICLE: OFFICIAL REFERENCES TO NUMBERS OF DISSIDENTS IN OPERATION, OR
KILLED OR CAPTURED, JUNE 1982 - MAR 1988
1982 1984
JUNE 1 killed JAN 1 killed
JULY Dissident numbers between 150 and 200 - Mugabe.
175 armed clashes since
July 1983
1 killed, 1 captured FEB
459 killed or captured
"since operations began"
AUG 3 killed, 2 injured MAR 41 killed since Jan
83