The Fifth Brigade was deployed to Matabeleland North and Midlands on January 20 1983. The problems the Fifth Brigade were sent in to dispel still persist". From late January to mid-March 1983, the Fifth Brigade murdered and tortured thousands of civilians, burned hundreds of villages, and raped and pillaged entire communities. At Korodzibam in February 1983, "5B (Fifth Brigade) came to the school and took about 60 pupils aged over 14 years. The Shona-speaking Fifth Brigade repeatedly used a blatantly tribal and political discourse, and, in the execution of their extreme violence, appeared to be militarily unmotivated.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 12, 2017 13:41 UTC