thousands of zimbabweans have been killed by the soldiers of mr mugabe's fifth brigade. ert mugabe, he was a power—monger. they were taking people, slaughtering them all over. my family was shot by the army, with my grandfather and his two sons. did they question them before they shot them? no. they just walked into the village and shot them? yes. innocent people, they were being killed by the mugabe regime. mugabe's zanu party draws most of its support from the majority shona tribe. in matabeleland, support for nkomo's zapu comes from the minority ndebele. joshua nkomo, grand old man of african nationalism. to these people, he is king of matabeleland. it is the rivalry between these two men that threatens zimbabwe with tribal conflict. zanu is the people's party, and all those who stand outside it must come into the zanu family or else they are rejected by the people. the beatings, the killings, the torture, it is unbelievable, unbelievable. people are being taken daily, at night, and they disappear forever. i heard a knock. i opened the door. they took me to the cell wh