1980 Entumbane clashes

Political clashes in Zimbabwe 1980 Entumbane clashes the aftermath of the Rhodesian Bush War 9 – 10 November 1980 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Decisive Zimbabwean Government victory; uprising put down. Zimbabwe African People's Union flag.svg Zimbabwe African People's Union ZIPRA elements Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Defence Forces Zimbabwe Republic Police Flag of ZANU-PF.svg Zimbabwe African National Union ZANLA elements Unknown Zimbabwe Canaan Banana Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Unknown 58 dead, 500 injured The 1980 Entumbane clashes, also known as Entumbane I, occurred in and around Bulawayo, Zimbabwe between 9 and 10 November 1980, amid political tensions in the months immediately following Zimbabwean independence.Binda 2007 383–384 Fighting broke out in the city's western suburb of Entumbane between groups of guerrillas from the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and others from the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), days after the two factions were put into coterminous assembly camps there to await integration into the new Zimbabwe National Army.Binda 2007 383–384 A four-hour firefight, precipitated by a speech by government minister Enos Nkala threatening that ZANLA would ultimately destroy ZIPRA,Hill 2005 76 ended when the largely white-led BSAP Support Unit, numbering over 280 men from Echo Troop, Juliet Troop, Hotel Troop, Charlie Troop and Lima Troop, intervened on behalf of the government.February 2017 (The Rhodesian African Rifles at that time were confined to barracks due to disagreements about integration into the new Zimbabwean National Army. They were officially on "reaction standby".)February 2017 Officers from both guerrilla forces then called for a ceasefire. Official government figures counted 58 dead (15 combatants and 43 civilians) and over 500 wounded, but eyewitness accounts describe a death toll running into the hundreds.Binda 2007 383–384 The conflict was followed four months later by the larger 1981 Entumbane Uprising, also known as Entumbane II, which nearly developed into a new civil war.Kriger 2003 77 Notes and references References Bibliography Masodja: The History of the Rhodesian African Rifles and its forerunner the Rhodesian Native Regiment Binda Alexandre Heppenstall David Johannesburg 30° South Publishers November 2007 978-1920143039 The Battle for Zimbabwe: The Final Countdown Hill Geoff Johannesburg Struik Publishers 2005 2003 978-1868726523 Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics, 1980–1987 Kriger Norma Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003 978-0-521-81823-0 Category:Aftermath of the Rhodesian Bush War Category:1980 in Zimbabwe Category:20th-century rebellions Category:Battles involving Zimbabwe Category:Bulawayo Category:1980 conflicts Category:Rebellions in Africa Category:1980 murders in Zimbabwe Category:Battles in 1980