ocr: There are two main ethnic groups - the Ndebele popularly lmown as the Matabele) in the north and the Shona llaown as the Mashona) in the south. The Mashona putnumber the Matabele by about four to one. Europeans and Asians comprise 2% of the population. Tension between the Matabele and the Mashona was rife in the 1980s. This was caused by the attempt of President Mugabe's ruling Zimbabwe Atrican National Union ZANU-PF), linked - to the Mashona, to suppress the leading opposition party, the Limbabwe African People's Union ZAPU-PF),linked with the Matabele. The contlict was most intense in 1983, ...
