Mountaineers were particularly strong throughout the tournament Competition , and played Competition some high standard of cricket , that saw Becoming them first finish Process_end top of the group with 3 wins of 4 matches Competition , then overhaul Reforming_a_system the heavily favored Matabeleland Tuskers in the 1st Semi at Harare .

It was the same time that Mashonaland Eagles the eventual losing Earnings_and_losses finalists , defeated Conquering the favored Mid West Rhinos by 53 runs coming from the brink of elimination Removing to earn Earnings_and_losses the playoff final Competition berth against Matabeleland Tuskers .

Perhaps the highlight of the season was the signing of international stars Chris Gayle ( Matabeleland Tuskers ) , Dirk Nannes ( Mountaineers ) , and Shaun Tait ( Mid West Rhinos ) in the tournament Competition .

The Second Matabele War , also known as the Matabeleland Rebellion or part of what is now known in Zimbabwe as the First `` Chimurenga '' , was fought Hostile_encounter between 1896 and 1897 in the area then known as Rhodesia , now Zimbabwe .

Only a few months earlier , the British South Africa Company 's Administrator General for Matabeleland , Leander Starr Jameson , had sent Sending most of his troops and armaments to fight Hostile_encounter the Transvaal Republic in the ill-fated Jameson Raid .

In early 1983 , the North Korean-trained Fifth Brigade , an infantry brigade of the Zimbabwe National Army ( ZNA ) , began Process_start a crackdown on dissidents in Matabeleland North , one of the homelands of the Ndebele .

Headed by Major Allan Wilson , the patrol was attacked Attack just north of the Shangani River in Matabeleland , Rhodesia .