Chaos erupts on the streets of Harare

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] Thursday, 2 August 2018 “And the riot be the rhyme of the unheard.” Zack de la Rocha Story of the Day [Tendai Biti Interview: Country won’t get support after Zanu-PF ‘steals’ victory]( By Peter Fabricius The people are already making Zimbabwe ungovernable, says opposition politician Tendai Biti. Meanwhile, the army moved in – guns firing – in a bid to quell protests that erupted in Harare. [Bridging, Asset and Software finance for SMEs. Click here to see who and what we fund.]( While You Were Sleeping [Zimbabwe government vows crackdown]( Zimbabwean government officials have promised to crack down - presumably violently - against opposition resistance to Wednesday's election results. Three people were killed yesterday when Zimbabwean troops opened fire on protesters in Harare. President Mnangagwa, meanwhile, was quick to attribute responsibility for the protests to the MDC Alliance and its leadership. If he wanted to encourage an insurgency, the Crocodile could not be doing any better. [Trump tells AG to end Russia probe]( Donald Trump told Attorney General Jeff Sessions to "stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now" (sic). Trump's White House aides were quick to clarify that Trump was not telling Sessions to end the Russia probe, per se. We're just as confused as you are. The president, it seems, can both order and not order his AG to do something with the flick of a switch. [Australia to oppose Japan's whaling surge]( The Australian government announced today that it would oppose new proposals by Japan to ease the global ban on commercial whaling. Japanese officials announced that they planned to propose a catch quota at this September's International Whaling Commission meeting. Previous years of "scientific" catches have not been fully consumed, meaning there is little appetite outside of Tokyo's government for whale meat. [Austrian arrested with birds in hand]( An Austrian national was arrested at Roissy airport in Paris with 80 birds in his luggage. Although just one had died when he was arrested, 55 birds perished thereafter due to the terrible conditions in which he had placed them. The bird-fanatic is both a horrible example of the worst kind of bird person and very much under arrest. [Bridging, Asset and Software finance for SMEs. Click here to see who and what we fund.]( [Get to the Gathering]( Do you live in Cape Town and fancy attending this year's Media Gathering? If so [click through right here]( and complete our survey to stand a chance of winning double tickets to Cape Town's most important platform for debate and discourse. — Picture of the Day By EPA-EFE/YESHIEL PANCHIA A man who was shot in the back by a live round fired by the Zimbabwean Army lies on the ground bleeding during a protest against the vote count in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1 August 2018. 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