Zimbabwe election poll puts parties neck and neck

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] TGIF, 20 July 2018 While You Were Working [Zimbabwe election race neck and neck]( A new poll published today revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF held just a narrow edge over opposition MDC. The Afrobarometer report also indicated that most of the several thousand respondents were concerned about threats of military intimidation during the elections. Zimbabwe goes to the polls on 30 July. [Tau to join UK club, Premier League]( Sundowns striker Percy Tau is to leave his club for Brighton & Hove Albion. Tau will be loaned out from his home club for four years, giving him a fantastic chance at playing in the Premier League. Tau's transfer officially makes him the first South African to be shipped overseas to the Premier League since Steven Pienaar. [10X Investments.](The truth is always a good investment. [Trump threatens complete tariff war on Chinese imports]( President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on all Chinese imports. With these tallying a princely $505-billion, Trump insisted he was willing to escalate the tariffs "not for politics" but "for our country". China, already accusing America of starting the largest trade war in history, will no doubt respond aggressively. [Kenyan beauty queen sentenced to death]( Ruth Kamande has been sentenced to death for stabbing her boyfriend to death. Kamande had bizarrely won a beauty pageant while awaiting trial. The judge, on passing the sentence, stated for the record that she wanted to send a message that "it is not cool to kill your boyfriend or girlfriend". [10X Investments.](The truth is always a good investment. [Afraid to ask your advisor about his fees? That’s weird]( [Sponsored content by 10X Investments]( Even if you feel a tinge of anxiety each time you see another news report about the damage high fees have done to someone’s retirement plans, you remind yourself that your advisor is an old family friend and feel reassured. [By Emma Heap]( Featured Articles [The region may benefit from a breakthrough in Ethiopia-Eritrea relations]( [The region may benefit from a breakthrough in Ethiopia-Eritrea relations]( BY ISS Today [Politically Aweh: Mandela Centenary (Video)]( [Politically Aweh: Mandela Centenary (Video)]( BY Politically Aweh [Crime meets politics on DA’s march]( [Crime meets politics on DA’s march]( BY Suné Payne Opinionistas [BRICS: The makings of something interesting]( BY Rev Lawrence Mduduzi Ndlovu [Open Letter: Why I reported author Greta Wiid to the Human Rights Commission]( BY Jochen Schmidt von Wuhlisch [The Madiba centenary – midday at Healdtown college]( BY Paul Hoffman [10X Investments.](The truth is always a good investment. [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2018 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick Afternoon Thing subscriber list. Want to advertise in this mail? [Talk to us.](mailto:advertise@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=Advertising%20query%3A%20Afternoon%20Thing) [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](