<br /> <p>Protesters took to the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 1 after ZANU-PF were declared winners of this year’s election.</p><p>Local military dispersed crowds, with reports of shots being fired, as anti-ZANU-PF protesters expressed their discontent at the party’s election win.</p><p>These videos captured by eyewitness Masiyiwa Lewis Nyambabvu show protesters gathering in Harare. One clip shows riot police waiting in a nearby van. In another clip, Nyambabvu can be heard accusing the police of using tear gas, although this cannot be seen in the footage. “They are tear gassing us now; water cannons on the ready,” he says. “This is getting crazy now. But the people are determined.”</p><p>Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told media that the army had been deployed to "ensure that law and order is maintained … [and] that peace and security prevails, The Zimbabwe Mail</a> reported. According to reports from Sky News</a>, at least one civilian was shot dead and army helicopters were also spotted in the skies.</p><p>ZANU-PF won two-thirds of the seats in parliament, beating rival party MDC Alliance, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation tweeted</a>, and early results</a> indicated ZANU-PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa was in the lead to win the presidential election.</p><p>On July 31, Zimbabwe took to the polls for the first time since the 2017 removal of Robert Mugabe, also of the ZANU-PF party. Mugabe had been president for 30 years after serving as prime minister for seven years. Credit: Masiyiwa Lewis Nyambabvu via Storyful</p><br />
