{"id":51130,"date":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51130"},"modified":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:33:07","slug":"former-tsvangirai-aide-receives-death-threats-over-opposing-constitutional-amendment-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/28\/former-tsvangirai-aide-receives-death-threats-over-opposing-constitutional-amendment-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tsvangirai Aide Receives Death Threats Over Opposing Constitutional Amendment Bill \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Former Tsvangirai Aide Receives Death Threats Over Opposing Constitutional Amendment Bill<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tinashe Sambiri \u2013 Jameson Timba, a former aide to the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai, has reportedly received threatening symbols on his gate.<\/p>\n<p>Timba is a leading figure opposing constitutional amendments that could extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s term to 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The markings are believed to be intended to intimidate him because of his political stance.<\/p>\n<p>An observer who monitors political activism in Zimbabwe said the threats reflect a worrying trend of intimidation against members of the Defend the Constitution Platform (DCP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTargeting activists in this manner undermines democratic engagement and creates a climate of fear among those advocating for constitutional safeguards,\u201d the observer said.<\/p>\n<p>Civil society groups have expressed concern over the incidents, warning that such tactics could escalate political tensions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Tsvangirai #Aide #Receives #Death #Threats #Opposing #Constitutional #Amendment #Bill #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tsvangirai Aide Receives Death Threats Over Opposing Constitutional Amendment Bill Tinashe Sambiri \u2013 Jameson Timba, a former aide to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[4076,6418,2763,2875,466,6694,202,9772,3802,2915,8097],"class_list":["post-51130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-aide","tag-amendment","tag-bill","tag-constitutional","tag-death","tag-eduzim","tag-news","tag-opposing","tag-receives","tag-threats","tag-tsvangirai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51132,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51130\/revisions\/51132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}