{"id":37224,"date":"2026-06-16T11:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37224"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:28:39","slug":"divisions-persist-over-zimbabwes-amendment-bill","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/divisions-persist-over-zimbabwes-amendment-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Divisions persist over Zimbabwe&#8217;s Amendment Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The debate over Zimbabwe&#8217;s Constitutional Amendment Bill Number three enters its third week in Parliament, with lawmakers remain sharply divided along party lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The heated discussions have also exposed deep divisions within the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change, with its Members of Parliament splitting into two opposing camps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Those opposing the Bill argue that the proposed changes undermine democratic principles, weaken constitutional safeguards and could concentrate more power in the presidency under President Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">They contend that the amendments, particularly those affecting presidential tenure and electoral processes, risk reversing democratic gains made under the 2013 Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13964,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37224","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37225,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37224\/revisions\/37225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}