UK-based law lecturer Alex Magaisa and forner advisor to the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died.
Magaisa suffered a cardiac arrest Sunday, morning according to online sources.
In 2013, Magaisa announced on Facebook he had been diagnosed with a heart problem.
Tributes are pouring in for the law expert and government critic.
Political scientist Ibbo Mandaza confirmed the development in a Twitter post saying: “Just received the sad news that Alex Magaisa is no more, a great loss to Zimbabwe’s intellectual community, to the struggle for a better and democratic Zimbabwe.”
Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono also said: “Zimbabwean public intellectual Dr Alex Magaisa has died. He suffered a cadiac arrest this morning at Margate Hospital at 10am.”