By Chantelle Muzanenhamo
War veteran Blessed Geza has urged Zimbabweans to prepare for a “final push” against the government, drawing inspiration from the late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
At a press conference held on Monday night, Geza, who is also a member of Zanu PF’s central committee and vocal critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to extend his presidency beyond 2028, emphasized that the nation would soon receive a “clearer signal” for action.
“We have been mobilising ourselves to deliver the final blow, to a dictatorship that lacks any wisdom or empathy,” Geza stated.
He continued, “We are now ready to deliver the final push, a push that needs all of us to face the odds and birth a new country. We are going to give you a clearer signal soon; it will come before 20:30 hours at night so that we end this 2030 business.”
Geza’s statements hark back to Tsvangirai’s 2002 “final push” campaign, which aimed to galvanize mass protests against then-President Robert Mugabe.
However, that movement failed to gain sufficient public support, leading to a fracturing of the opposition.
In 2007, in the wake of a severe crackdown on opposition figures, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) declared the “final stage of the final push” against Mugabe, but mass protests did not materialize.
As Geza rallies for action, the question remains whether the public will mobilize behind him or if history will repeat itself.