HARARE – Ex-combatant and political activist Blessed Geza has called for a nationwide stay-away on Tuesday and Wednesday, accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of being mentally incapacitated and presiding over a corrupt regime.
In a YouTube broadcast on Saturday, Geza urged Zimbabweans to “shut down the country” on 22 and 23 April, warning businesses not to open and telling citizens to remain at home in defiance of what he called a “dying system.”
“We must make it clear to Mnangagwa and his handlers that Zimbabwe will no longer be run from private farms and secret meetings,” Geza said. “Shops, industries—everything must close. The people must defend themselves if provoked.”
Geza claimed Mnangagwa suffers from vascular dementia, saying the president is no longer fit to govern and that key national decisions are now being made by unelected individuals. He also alleged a plot to bribe MPs to stall an impeachment process.
“We are aware of money changing hands in Parliament to protect the president. But MPs are servants of the people—they must not be bribed into betraying national interests,” Geza said.
He backed up his call with accusations of widespread corruption, citing alleged fraudulent payments of millions of US dollars and South African rands involving entities like the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Finance.
Geza also referenced the recent arrest of over 102 demonstrators following a protest on March 31, vowing to continue the resistance until what he called “a new Zimbabwe” is born. Geza also demanded the immediate release of journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has spent over 45 days in pretrial detention following his arrest, calling it a blatant attack on press freedom.
“We ended the 2030 nonsense…Churches must continue praying for Zimbabwe, and the spirits of the nation should guide efforts to ensure Mnangagwa steps down,” Geza said. “As the Zimbabwean family, we are united. Let’s all stay away. Mnangagwa has less than a month left—let’s unite and stay home.”
Geza, once a fierce supporter of ZANU-PF, has become a vocal critic of the administration and has increasingly used social media to call for political action and reforms. The government has not responded to Geza’s latest remarks.
