A FINAL PUSH AGAINST A FAILING REGIME

Zimbabwe is in trouble again. The ruling party, Zanu PF, is fighting itself. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Vice President, Constantino Chiwenga, are battling for power and pulling the nation down. In the middle stands Blessed Geza, a war veteran and former member of the Zanu PF central committee, who now says the President must step down at once.

Geza is angry because Mnangagwa wants to stay longer than the law allows. His second term ends in 2028, but he wants to stretch it to 2030. Geza calls this a sign of dictatorship. Many people believe Mnangagwa is also planning for a third term. He denies it, but his loyalists push the message for him. We have seen this play before under Mugabe.

Geza is not alone. Many war veterans stand with him. At one point he warned that the President must resign in ten days or face the heat. He later denied the threat, but he kept the fight. He says he will push until Mnangagwa is gone. He talks about a “final push,” like the late Morgan Tsvangirai once promised against Mugabe. The cruel twist is this: Mnangagwa and Chiwenga removed Mugabe in 2017. Today they face each other, and the same sword that cut the old tree now swings inside their house.

Zanu PF has expelled Geza, but that did not end it. War veterans still rally behind him. They say Mnangagwa was not a true fighter in the liberation war. He trained, yes, but he stayed in Zambia while others faced bullets. They feel betrayed, and they believe the country has been betrayed too.

Even with threats from party thugs, Geza says he fears nothing. He says he fights for all Zimbabweans, not just one faction. But many ordinary people no longer carry hope. We have seen these battles before. Mnangagwa promised change after Mugabe, and he failed. If Chiwenga takes over, will anything change? Many doubt it. We have been hurt too many times to trust words without proof.

Mnangagwa has been in politics for decades. He helped keep Mugabe’s hard rule alive. He is linked to the Gukurahundi massacres of the 1980s, where thousands in the Midlands and the southwest were killed. After 2017 he kept the same iron fist. The state still arrests opposition leaders, blocks freedom, and feeds corruption. Fresh paint on a rotten wall does not make a new house.

Geza and the veterans accuse this government of bad leadership, nepotism, and theft of public funds. The world also sees it. In 2020, the United States put sanctions on Mnangagwa and his close circle for corruption and abuse of human rights. Britain also placed its own measures. These are not lies from the opposition. They mark a regime that has failed its people.

Today, Mnangagwa faces two big dangers. First, the people are tired and hungry. If the army stops guarding him, he will not control the streets. Second, his party is splitting. Those who lifted him into power in 2017 now sharpen knives behind his back. Another coup is not a wild thought. It is a real risk.

The future of Zimbabwe rests on what happens next. The army, the war veterans, and the people will decide. If this crisis deepens, more violence could follow. Our economy is weak, and this power struggle makes life harder. We want bread, peace, and dignity, not more strongmen. We want a country where leaders serve and then step aside when the law says so. The coming months will test us. But I believe the people will speak, and when they do, no palace wall will be high enough to block the wind of change.