After going into hiding for about a month, Zimbabwe war veteran Blessed Geza resurfaced this week calling for unity during planned protests on March 31.

In a video posted to social media, Geza announced he was not worried about the charges he was facing. Instead, he called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down for failing to end a moribund economy and for promoting corruption and nepotism.

"Zimbabwean family, it's yours truly Blessed Geza, Bombshell. I am alive," Geza said, adding that he was safe and healthy.

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"[President] Mnangagwa knows where I am. He is just a coward to approach me, but he knows exactly where I am. I am in the middle of people, being protected by people because I stand for people's wishes," he declared.

The 82-year-old former liberation fighter did not, however, disclose his location. But being clad in military fatigues and having another military jacket on his chair reignited rumors that he was in a military barracks.

Geza, who the ruling ZANU-PF party has expelled for alleged gross indiscipline and treasonous conduct, has been in the political limelight recently for demanding that Mnangagwa step down. Some in the ZANU-PF are pushing for Mnangagwa to stay in office beyond his two five-year terms.

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