Zimbabwe has been experiencing political instability in the last month. A faction of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party has called for the the resignation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in light of a reported plan that he would extend his final term after its official end in 2028.

Blessed Geza, a veteran of the 1970s war of liberation and former senior member of Mnangagwa's ZANU-PF party, has been leading the verbal attack on the president and called for country-wide protests to take place last Monday, March 31.

Yet when the big day came around, the streets were largely silent, with only small groups gathering amidst heavy police presence. Most citizens opted to stay at home and avoid potential chaos. Despite the low turnout, Geza has continued to urge Zimbabweans "not to be cowards" in his posts on X.

The former war veteran insists that Mnangagwa should step down before the country's independence celebrations on the 18th of April. Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently serving his second and presumably final term as head of ZANU-PF party, which has ruled Zimbabwe since the country's independence from Britain in 1980. Mnangagwa became president in 2017, following a coup that overthrew longtime leader Robert Mugabe. In January, ZANU-PF party leaders passed a resolution that Mnangagwa should seek a third term via a........

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