When Blessed Geza announced he would be going live this past week, the response on social media was telling.
Instead of anticipation, his post was met with ridicule.
“You want us to waste money buying data to watch you say nothing,” one user wrote, capturing the general mood. The excitement that once surrounded the outspoken war veteran has ebbed, leaving in its place mockery and fatigue.
Geza burst onto the national scene as a fiery critic of President Mnangagwa and the ruling elite, his bold attacks on corruption and betrayal of liberation ideals briefly making him appear like a possible agent of change.
For a time, his videos circulated like wildfire, his name whispered in kombis and beerhalls as someone who might spark a political shift.
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But the moment has passed. His high-profile call for mass demonstrations earlier this year flopped spectacularly, with ordinary Zimbabweans either too wary of state repression or simply unconvinced of his capacity to deliver.
Instead of a show of defiance, the day highlighted the gulf between his rhetoric and reality. A skit maker reduced Geza to a comedy by making him out to be a cowardly loudmouth with no substance.
Since then, Geza has slipped into a cycle of repetition. His latest rant, like many before it, offered no fresh ideas, no roadmap, just recycled grievances and kombi-talk bravado.
The passion is there, but the substance is missing. His targets—Mnangagwa, business mogul Tagwirei, the police—remain the same, the delivery louder than the message.
Public perception has shifted accordingly. What was once seen as courageous truth-telling now plays as performance. Memes and jokes have replaced respect, turning him into a caricature. Expelled from ZANU-PF’s Central Committee, facing criminal charges, and without a serious following on the ground, Geza cuts a lonely figure.
Geza squandered the hope many briefly invested in him. In a political landscape desperate for fresh voices, his inability to move beyond angry repetition has made him a cautionary tale.
For now, Blessed Geza is not the man to watch—he is the man people say they won’t spend data on.
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