Geza,
also
known
as
Comrade
Bombshell,
reportedly
played
a
key
role
in
2017
in
bringing
an
end
to
Mugabe’s
37-year
rule,
right
in
the
middle
of
bitter
factional
fights
within
ZANU
PF.
Mugabe
eventually
resigned
in
November
2017
after
the
military
rolled
tanks
into
Harare
and
Parliament
moved
to
impeach
him.
Speaking
at
a
press
conference,
Mutsvangwa
said
that
if
he
hadn’t
been
away
in
Mombasa,
Kenya,
he
would
have
attended
Geza’s
burial
in
Sanyati
on
Monday,
16
February.
He
added
that
the
Geza
family
were
heroes
of
the
liberation
struggle,
with
three
of
Blessed’s
siblings
serving
as
commanders.
Ironically,
senior
ZANU
PF
officials
gave
Geza’s
funeral
the
cold
shoulder,
and
he
wasn’t
declared
a
national
hero
after
speaking
out
against
plans
to
extend
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa’s
second
term
by
two
years.
Mutsvangwa
also
revealed
that
it
was
Geza
who
mobilised
him
and
other
leaders
into
the
group
that
spearheaded
the
2017
coup,
defeating
the
G40
faction
of
ZANU
PF.
He
said:
“Geza
was
very
active
in
the
fight
against
usurpation
of
power
and
attempts
to
set
up
a
dynasty
in
the
First
Republic.“Geza
is
the
one
who
brought
me
into
the
fight
against
the
G40s.
I
have
a
lot
which
I
can
talk
about,
Geza.“There
were
attempts
through
a
clandestine
operation
to
arrest
Cde
Mahiya
and
Matendadama
and
they
were
provided
with
a
hiding
place
at
Geza’s
farm
in
Sanyati.“For
us,
Geza
is
a
comrade
we
walked
with
during
that
difficult
time
of
safeguarding
the
permanent
Zimbabwe
revolution.“I
definitely
would
have
been
available
at
his
funeral
for
personal
reasons,
personal
bonds
and
for
the
things
we
did
together
when
we
worked
against
the
G40.
He
was
at
the
forefront.”
Mutsvangwa
also
claimed
that
ZANLA
commander
Josiah
Magama
Tongogara
named
one
of
the
camps
in
Mozambique
after
Pessintine
Geza,
a
heroic
member
of
the
Geza
clan
who
was
killed
during
the
liberation
war.
He
said
Geza’s
brother,
Sam
Geza,
was
among
the
ZIPA
leaders
who
returned
from
Mozambique
to
revive
the
fight
in
1975.