Presidential Communications threatens arrests as regime targets journalists sharing anti-corruption messages.

In a chilling warning that underscores the shrinking space for press freedom in Zimbabwe, senior government official George Charamba has lashed out at journalists and media houses sharing messages from war veterans' leader Blessed “Bombshell” Geza.

Charamba, who serves as Deputy Chief Secretary for Presidential Communications responded to a video excerpt of Geza’s latest statement posted by The NewsHawks, declaring that anyone amplifying Geza’s voice is effectively part of an “insurgency.” The message was clear: to publish is to rebel.

Blessed Geza has become the loudest voice of resistance within ZANU-PF, denouncing corruption and warning of possible armed confrontation. His messages, increasingly urgent, have shaken the establishment—but it is not only Geza now under fire. The state has shifted its crosshairs to the storytellers.

Charamba’s threat signals more than just censorship—it marks a dangerous slide toward criminalizing journalism itself. By branding reporters as subversives for doing their job, the regime is drawing a hard line between obedience and treason, truth and silence.

In Zimbabwe today, telling the story may now come with the same risks as being in it.