Zimbabwe needs it's Diaspora citizens.

Zimbabwe needs it's Diaspora citizens.

This is not to suggest that those in Zimbabwe are not capable of running the country or that those in Diaspora are special, but the brutal truth is most of those who migrated have had the opportunity to experience different socio-economic and political environments in more stable economic and political conditions than those in Zimbabwe.

The Diaspora have also not been exposed to the deep retrogressive culture of corruption that has almost become an acceptable norm to some sections of our society. I know some might want to argue that those who have been exposed to it are now in a better position to deal with it as they understand it but how then do we identify those men and women of integrity amongst our deeply scared population?

As I see it just from the political leadership arena there is a sense of desperation for relevance and the results of those pursuits is inflated ego's and pursuit of quick fast-track solutions in favour of thoroughly researched and gradual implementation of ideas that have a lasting impression.

The downside as to Diaspora involvement is most of them now have very young families who would require access to affordable education and health care besides being able to find employment or business opportunities that would give them that sense of a purposeful life.

In short every citizen irrespective of location needs to have that sense of security, not just as in law enforcement but in being able to fully unleash their potential without being threatened by an unstable socio-economic and political environment.

So why do we sometimes sense tension between between citizens of the same country who have access to different opportunities in different socio-economic and political environments?

It's FEAR of the UNKNOWN, the THREAT created by divisive sentiment 'THEY' instead of 'WE'..

In politics and sociology, divide and rule (or divide and conquer) is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.

The concept refers to a strategy that breaks up existing power structures and prevents smaller power groups from linking up.

In South Africa, United Kingdom or even the United States how often do you hear political parties being labelled 'OPPOSITION'? It's either the Democrats, the Republicans, the Labour Party, the Tories, the ANC, the D.A and the EFF, this is because political parties are sub-structures of a nation, so in a sense they belong to that nation even though they may differ in terms of the approach to leadership and development of the country.

When terms like 'opposition' are constantly used it's almost as if we are always divided on a way forward when in reality we actually have far more in common than those window dressed differences that are used to differentiate our views on national policies.

Having a different view/perspective should not make us enemies to such an extent that we even kill each other and disassociate ourselves as being citizens of Zimbabwe.

It is only through our collective efforts, compromises and tolerance that we can build bridges of understanding and make Zimbabwe great again.

"None but ourselves can free our minds"