The pressure of Zimbo’s in the diaspora

Leaving home is never an easy decision for many but owing to personal ambitions many find themselves in foreign land. A high rate of unemployment has not made the situation for Zimbabweans any easy as often a time many resort to settling abroad where they can find work that is able to sustain them and send money back home for the sustenance of parents and siblings.

Some have migrated to South Africa but recent months have been marred by anxiety as our neighbours seem be divided on whether to accept the presence of foreigners that flee their nations to settle in South Africa. Others are lucky to get professional work while others engage in menial jobs as a way of sustaining themselves and their family left back home.

In many situations some that do not earn as much are not open about it, yet family back home expects assistance on a monthly basis. This has resulted in stress and mental health complications for some diasporans who grapple with the challenges of seeking to satisfy family left back home yet not having the means to do so.

Over the past few weeks the prices have been on an upward spiral resulting in those with relatives in foreign land clamouring for help in the wake of exorbitant prices. This is expected to put stress on Zimbabweans abroad who will bear the burden of assisting family back home even in cases where they themselves are struggling to sustain themselves.

The prices of basic commodities have gone up with bread surpassibg the 3 dollar mark, a few months after government announced an increase to the price of petrol. In the wake of prevailing instability the price of fuel is being rumoured to be on its way up given the current scenario of instability coupled with increased global prices.