Zimbabwean expats urged to return home

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By CGTN Africa

Skilled Zimbabwean expatriates have been urged by the country’s President Robert Mugabe to return home and help in reviving the country’s faltering economy.

“We would want blacks to be employers so mining engineers can team up and form their own companies. We have so many skilled Zimbabweans living outside the country, and they should come back and use their skills here so that we help each other to develop our nation,” said the 93-year-old leader.

“We have a lot of minerals in Zimbabwe, every province has minerals, gold is in every province, and we hope our mines ministry will work hard so that we can explore underneath the ground and our youth can be employed in the process,” he added.

Mineral ore is offloaded at the Freda Rebecca gold mine in Bindura town, Zimbabwe on February 7, 2015. /VCG Photo‍

An estimated four million Zimbabweans are living abroad after fleeing economic problems and alleged political persecution at the hands of President Mugabe.

“If they are underpaid, we can work on a plan and ensure that they are properly remunerated for their skills,” said Mugabe.

The president was officiating at his ruling Zanu-PF party’s youth rally held at Somhlolo Stadium in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, about 600km from the capital Harare.