(SomaliNet) A leading opposition figure said the mass emigration from Zimbabwe could hurt the country's opposition in next year's election where it hopes to gain some ground on President Robert Mugabe's ruling party.
| Reports say some two million out of the country's estimated 12-million people currently live in South Africa. |
Meanwhile, thousands of Zimbabweans have fled their country to escape the world's fastest shrinking economy outside a war zone. Reports say some two million out of the country's estimated 12-million people currently live in South Africa. Tens of thousands of others have left Zimbabwe for other African countries and Europe, especially Britain according to Experts. Many of those are professionals.
Deputy spokesperson for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) parliamentary faction, Abednico Bhebhe, said that exodus could hurt the opposition's chances to put a dent in the ruling ZANU-PF's grip on power. "Our active voters are going to South Africa or Europe," he said on Friday. |