It is important for President Tsvangirai to be in Zimbabwe and to be part of the suffering being experienced by many ordinary Zimbabweans. However, sometimes as the late Dr Nkomo noted, it’s not a choice when your life seems to be under threat. Images from last year when Tsvangirai and most of the key staff within the MDC were bashed by the security forces which claim to protect law and order, are still vivid in my mind. The authoritarian regime is using both the ideological and coercive state machinery to maintain its dying grip on power.

We all want to be at home and contribute to the democratic making process whether as “a leader or as a citizen.”

I know that people outside may have more information than people inside. People inside can help by spreading positive information. Who is doing what? Where can you help each other within your means? A smile and a hug maybe all you can spare but it goes a long way.

Keep safe my friend.