I guess I just find it hard to believe that anybody with a family would not have gotten out of Dodge by now. It's true that many Jews refused to believe what was happening in Nazi Germany until it was too late, but now we have that example and the examples of the Ukraine, Cambodia, Rwanda, etc. etc. etc. to show that yes, genocide can happen, and no, the world doesn't intervene until it's too late.
The one loophole is if you can make the claim that you are a political refugee and I don't think it's gotten bad enough in Zimb. to make that case.
Many whites in Zimbabwe have property and their life's savings and life's work there. They would not be able to leave with anything more than the shirt on their backs even if they found a country that would take them. I think this was also the mindset ofmost Jews in Europe during the Holocaust.
Just think about it for a minute. You or I just couldn't up and leave and decide we're going to become a citizen of another country (unless you're Jewish, in which case, you're considered a citizen of Israel). Even if another country would take us, there's all kinds of hoops to jump through. We could go and visit many countries for a time, but unless there was a good reason for us to be there permanently, we'd have to leave.
Many Jews eventually DID try to leave Europe before it was too late, but couldn't find countries to take them in and were sent back.
And there's always that little thing called "hope". People stay because they think things will get better and they think they can be a part of making it better.
I guess if there's a diehard will to leave, there's a way, but it's not as simple as we might think.