'It's a defining moment for Zimbabwe'
Journalist Vincent Murwira left Zimbabwe at the height of the state-sponsored media repression, but says he is now willing to return home.
Murwira currently resides in Australia.
He left the country almost 20 years ago due to the attacks on members of the media and the censorship of journalists. He told Jacaranda FM News he is willing to return to Zimbabwe and help build a prosperous future.
Mugabe remains under house arrest after the military seized control of the country in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Murwira says the move by Mugabe to install his wife Grace Mugabe as his successor was the last straw for many Zimbabweans.
"People have realised that Mugabe offers no hope for the country. There are a lot of people, intelligent people, who fled and (are) now willing to go back and make the country work. Make it a better country."
He says the reported negotiations for Mugabe to exit the presidency comes after many years of bloodshed.
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"It was a very strategic and clever move by military. Whatever measures taken to make Mugabe go away, is (to be) welcomed. A lot of people have been waiting for this day for 20 years. It is a massive defining moment, it's a turning point for the country. I can see hope now," says Murwira.