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Applications for 2025/2026 Chevening Scholarships are now open until 5 November 2024, at 12:00 (GMT).
Chevening is the UK Government’s international scholarships programme. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organisations, we offer awards to study in the UK for one year on a fully funded master’s degree course.
Successful Chevening candidates come from a diverse range of countries and backgrounds, but they all demonstrate the passion, vision and skills needed to shape a better world.
There are many benefits to being selected, including fully funded tuition fees, access to some of the best quality education in the world, exclusive networking opportunities, and the chance to explore the UK’s diverse culture.
At the end of your scholarship, you’ll join our diverse community of over 60,000 global alumni. You’ll return home equipped with the knowledge and networks to bring your ideas to life and thrive in your career.
<h2>Required documents</h2>
All Chevening applicants must submit their education documents, references, and one unconditional UK university offer. The deadlines for these required documents are in the <a href="https://www.chevening.org/scholarships/application-timeline/">Chevening application timeline</a>.
If you are conditionally selected for a Chevening Scholarship, it is essential that you submit these documents in order to remain in the process.
<h2>Selection updates and timelines</h2>
You will receive email updates about your application status at each step of the selection process. You can also check your status on the online application system. Log in using your registration details. Take a look at the <a href="https://www.chevening.org/scholarship/application-timeline">Chevening application timeline</a> and our <a href="https://www.chevening.org/apply/faqs">FAQs</a> for a better understanding of the upcoming stages of the selection process.
<h2>Feedback</h2>
Due to the large number of applications received each year, we are unable to provide individual application status updates or feedback to unsuccessful applicants. Please do not contact your British embassy or high commission with application enquiries.
<h2>Application Guidance</h2>
You may wish to review <a href="https://www.chevening.org/resource-hub/guidance">our guidance</a> to help you with the next steps.
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Applications for Chevening Scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year are now open. Chevening Scholarships are fully funded by the UK government and offer students from all over the world the chance to study in the UK for a year. Successful candidates show passion, vision, and skills. Benefits include fully funded tuition fees, great education, networking opportunities, and exposure to UK culture. Required documents include education documents, references, and a UK university offer. Applicants will receive updates on their application status via email. Unfortunately, unsuccessful applicants will not receive feedback due to the high number of applications. Additional guidance is available for references and interviews.

Applications For 2025-2026 Chevening Scholarships Are Now Open

A 45-year-old Zimbabwean woman who has been living in the United Kingdom (UK) since 2001 has reportedly spent £12 000 on applications to stay in the European country but she keeps getting refused.
Patience Jamela moved from Zimbabwe 23 years ago to train as a teacher in the UK. She said she was drawn to studying in England because of the “state-of-the-art” teaching.
Jamela told the <a href="https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/mum-who-lived-uk-23-9215644">Bristol Post</a> that she had planned to return to Zimbabwe but ended up making Britain her home after meeting a man.
She has reportedly applied to become a permanent citizen four times over the years – at £3k each time. She said she did not know why each time her application was turned down by the Home Office.
Jamela, a mother of three, said she wants residency as she struggles to get a mortgage and has, at points, had her travel restricted. She said:
I feel like my life is in limbo. I am a good citizen. I pay my taxes. I don’t understand why I should be penalised.
Jamela left Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city, to study for a PGCE at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent.
She had planned to return to Zimbabwe after finishing her studies, but in 2004 she met her former partner through online dating.
Jamela became pregnant and the pair went on to have three children. Charlotte, now 18, Alissa, 17, and Jaden, 11.
She initially applied for permanent residence in 2012 but was turned away by the Home Office. She reapplied in 2015, 2018, and 2021, and is now preparing to submit another application this month.
However, each time she applies she’s told she doesn’t qualify for settlement and is given temporary leave-to-remain instead – which has to be renewed every three years. Said Jamela:
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I have no criminal record. I don’t understand why they have not allowed me to stay. My life is on hold.
My children have never met their grandmother because she lives in Zimbabwe – we can’t afford to travel there. We have not had a holiday because of this situation. The last holiday was when the kids were small.
I can’t afford to move house because I am always thinking about the next application. My kids are anxious. They don’t know what’s going to happen.
This country’s their life. They have family, cousins and nieces here. This is all they have known.
</blockquote>
Zimbabweans face significant challenges when seeking permanent residence in Britain, mainly because the UK has implemented strict immigration policies that include high fees, lengthy application processes, and stringent eligibility criteria.
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Zimbabwean Mother Who Has Lived In UK 23 Years Has Paid £12 000 On Bids To Stay

The United Kingdom has banned international health and care workers from bringing their dependants to the country on work visas.
The UK Home Office announced the development in a post on its X account on Monday, 11 March. It said:
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From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants. This is part of our plan to deliver the biggest-ever cut in migration.
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A graphic banner accompanying the post reads “Banned: Overseas care workers from bringing dependants. 120 000 people who arrived last year would no longer be eligible under our new rules.”
In December 2023, the UK Home Office announced the plan to reduce levels of legal migration to the UK which it described as “unprecedented” and “unsustainable”.
James Cleverly, home secretary, said apart from the ban on bringing dependents, workers would need to earn at least £38 700 to obtain a visa, up from £26 200. He said:
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We will stop overseas care workers from bringing family, dependants and we will require firms in England to be regulated by the Health Care Quality Commission in order for them to sponsor visas.
Approximately, 120,000 dependants accompanied 100 000 care workers in the year ending September 2023, but only 25% of the dependants are estimated to be in work, meaning that a significant number are joining public services rather than helping to grow the economy.
We recognize that healthcare workers do great work in our NHIS and health sector, but it’s also important that immigrants make a big enough financial contribution.
Therefore, it will increase the annual immigration healthcare charge by 66% from £624 to £1035 to raise, on average, £1.3 billion for the health services of the country every year.
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UK Bans International Healthcare Workers From Bringing Dependants

Some Zimbabwean single mothers based in the United Kingdom who have been struggling to secure visas for their children to join them abroad were dealt another blow after the UK Government introduced tough immigration laws.
Last week, the British Home Office announced new measures that will make it difficult for Zimbabweans working there to bring along their families.
The UK’s Home Secretary (Minister of Home Affairs), James Cleverly announced plans that will result in the country’s care firms being regulated on visa sponsorship.
Cleverly told parliamentarians that the plan is meant to end the “abuse of health and care visa” as well as stop overseas workers from bringing family dependants.
The minimum salary threshold for foreign skilled workers will be raised to £38 700 (US$ 48 800), from its current level of £26 200 (US$ 33 000).
<a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200020844/tears-of-zimbabwean-single-mothers-in-the-uk">NewsDay</a> reported that even before the new visa regime, single mothers, particularly those who went to the UK on the Tier 2 Healthcare visa, faced challenges in their efforts to bring or go with children.
Women of Zimbabwe (WoZ) says it was recently approached by 12 women to raise their plight with the relevant UK authorities.
WoZ representative and UK-based political and human rights activist, Patricia Chinyoka, told NewsDay that it is even more difficult for women whose children bear the surname of their absent fathers as a consent form is required from them. She said:
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We were approached by 12 women who wanted us to raise their plight with the relevant UK authorities.
The majority of them are afraid to speak out and share their stories as they fear reprisals from the Home Office, even under anonymity.
Some of the parents have approached Members of Parliament in their respective regions but this has been ineffective.
On refusal of the children’s dependants’ visas, the Home Office has offered most applicants the option for “administrative review”.
This has proven very costly as legal advice is costing a minimum of £1 000 (US$1 259.70) for consultation alone.
In addition, the parents must pay legal advice in the countries of origin.
It is proving an expensive and unaffordable process, in the UK, they have bills to pay as well.
Some of the affected women are broken emotionally.
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A single mother of three (name withheld) told NewsDay that her two-year-old daughter was granted a visa as she carried her surname. She said:
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However, the boys were denied visas by the Home Office on the basis that there was no compelling evidence despite submitting a sole responsibility document and affidavit.
The father does not live with nor support the children. Currently, the children are living with their elderly grandmother who has a poor health condition.
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Another single mother with two children from different fathers also shared her story. The children’s visa applications were declined on two occasions. She said:
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I intend to apply for the third time despite having spent a lot of money on legal and visa application fees.
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A Zimbabwean lawyer based in Norwich who preferred anonymity said:
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It does not matter even if you are divorced. If the child’s birth certificate has the names of both parents, confirmation is required from the other.
The UK Home Office also wants to know why you want to deprive the other parent of access to children by taking them to the UK.
</blockquote>
According to UK authorities, about 20 152 health and care worker visas were granted to Zimbabweans in the year ending June 2023.
Between 2019 and September 2022, the number of Zimbabweans granted work visas to work in the UK went up 1 576% from 499 to 8 363 applicants.
Zimbabwe’s unending economic challenges are pushing millions of its citizens abroad where some are being exploited.
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UK-based Zimbabwean Single Mothers In Distress

The British Government says it has granted 20 000 work visas to Zimbabwean emigrants in the health and care sector as of June this year.
The figure represents a 372% increase from 2020 as Zimbabweans continue to leave the country in search of a better life in the United Kingdom.
In its national statistics report titled: “Why do people come to the UK? To work” dated 14 November 2023, the British Government reported that in the year ended June 2023, 20 152 health and care worker visas were granted to Zimbabweans.
According to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200020313/20-000-zimbos-get-uk-visas">NewsDay</a>, the figure rose from 4 270 Zimbabwean emigrants to the UK in June 2020.
In terms of countries to be granted health and care worker visas, Zimbabwe was in third place after India with 33 669 and Nigeria at 22 278, respectively. Read the report:
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Those immigrating long-term on work-related visas (main applicants and dependants) made up 33% of non-EU long-term immigration in the YE (year ended) June 2023, with an estimated 322 000 arrivals. This is compared with 198 000 in YE June 2022. This is split fairly evenly between main applicants (169 000) and dependants (154 000)…
Home Office data show that Indian nationals represented 38% of all dependants issued a work visa alongside main applicants, followed by Nigerian and Zimbabwean nationals (17% and 9%, respectively).
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According to a <a href="https://newzwire.live/skills-flight-uk-care-work-visas-to-zimbabweans-up-170-this-year/">newZWire</a> report, the number of Zimbabweans who moved to the United Kingdom to do health and care work rose by 169% in the year to September.
In the 12 months to September, a total of 21 130 Zimbabweans were given visas to work in the UK health system.
That’s 13 284 more Zimbabweans than in the year to September last year, a 169% increase.
Data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) shows that Zimbabweans are leaving their country in record numbers.
According to a ZIMSTAT report in 2022, there was a “steady increase” in the number of emigrants between 2001 to 2015, and then a sharp increase that peaked in 2021.
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Thousands Of Zimbabwean Health And Care Workers Get UK Visas

A Zimbabwean healthcare worker has been awarded more than £25 000 after she was fired by bosses only days after arriving in the UK when they found out she was pregnant.
The <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12314927/Healthcare-worker-30-came-UK-Zimbabwe-better-version-awarded-25-000-employment-tribunal-sacked-pregnant.html">Daily Mail</a> reported on Wednesday, 19 July that Felicity Khupe did not tell bosses she was pregnant when offered employment.
She left Zimbabwe for Britain in 2022 while expecting her second child after a UK firm sponsored her to come.
The 30-year-old was fired after they found she was six months along on her second day.
Khupe then sued Comforting Hands Recruitment for unfair dismissal and maternity discrimination and a tribunal said she “missed out on the excitement of being a mother” and now “lives in fear of being deported”.
The company, based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, trains staff for deployment to residential homes and nursing homes across Yorkshire, East Riding and the North East.
Giving evidence to the tribunal, Khupe said when she said she was pregnant, the care coordinator said it was a bit tricky and she needed to talk to the director about it.
She said the director visited her the next day, telling her that “unfortunately” because of her pregnancy she could not continue working there. Said Khupe:
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[She told me] she was cancelling her Course of Sponsorship so I have to go back to Zimbabwe and I have to do it as soon as possible as I would be given 30 days by the Home Office after which my visa would be cancelled.
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Khupe further told the tribunal that she left company accommodation the following Saturday, just one week after arriving from Zimbabwe.
She said she would have taken six months of unpaid maternity leave if she had been able to keep her job, from October 2022 until April this year.
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UK: Zimbabwean Healthcare Worker Fired For Being Pregnant Awarded £25 000 Compensation

The United Kingdom has offered millions of public sector workers salary increases in an attempt to end strikes triggered by a cost-of-living crisis.
The pay rise comes as thousands of junior doctors walked off the job in protest for five days.
So-called junior doctors, those who are in the early stages of their careers in the years after medical school, started their strike at 7 AM, demanding a 35 percent pay rise. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said:
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This five-day walkout by junior doctors will have an impact on thousands of patients, put patient safety at risk and hamper efforts to cut NHS waiting lists … A pay demand of 35 percent or more is unreasonable and risks fuelling inflation, which makes everyone poorer.
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The UK government decided to accept recommendations for pay increases, Treasury Chief Secretary John Glen said on Thursday.
Junior doctors will now get a 6 percent pay uplift and a lump-sum pay increase of 1 250 pounds (US$1 633.25).
Teachers will get 6.5 percent, police officers 7 percent and armed forces will receive a 5 percent salary increment.
Glen said there would be no new borrowing or spending to fund the increases.
However, teachers’ pay rises will be funded by a reallocation of the existing education department budget.
The pay increases are below the current 8.7 percent inflation rate but are aimed at bridging the gap.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to halve inflation and ministers have stressed the danger that increasing wages too far will undermine that goal and fuel rising prices.
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UK Govt Offers Civil Servants Pay Rise As Junior Doctors Strike

The United Kingdom (UK) is refusing to recognise metal driver’s licences for Zimbabweans living in that country.
This comes after the Zimbabwean Government recently launched plastic driver’s licences to replace metal discs.
The new licence has 13 categories which conform to the requirement of the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic International Organisation for Standardisation and International Electro-Technical Commission.
<a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200013242/uk-spurns-zim-metal-drivers-licences">NewsDay</a> has established that Zimbabweans living in the UK are failing to get their metal licences converted for use in that country.
The UK’s Driver’s Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is refusing to convert the licences saying the old metal licences no longer meet the criteria set by the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans are now required to obtain an original “Certificate of Competency” to have their licences converted for use in the UK.
A certificate of competency is a temporary licence valid for 30 days which is issued to drivers who have passed the practical test at the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID).
A Zimbabwean living in the UK told NewsDay that the development has affected a lot of care workers. Said the Zimbabwean national:
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Affected are a lot of care workers who have to drive from client to client to provide their services.
Also affected are Zimbabwean drivers in the UK who had been using their licences temporarily before converting.
</blockquote>
Responding in an email to Zimbabweans who had sought the embassy’s assistance, the consular officer for Ambassador Tendai Chimbandi said:
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The embassy has been consulting with DVLA and they have specified that for purposes of converting a licence they will only accept the Certificate of Competency (Blue paper issued by CVR to a person who has completed their driving test in Zimbabwe) and without it, they are not prepared to convert.
Regrettably, most people discard this document upon issuance of the metal disc.
Without the Certificate of Competency, UK DVLA has insisted that to drive in the UK, an applicant will have to complete the practical and theory tests.
</blockquote>
The Government says the plastic licence enables Zimbabweans to drive in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia, without conversion.
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UK Rejects Zimbabwean Metal Driver’s Licences

ZANU PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was not part of the heads of State and government who had a photo opportunity with King Charles III because Zimbabwe is not a Commonwealth member.
Mutsvangwa said this in response to reports Mnangagwa was snubbed during King Charles III’s coronation in London on Saturday.
Speaking on the sidelines of the burial of national hero Abraham Kabasa in Harare on Monday, Mutsvangwa said:
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We are not a member of the Commonwealth, the President is determined that we should be readmitted into the group of nations.
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Mutsvangwa added that Zimbabwe does not have the right to get close and personal with the king as it is not a Commonwealth member. He said:
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But as for Zimbabwe, we did not have the right because we are not yet a member of the grouping.
When we become a member, we would be part of those who will be close to the king.
We want to engage with countries that we have cordial relationships and re-engage those we have had frosty relationships with in the past.
Our President always says we are friends to all and enemies to none.
We were happy that our President was invited to King Charles III’s coronation.
When he was still a prince, he lowered the Union Jack (British flag) and raised the Zimbabwean flag after we had won the liberation struggle in 1980.
It’s a person who we like a lot and it was imperative for the President to attend.
This shows that the engagement between Harare and London is going in a good direction.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, other African leaders who attended Charles III’s coronation had the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak but Mnangagwa got to meet the United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Andrew Mitchell.
Mnangagwa also met Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland who emphasised Commonwealth values in their discussion centred on re-admission.
Scotland said she was “pleased o welcome the President of Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa to Marlborough House for a courtesy call.”
She said they discussed a range of issues, including Zimbabwe’s ongoing application to rejoin the Commonwealth and reaffirmed the commitment to the values of the Commonwealth.
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Mutsvangwa Explains Why ED Missed Photoshoot With King Charles III

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described his meeting with the United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa Andrew Mitchell as an opportunity to work on the full restoration of relations between Zimbabwe and Britain.
Mnangagwa had travelled to the UK to attend the coronation of the new British monarch, King Charles III and returned home on Sunday. <a href="https://twitter.com/edmnangagwa/status/1655316583378501635">Mnangagwa tweeted</a>:
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During my trip to London, I had the fantastic opportunity to sit down with the UK Minister for Africa, [ 
Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP].
Understanding what steps the UK thinks we must take and developing the relationship between the UK and Zimbabwe is an exciting opportunity for all of us.
</blockquote>
However, Team Pachedu, a group of data analysts active on Twitter, derided Mnangagwa’s trip to London, calling it “a trip of shame.” <a href="https://twitter.com/PacheduZW/status/1655185758930567168">They wrote</a>:
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ED was snubbed by both King Charles and the Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak.
He only met the UK Minister for Africa and the Commonwealth Secretary General, both of who expressed concern over the worsening Human Rights situation in Zimbabwe.
</blockquote>
Other African leaders had the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak but Mnangagwa got to meet Mitchell.
Mnangagwa also met Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland who emphasised Commonwealth values in their discussion centred on re-admission. <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/https-www-newzimbabwe-com-mnangagwa-missing-from-king-charles-iiis-historic-picture-with-state-leaders/">Said Scotland</a>:
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Pleased to welcome the President of Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa to Marlborough House for a courtesy call.
The President and I discussed a range of issues, including Zimbabwe’s ongoing application to rejoin the Commonwealth and reaffirmed the commitment to the values of the Commonwealth.
</blockquote>
Since Mnangagwa came to power in 2017 on the back of a military-assisted transition, a euphemism for a military coup, he has attempted to mend relations with the UK.
But despite his unexpected invitation to Charles III’s coronation, relations seem not to have thawed between Zimbabwe and its former colonial master.
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Mnangagwa Hails UK "Trip Of Shame"

UK Deputy Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, who is also the Justice Secretary has resigned after months of allegations about bullying behaviour in the Ministry of Justice and other Whitehall departments.
Raab, a senior Conservative MP, had faced multiple formal complaints over his dealings with civil servants.
It was alleged that he bullied and belittled staff, driving some to tears or causing them to vomit before meetings.
The resignation follows a five-month probe, by a senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC, which was set up by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after complaints about Raab’s behaviour as a minister.
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-65333983">BBC</a> reported that Tolley was investigating eight formal complaints of bullying against Raab, who was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary in October 2022.
The bullying complaints, which involved 24 people, relate to Raab’s previous periods as Justice Secretary and Foreign Secretary under Boris Johnson, and his time as Brexit secretary under Theresa May.
Below is Dominic Raab’s resignation letter in full:
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Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing to resign from your government, following receipt of the report arising from the inquiry conducted by Adam Tolley KC.
I called for the inquiry and undertook to resign if it made any finding of bullying whatsoever. I believe it is important to keep my word.
It has been a privilege to serve you as deputy prime minister, justice secretary and lord chancellor.
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work as a minister in a range of roles and departments since 2015 and pay tribute to the many outstanding civil servants with whom I have worked.
Whilst I feel duty bound to accept the outcome of the inquiry, it dismissed all but two of the claims levelled against me.
I also believe that its two adverse findings are flawed and set a dangerous precedent for the conduct of good government.
First, ministers must be able to exercise direct oversight with respect to senior officials over critical negotiations conducted on behalf of the British people, otherwise, the democratic and constitutional principle of ministerial responsibility will be lost.
This was particularly true during my time as foreign secretary, in the context of the Brexit negotiations over Gibraltar, when a senior diplomat breached the mandate agreed by cabinet.
Second, ministers must be able to give direct critical feedback on briefings and submissions to senior officials, in order to set the standards and drive the reform the public expects of us.
Of course, this must be done within reasonable bounds. Mr. Tolley concluded that I had not once, in four and a half years, sworn or shouted at anyone, let alone thrown anything or otherwise physically intimidated anyone, nor intentionally sought to belittle anyone.
I am genuinely sorry for any unintended stress or offence that any officials felt, as a result of the pace, standards and challenge that I brought to the Ministry of Justice.
That is, however, what the public expects of ministers working on their behalf.
In setting the threshold for bullying so low, this inquiry has set a dangerous precedent. It will encourage spurious complaints against ministers, and have a chilling effect on those driving change on behalf of your government – and ultimately the British people.
Finally, I raised with you a number of improprieties that came to light during the course of this inquiry.
They include the systematic leaking of skewed and fabricated claims to the media in breach of the rules of the inquiry and the Civil Service Code of Conduct, and the coercive removal by a senior official of dedicated private secretaries from my Ministry of Justice private office, in October of last year. I hope these will be independently reviewed.
I remain as supportive of you and this government, as when I first introduced you at your campaign leadership launch last July.
You have proved a great prime minister in very challenging times, and you can count on my support from the backbenches.
Yours sincerely,
Dominic Raab
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UK Deputy Prime Minister Quits After Bullying Allegations

The United Kingdom (UK) has announced that Zimbabwe is now on the Red List therefore, active recruitment is not permitted from Zimbabwe.
Active international recruitment in the code is defined as the process by which UK health and social care employers target individuals to market UK employment opportunities, with the intention of recruiting to a role in the UK health or social care sector. 
It includes both physical or virtual targeting, and whether or not these actions lead to substantive employment.
In a notice seen by Pindula News, the UK government said the only exception to this definition is where a candidate has already been appointed by a UK employer following an independent direct application and selection without the support of a recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration (defined below).
In this case, if required, these organisations can support and facilitate the employee’s passage to the UK. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration, if challenged, to provide evidence that the services they are providing are permitted under this exception.
<h3>Direct application</h3>
A ‘direct application’ is when an individual makes an application directly and on their own behalf to an employing organising. Direct applications do not use a third party, such as a recruitment organisation, agency or collaboration.
Individual health and social care employers may consider direct applications from individuals who are residents in countries on the <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240069787" rel="external"><abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List 2023</a> if they have made a direct application to a vacancy at their organisation. See ‘Annex A: red and amber list countries below.
A direct application can only be made in response to a vacancy that is hosted by and recruited to, the same sponsoring organisation.
Resident: For the purpose of this code of practice, ‘resident’ refers to the country an individual is living in when they apply for a health or social care job. The rules on active recruitment and direct applications are based on the country within which an individual is a resident when they apply for a health or social care job, rather than the nationality of the individual or their original country of training.
Red and amber list countries: Countries on the <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240069787" rel="external"><abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List</a> are graded red, which means no active recruitment is permitted from these countries.
The WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List is updated by WHO every 3 years, or more frequently if required.
<h4>Red countries – active recruitment is not permitted</h4>
<ul>
<li>Afghanistan</li>
<li>Angola</li>
<li>Bangladesh</li>
<li>Benin</li>
<li>Burkina Faso</li>
<li>Burundi</li>
<li>Cameroon</li>
<li>Central African Republic</li>
<li>Chad</li>
<li>Comoros</li>
<li>Congo</li>
<li>Congo, Democratic Republic of</li>
<li>Côte d’Ivoire</li>
<li>Djibouti</li>
<li>Equatorial Guinea</li>
<li>Eritrea</li>
<li>Ethiopia</li>
<li>Gabon</li>
<li>Gambia, The</li>
<li>Ghana</li>
<li>Guinea</li>
<li>Guinea-Bissau</li>
<li>Haiti</li>
<li>Kiribati</li>
<li>Lao People’s Democratic Republic</li>
<li>Lesotho</li>
<li>Liberia</li>
<li>Madagascar</li>
<li>Malawi</li>
<li>Mali</li>
<li>Mauritania</li>
<li>Micronesia, Federated States of</li>
<li>Mozambique</li>
<li>Niger</li>
<li>Nigeria</li>
<li>Pakistan</li>
<li>Papua New Guinea</li>
<li>Rwanda</li>
<li>Samoa</li>
<li>Senegal</li>
<li>Sierra Leone</li>
<li>Solomon Islands</li>
<li>Somalia</li>
<li>South Sudan</li>
<li>Sudan</li>
<li>Tanzania, United Republic of</li>
<li>Timor-Leste</li>
<li>Togo</li>
<li>Tuvalu</li>
<li>Uganda</li>
<li>Vanuatu</li>
<li>Yemen, Republic of</li>
<li>Zambia</li>
<li>Zimbabwe</li>
</ul>
Amber countries – international recruitment is only permitted in compliance with the terms of the government-to-government agreement
<ul>
<li>Kenya</li>
<li>Nepal</li>
</ul>
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UK Says Zimbabwe Is Now On Red List, Active Recruitment Not Permitted

The North Yorkshire County Council in the United Kingdom has recruited 29 qualified social workers from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The first group of social workers arrived in Harrogate towards the end of last year and the second group arrived in January and February of this year.
The new arrivals have been given three weeks of training and will also be assisted to settle in the United Kingdom.
The <a href="https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/social-workers-recruited-from-zimbabwe-and-south-africa-begin-work-in-harrogate-4047049">Harrogate Advertiser</a> quoted North Yorkshire County Council’s Conservative executive member for health and adult services, Councillor Michael Harrison, as saying:
<blockquote>
We have recruited 29 qualified social workers from South Africa and Zimbabwe using a network of specialist agencies and working alongside other councils.
They will work across the county in what is a great opportunity to help this group of professional social workers further their careers in North Yorkshire whilst filling vacancies in specialist areas where there is a national workforce shortage.
We will monitor the success of this recruitment campaign closely, whilst continuing to advertise our current vacancies regionally and nationally.
</blockquote>
The report says the North Yorkshire County Council decided to recruit social workers from Zimbabwe and South Africa after several large recruitment campaigns in the United Kingdom for more than 30 social worker vacancies had “very limited” success.
The report says the new recruits were also often newly qualified social workers and were not yet ready to manage more complex work.
On any given day, there are at least 1 000 care jobs available across the United Kingdom.
More <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Social Workers Recruited From Zimbabwe Begin Work In Harrogate, UK

Zimbabwe could lose more qualified teachers to brain drain in the coming months after Britain said it will start recruiting teachers from the country and three other African nations.
Zimbabwean teachers are eligible for a qualified teacher status (QTS) in the United Kingdom with effect from 1 February 2023.
Qualified teacher status is a confirmation that one has the right training and meets the standards required to teach in most primary and secondary schools in England.
Local unions representing teachers on Wednesday warned that the country could face a mass exodus of teachers in the coming months.
Progressive Teachers Union Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said:
<blockquote>
There are calls for teachers even in the southern African region countries such as Botswana and South Africa, among others.
This year alone, we have 15 teachers who have formally bid farewell to us, not talking of those who are silently packing their bags.
Teachers have also been captured by UK job vacancies. It is a sad story. Elderly teachers should be enjoying the fruit of their work in Zimbabwe, but they are going to other countries to work there.
We are suffering a serious brain drain in the country that will affect starting this year and beyond.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe National Union of School Heads secretary-general Munyaradzi Majoni said:
<blockquote>
It is not surprising that we will see a massive exodus of teachers, even school heads and their deputies this coming year.
Teachers have been calling for better wages and the stampede to apply for the UK and other countries’ vacant posts is a cause of concern.
This is a wake-up call for the government, which should act with urgency to improve the conditions of service and retain the teachers.
</blockquote>
Thousands of teachers have reportedly formed groups on social media where they share and access information on the opportunities since the UK announced that it will be recruiting teachers from Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean teachers and other civil servants have been pushing the government to be paid pre-October 2018 salaries of at least US$540, but the government says it doesn’t have the money. | <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200005043/mass-teacher-exodus-looms">NewsDay</a>

Mass Exodus Of Teachers Looms - Unions

China has recalled six diplomats from the United Kingdom who police wanted to question over the alleged assault of a man while protesting outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester in October.
British foreign minister James Cleverly welcomed the removal of the officials, including the Consul General in Manchester.
Cleverly had raised British concern over the incident with Chinese diplomats.
British police had been investigating allegations that a protestor was beaten by several men after being dragged inside the grounds of the consulate in Manchester during a demonstration against Chinese President Xi Jinping.
On Wednesday Cleverly told reporters that the UK police had requested six Chinese officials waive diplomatic immunity so they could be questioned and the embassy had been informed. He said:
<blockquote>
We set a deadline that expired today, making it clear that we expected them to take action.
In response to our request, the Chinese government has now removed from the UK those officials, including the Consul General himself.
This demonstrates that our adherence to the rule of law, the seriousness with which we take (this) instance, has had an effect… it is right that the Chinese government has now removed these officials from the UK.
</blockquote>
| <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221214-china-recalls-six-diplomats-from-uk-after-manchester-consulate-violence">France24</a>

China Recalls Six Diplomats From UK After Consulate Violence

A Zimbabwean woman, Josephine Siziba, was recently elected councillor on a Labour Party ticket in Benton Ward, in Newcastle, United Kingdom (UK).
Siziba celebrated her victory with a cultural inauguration ceremony presided over by dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni this weekend.
Speaking in an interview with <a href="https://cite.org.zw/another-zim-woman-elected-ward-councillor-in-the-uk/">CITE</a>, Ndiweni said that the more Zimbabweans are elected to political office around the world, the more the diaspora community will influence Zimbabwe’s domestic politics. He said:
<blockquote>
The election of Josephine Siziba is important because it begins a road map that is beneficial to Zimbabwe, in a profound manner.
Such benefits are observed in the election of Rishi Sunak as the first British Prime Minister with an Asian background.
Indeed, the more Zimbabweans are elected to political office all over the world, the more they will influence and change Zimbabwe’s domestic politics.
The last time a black Councillor was elected here was some 48 years ago. Now it was a Zimbabwean woman that had been elected. That is history in the making.
</blockquote>
The former chief claimed that there are now over 90 Zimbabweans serving as councillors in various countries, as well as a handful of Members of Parliament. He said:
<blockquote>
This is how we raise the profile of Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean diaspora achieving such positions, enables them to bring jobs to Zimbabweans, bring investment to Zimbabwe, bring resources to Zimbabwe, open markets for Zimbabwe, and encourage trade between Zimbabwe and other nations among other benefits.
</blockquote>
Siziba had been active in fighting to reduce racism activities as a refugee. In 2016, she appeared in the news participating in a protest in Newcastle against the English Defence League (EDL), a far-right movement.

Zimbabwean Woman Elected Ward Councillor In Britain

The United Kingdom says it does not support or fund any political party in Zimbabwe and has no view on who should win the 2023 general elections.
The British Embassy in Harare on Wednesday released a statement stating its position on the matter.
It also called for an environment that allows all political parties to campaign freely and peacefully, without violence and intimidation. Reads the statement:
<blockquote>
The UK does not support or fund any political party in Zimbabwe. We have no view on who should win next year’s elections; that is for Zimbabwean voters to decide. We talk to the Government and to all political parties.
Zimbabwe’s constitution provides for an election process where all political parties are allowed to campaign freely and peacefully, without violence and intimidation, and where voters can vote for the party and the candidates of their choice, without fear of reprisals.
Fulfilling these conditions will allow Zimbabweans to have full confidence in their electoral process.
</blockquote>
In Zimbabwe, the Political Parties (Finances) Act [Chapter 2:11] of 2001 prohibits foreign donations to political parties or individual candidates.

Britain Says It Does Not Fund Political Parties In Zimbabwe

The United Kingdom is set to engage South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead other African leaders to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure that Zimbabwe holds free, fair and credible elections in 2023.
The issue was debated in the British House of Lords last Thursday after it was raised by Baroness Kate Hoey. She said:
<blockquote>
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Oates has outlined the shocking violence perpetrated by ZANU PF and Mnangagwa on anyone, really, who opposes the regime.
The economic situation is dire, and hunger is being used against anyone who opposes the regime.
Does not the visit of the South African President — the first state visit under His Majesty the King — give the government a wonderful opportunity to work with the South African government and talk to them about how they, and other countries in Africa, can influence together to ensure that there really will be free and fair elections next year in Zimbabwe?
</blockquote>
In his response, the UK’s minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith said the issue of Zimbabwe will be discussed during Ramaphosa’s visit. He said:
<blockquote>
There is no doubt that South Africa, and indeed southern African countries, not least through SADC, have a particular ability to influence Zimbabwe, far more so than we can.
I am sure that the topic we are discussing today will be on the agenda when the visit happens.
</blockquote>
Lord Robert Hayward, who was one of the Commonwealth election observers in the 2018 elections in Zimbabwe, said the elections were not free and fair and challenged the UK to put pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). He said:
<blockquote>
My lords, reference has already been made to the elections in 2018; at that time I was one of the observers from this country on behalf of the Commonwealth, with the noble Baroness, Lady Jay.
The report was pretty damning, particularly in relation to the events after the general election in 2018.
Can my noble friend (Goldsmith) ensure that very strong representations are made to the electoral commission because it has been lamentable in any action?
It was before the 2018 election, and there is no sign that it will enforce any form of free and fair elections next year.
</blockquote>
Goldsmith said the British government was aware that Mnangagwa is keen on re-establishing cordial relations between the two countries and that gives the UK an opportunity to put pressure on Harare to reform. He said:
<blockquote>
We will use whatever leverage we have to maximise the chance of free and fair elections.
I make a broader point: we know that President Mnangagwa wants more engagement with the UK — that is clear— and in many respects we want him to have that too.
However, deeper re-engagement with the UK will require meaningful political and economic reform and respect for human rights and the rule of law in line with the President’s own stated commitments when he took office.
</blockquote>
| <a href="https://thenewshawks.com/zim-2023-polls-britain-to-engage-ramaphosa/">The NewsHawks</a>

Britain To Engage Ramaphosa Over Zimbabwe's 2023 General Elections

Rishi Sunak was on Tuesday, 25 October confirmed as the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister taking over from Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss, who was on the job for only 44 days.
Sunak won the Conservative leadership contest after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure enough backing from Members of Parliament.
Here are a few things you probably didn’t know about Rishi Sunak:
<h2>He is Rich</h2>
According to BBC, Sunak’s wife is Akshata Murthy, the daughter of Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy.
Sunak himself has worked for the investment bank Goldman Sachs and at two hedge funds.
The Sunday Times Rich List estimates the couple’s fortune to be worth about £730 million.
Sunak and Murty’s combined fortune is double the estimated £300m-£350m wealth of King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, according to The Guardian.
They own four properties spread across the world and valued at more than £15m.
<h2>His Family</h2>
Sunak is the UK’s first ever person of colour to lead the country and the first Hindu prime minister.
He was born in Southampton in 1980 to Indian parents who had moved to the UK from east Africa.
His father was a GP and his mother ran her own pharmacy. He is the eldest of three children.
Sunak and his wife Akshata have two daughters.
<h2>Age</h2>
At 42, Sunak is younger than every predecessor except William Pitt the Younger who became Prime Minister aged 24 and was in office from 1783 to 1801 and then again from 1804 until his death in 1806 at the age of 46. 
<h2>Rise to the top</h2>
He has gone from Member of Parliament to Prime Minister in just seven years – faster than any other PM in the modern era.
Pitt the Younger holds the overall record with just two years.
<h2>Friends and hobbies</h2>
Sunak “collects Coca-Cola things”, as he told two school pupils, before saying “I am a Coke addict, I am a total Coke addict,” then, as the pupils sniggered, clarifying “Coca-Cola addict, just for the record”. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/25/who-is-rishi-sunak-everything-you-need-to-know-about-britains-next-prime-minister">The Guardian</a>
<h2>He ran for office twice in 2022</h2>
He lost to Liz Truss in September, but she resigned six weeks later.
In the latest leadership contest, Sunak racked up the support of his fellow MPs early, and fast.
He crossed the 100 nominations he needed long before the deadline – including from MPs that had previously backed Truss or Boris Johnson. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63345272">BBC News</a>

"Richer Than The King", A Quick Guide To The UK’s New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak is set to become the United Kingdom’s New Prime Minister after being elected leader of the Conservative party following his victory against Penny Mordaunt. 
Former Prime Minister Theresa May sent Sunak a congratulatory message saying he will provide the competent leadership the UK needs. In a statement seen by Pindula News, May said:
<blockquote>
Congratulations @RishiSunak on becoming Leader of the Conservative Party. Rishi will provide the calm, competent, pragmatic leadership our country needs at this deeply challenging time. He has my full support.
</blockquote>
Sunak is taking over from Liz Truss who resigned just 44 days after assuming the Prime Minister position.
<a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/britishs-conservative-party-picks-liz-truss-to-replace-boris-johnson-as-prime-minister/">Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss who took over from Boris Johnson</a> was expected to curb the country’s cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest, and recession.
The situation further deteriorated further during her reign forcing her to resign after just 44 days in office making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.

Rishi Sunak Set To Become UK's New Prime Minister

The Liberal Democrats, a UK opposition party, has urged the ruling Conservative party to ban former Prime Minister Boris Johnson from standing for leadership again.
This follows the resignation of Liz Truss on Thursday after only 44 days in office.
Truss was voted Prime Minister by members of the Conservative party Johnson following his after a string of scandals.
Johnson is among Tories who are thought to be interested in taking over from Truss, but the Lib Dems say that should not be allowed to happen.
In a statement the Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper said:
<blockquote>
The fact that Conservative MPs are even considering putting Boris Johnson back in Number 10 shows how out of touch they really are. They think there’s one rule for them and another for everyone else.
Boris Johnson was forced to resign in disgrace after countless lies, scandals and failures. He shattered public trust in the government and plunged the UK into a political crisis. He must never be allowed near Downing Street again.
</blockquote>

UK: Lib Dems Urge Tories To Ban Boris Johnson From Leadership Contest

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss has resigned after just 44 days in office.
She made the announcement outside Downing Street on Thursday afternoon, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
The previous record was set at 119 days by George Canning who died in office in 1827.
Truss’ resignation follows her near-complete loss of political authority which has seen her lose two key ministers and the loss of confidence of almost all her own MPs. 
Truss said she has spoken with the King to notify him that she is resigning as the leader of the Conservative party., reported <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/oct/20/uk-politics-live-liz-truss-tories-turmoil-suella-braverman-resigns-fracking">The Guardian</a>.
She said she would remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen.
Earlier Truss met with the chair of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, where they “agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week”. She said:
<blockquote>
I recognise though given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative party.
</blockquote>
Truss’ finance minster Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled £45bn of tax cuts in her third week, in what they called a “mini-budget”.
However, the measures were widely blamed for causing huge economic problems and this resulted in Kwarteng’s sacking as chancellor.
Dozens of Tories (Conservatives) called on Truss to step down and her Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigned.
She had to hire former rivals Grant Shapps and Jeremy Hunt to plug the gaps in her top team. Shapps replaced Braverman while Hunt took over as Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) from Kwarteng.
<h2>Liz Truss’s resignation speech in full</h2>
<blockquote>
I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability.
Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills.
Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent.
And our country had been held back for too long by low economic growth.
I was elected by the Conservative Party with a mandate to change this.
We delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance.
And we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy – that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit.
I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.
I have therefore spoken to His Majesty The King to notify him that I am resigning as Leader of the Conservative Party.
This morning I met the Chair of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady.
We have agreed there will be a leadership election to be completed in the next week.
This will ensure we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country’s economic stability and national security.
I will remain as Prime Minister until a successor has been chosen.
Thank you.
</blockquote>

UK Prime Minister Quits After 44 Days In Office

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has fired Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Kwasi Kwarteng, the first black person to hold the portfolio, and replaced him with former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Jeremy Hunt.
Kwarteng, who held the portfolio for only 38 days, cut short a trip to the United States and met Truss for crunch talks in Downing Street.
Truss is expected to announce a U-turn on business tax cuts at a news conference in Downing Street on Friday afternoon.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Kwarteng said he still supported Truss’ vision for economic growth. He wrote:
<blockquote>
You have asked me to stand aside as your Chancellor. I have accepted.
When you asked me to serve as your Chancellor, I did so in the full knowledge that the situation we faced was incredibly difficult, with rising global interest rates and energy prices.
However, your vision of optimism, growth and change was right.
As I have said many times in the past weeks, following the status quo was simply not an option.
For too long this country has been dogged by low growth rates and high taxation – that must still change if this country is to succeed.
The economic environment has changed rapidly since we set out the Growth Plan on 23 September.
In response, together with the Bank of England and excellent officials at the Treasury, we have responded to those events, and I commend my officials for their dedication.
It is important now as we move forward to emphasise your government’s commitment to fiscal discipline.
The Medium-Term Fiscal Plan is crucial to this end, and I look forward to supporting you and my successor to achieve that from the backbenches.
We have been colleagues and friends for many years. In that time, I have seen your dedication and determination.
I believe your vision is the right one. It has been an honour to serve as your first Chancellor.
Your success is this country’s success and I wish you well.
</blockquote>

UK's First Black Minister Of Finance Sacked After 38 Days In Office

Timothy Jones Jr, 37, a father who murdered his five children was on Thursday sentenced to death. A jury unanimously sentenced him to be executed after deliberating to determine whether he would die or live the rest of his life in jail.
Jones reportedly strangled four of his children, aged 8, 7, 2, and 1, after forcing his 6-year-old son to exercise until he died as punishment for breaking an electrical outlet in August 2014 in Lexington, South Carolina.
Jones pleaded guilty by means of insanity and was convicted of murdering his children on June 4. His lawyers and witnesses had argued that he was just a victim of mental illness. According to investigators, Jones stated that he believed the children were going to kill him, chop him up and feed him to the dogs.
Witnesses gave heartbreaking testimony about his mother’s insanity and three generations of rapes, molestation by relatives, violence, drugs, voodoo rituals, prostitution, and fights in Jones’ family.
Nevertheless, the jury decided unanimously that Jones should be put to death. Authorities said Jones killed the first child by making him exercise until he collapsed. Several hours later, he strangled his other four children, using a belt to choke his two youngest children to death.
Timothy Jones Sr also revealed that his son was no longer normal and this was a condition he inherited from his mother. Jones is said to have buried the bodies in a hillside near Camden, Alabama after driving around with the children’s bodies in his car for over a week.
More:<a href="https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/13/dad-murdered-five-kids-sentenced-death-9949705/?ico=pushly-notifcation-small&amp;utm_source=pushly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> MetroUK</a>

USA Man Sentenced To Death For Killing His 5 Children Over Electrical Outlet

The United States of America and the United Kingdom have condemned all forms of political violence after an <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/06/23/video-footage-of-the-explosion-at-mnangagwa-bulawayo-rally/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">explosion occured at White City Stadium in Bulawayo</a>. President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was holding a political rally there was not injured in the explosion. In separate statements, the embassies of the United States and the United Kingdom condemned the violence. The US Embassy said:
<blockquote>The US Embassy in Harare condemns the attack at the ZANU-PF rally in Bulawayo this afternoon. Political violence in any form is unacceptable and contrary to the positive progress required to move Zimbabwe forward as it seeks to take its place on the global stage. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.</blockquote>
And the UK:
<blockquote>We have seen the reports and videos of an explosion in Bulawayo at a ZANU rally. There is no place for any form of political violence in Zimbabwe. We want to express our sympathy and concern for all those who have been injured.</blockquote>
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Also read,
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/06/23/nelson-chamisa-speaks-on-terrible-events-at-white-city-stadium-after-explosion-at-mnangagwa-rally/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nelson Chamisa Speaks On “Terrible Events At White City Stadium” After Explosion At Mnangagwa Rally</a>
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/06/23/mnangagwa-speaks-on-bulawayo-explosion-says-explosion-will-not-be-affected/">President Emmerson Mnangagwa issues a statement after the incident</a>
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/06/23/video-people-of-bulawayo-not-to-blame-for-explosion-president-mnangagwa/">Mnangagwa says people of Bulawayo are not to blame for explosion at his rally there</a>
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United States, United Kingdom Condemn Political Violence After Explosion At Mnangagwa Rally

Home Secretary Sajid Javid hinted that the United Kingdom government is set to relax immigration rules to allow more non-EU skilled workers into the country. 
In an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr, Javid said he “saw the problem” with the cap that sets a limit for all non-EU skilled workers at 20,700 people a year. He said he would take “think more carefully” about the cap on the number of skilled workers given visas. The government is to relax immigration rules to allow more non-EU skilled workers into the UK.
On Friday, the Home Office is expected to confirm that foreign doctors and nurses will be excluded from the government’s visa cap. It has been reported that 2,360 visa applications by doctors from outside the European Economic Area were refused in a five-month period because of the cap. In April, NHS bosses warned that immigration rules were hampering their ability to find workers after visas for 100 Indian doctors were refused. NHS England had 35,000 nurse vacancies and nearly 10,000 doctor posts unfilled in February.
More: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44346900">BBC</a>, <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/uk-says-immigration-rules-to-be-relaxed-for-doctors-and-nurses/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>

UK To Relax Immigration Rules For Foreign Doctors And Nurses

British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms Catriona Lang revealed that the United Kingdom intends to repatriate 2500 Zimbabweans who have no documents to stay in the country.
She said this when she met with Vice President Kembo Mohadi at his Munhumutapa office in Harare this afternoon. In an interview with journalists after the meeting, Mohadi said Zimbabwe is ready to receive its nationals but would want them vetted to ensure that they are genuine Zimbabweans before taking them back.
Mohadi also announced that the issue of the repatriation of the heads of chiefs such as Mashayamombe, Chinengundu and others, as well those of Mbuya Nehanda was also discussed. The remains are said to be in the British Natural History Museum in London.
More: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/?p=76930">ZBC</a>

UK To Repatriate 2500 Zimbabweans

<blockquote>By ZHRO Human Rights Charity
On the 24th September 3 women from our membership, including our Chair, and assistant Treasurer made a 3-way impassioned live video on Facebook at their disgust at the Mugabe regime’s vindictive persecution of Pastor Evan.
They stated their affirmation to follow the Pastor’s call for “Let’s do something about it” 
ZHRO executive members then launched a campaign to invite all Zimbabweans and non-Zimbabweans to meet at 11:00 am on Wednesday the 27th September. These invitations were sent out to many organisations with a tagline of #ShutdownZimEmbassy.
On the 27th September at 11:00 am many Zimbabweans from our organisation met along with Zapu (whose transport was supported by Coventry Asylum Seekers And Refugee Action Group (CARAG) ROHR, MDC, and MaZimbabweYesWeCan MZYWC.
Led by the ZHRO Chair we all entered the Embassy at around 11:30 am. The video of this was taken and was posted live on the ZHRO Charity’s Facebook Site. Various symbolic actions took place inside the Embassy to demonstrate the diaspora’s frustration concerning vote rigging and the disenfranchisement of the diaspora in the claimed up-coming 2018 elections – currently being rigged by the Zanu PF controlled ZEC.
The symbolic removal of Mugabe’s portrait was done to demonstrate the necessary removal of power of the entire Zanu PF regime. The violence, corruption, intimidation and vote rigging of the Zanu PF party cannot be tolerated any longer. Zimbabweans need to take this act here in the UK as a sign, that the end of Zanu PF is approaching. We fully understand that the removal of a Mugabe portrait in Zimbabwe is a “criminal act”, but only because of a preposterous belief that Mugabe is some kind of ‘deity’. This is patently a false belief but reinforced by a military and police dictatorship.
It is high time the World called time on “Mugabe’s Madhouse” and sought a ‘regime change’ as has been done in so many other Countries.
Now the “Mugabe’s Madhouse” is a quote from a headline from Bloomberg.com, the World Renown Financial reporting news channel. Part of our protest and highlighted on the ZHRO Facebook site is the indisputable fact that Zimbabwe’s Financial situation is in complete collapse. This has been precipitated by the introduction of the Zimbabwean Bond Note, with the aim to steal US dollars from everyone within Zimbabwe. From Bloomberg’s perspective this has also trapped several external fund-managers financial holding in the Zimbabwean Stock Market – which is in a false bubble due to the impending hyperinflation caused by the uncontrolled and unsupported introduction of a Bond Note at a preposterous rate equivalent to one US dollar – according to one SA Fund manager the Bond Note is now trading effectively below 40 cents.
The Mugabe led and controlled Zanu PF regime is not a legitimate Government due to past and previous vote rigging and mass intimidation. Therefore, we cannot take it as the ruling party and it must stand down immediately. The mass looting by, and permitted by patronage, will stop forthwith and those who have benefitted will need to return assets and all financial instruments back to a “Zimbabwe Recovery Fund” [to be established and administered by the New Development Bank (NDB) – the BRICS Bank]
This fund will be used to rebuild infrastructure and to rebuild the Farming capacity across all of Zimbabwe. This will all be done under International Human Rights auspices to avoid corruption and violence from the outgoing indoctrinated ZANU PF regime and their brainwashed membership</blockquote>

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