Peter Vowles, who worked as a teacher in Zimbabwe from 1992 to 1993 has been appointed British Ambassador to Zimbabwe. He succeeds Melanie Robinson with effect from September 2023.
The extension of the validity of Zimbabwean exemption permits by a further six months will enable them settled in South Africa to apply for substantive work visas and also help avoid bureaucratic and legal chaos for Pretoria.
Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP) holders have been awarded another six months stay in South Africa to allow them them to apply for one or more other visas and waivers provided for in the Immigration Act.
Today, 5 June 2023, marks exactly one year since prominent Zimbabwean academic and law lecturer Alex Magaisa died. Magaisa who was a constitutional law expert and a lecturer at the University of Kent died at Margate Hospital in the United Kingdom following a cardiac arrest.
The British department of Education is offering international relocation payments of £10 000 pounds (about R243 400) to foreign physics and language teachers. This relocation payment is to cover their visa and moving expenses.
The UK’s “The Times” newspaper said teachers from Ghana, India, Singapore, Jamaica, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and South Africa were to benefit due to historical education links with Britain.
Attorneys representing the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa have sent a letter to the ministers of Home Affairs and Justice and Correctional Services Aaron Motsoaledi demanding action to facilitate the release and repatriation of Zimbabwean prisoners eligible for parole by Tuesday.
Chromadek Centre Zimbabwe, a leading manufacturer and provider of chromadek roofing materials and accessories has now opened an office in the United Kingdom to better serve the needs of their diaspora clients.
Government has assured Zimbabweans facing an uncertain future in South Africa, following the expiration of their permits as the grace period to be in the neighboring country draws to an end on 30 June, that measures are being put in place to ensure their safe return.
The one-of-a-kind virtual-styled question and answer programme is returning for a third series, following the resounding success of its first two editions that featured more than 100 guests. An Audience With (AAW), initiated by social media influencer, property expert and marketing juggernaut Mike Tashaya, was created to showcase key figures within the Zimbabwean global community.
Relating his experience at the recently held Zim Achievers awards, where his company Diaspora Insurance was the headline sponsor, Mr Jeff Madzingo said, after completing the post-graduate programme, he was not able to get a banking job in the UK and found himself working as a security guard. He went on stage holding a blue jacket emblazoned ‘The Watch Security’. He said the jacket he brought on stage was his uniform then, more than a decade ago.
