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Applying for Visas and Work Permits

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Applying for Visas and Work Permits

An official stamp in the passport that authorizes a person to travel to another country for work or study for a specific time period is known as a visa. It is, in fact, an authorizing document that gives the right to foreigners to enter or stay in the territory of the United Kingdom. It may be an official stamp that you receive in your passport or it may be a document given by the UK embassy or consulate.

All countries including the United Kingdom require a work permit visa for workers. Short-term and long-term work permit visas can be available to a person by the application. There are a lot of people who apply for UK visas due to many reasons. Most people apply for a visa to study, work, or to do any type of legal business. For tourism or for a short stay, most people apply for UK visas. The process of applying for a UK visa may differ. It depends on the type of visa that you are applying for.

This article tends to highlight the major procedure that should be undertaken to apply for UK visas and work permits. You will come to know about the major mistakes that should be avoided while applying for visas and work permits. Moreover, if you want to get reliable services of translation in visas and work permits, you must contact a well-known translation agency like Kings of Translation. So, do not wait any more, and let’s take a start now!

Why do you need to apply for visas and work permits?

There are various types of UK visas that depend on the type of work you do or the length of your stay in the UK. Every visa type has several procedures and requirements. So, before applying for visas and work permits, you need to know the difference between its types. You need to know what procedure must be followed if you want to apply for permanent or temporary residence permits as well as self-employment visas. If you are from Switzerland or from EU countries, there is no need to apply for a UK visa. But if you are not from the EU, Switzerland, or EEA, you have to apply for a UK visa if you want to spend six months or more in the UK. At first, a temporary visa will be given to you but you can become a permanent resident of the UK after this period ends.

To get a work visa, you need to have a valid passport or travel ID. Plus, the proof of English language proficiency with proof of your financial means is also necessary. Keep in mind that you cannot enter the country unless and until proper UK visa, as well as an entry clearance, has been issued to you.

Major mistakes you make when applying for visas and work permits

A UK visa has its own unique eligibility requirements. It requires supporting documents that you must have with you while applying for a visa. There are some major mistakes that you make when applying for visas and work permits. Most people apply too early or too late for the visa. Remember the timing of the application process depends on each category of visa. The total processing time for a UK visa may take up to three weeks so, it is better to apply for a visa at least three months before you intend to travel. In this way, the UK consulate will have enough time to process your visa. If you apply too late, you will find yourself running out of the time. And if you apply too early, it may lead to delays.

UK immigration law changes constantly. Hence, the application forms are also changing. Therefore, it is your responsibility to use the correct and up-to-date application form so there is no risk of making an invalid application.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses – a glance at what’s beneath the surface

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JEHOVAH’S Witnesses may be well known for offering a Watchtower magazine and a warm smile when they knocked on your door on a pre-COVID Saturday morning, but there are darker secrets running in the core of the religion.

There is an average of 47,980 active Jehovah’s Witnesses in Zimbabwe and around 8.5 million worldwide, each with the same task – to preach the ‘good news of God’s kingdom’. In fact, the subject features in their global campaign to distribute an edition of their magazine called “What is God’s Kingdom?” this month (November).

On the surface, the message appears to offer readers comfort and hope for a world free of pain and suffering. But what do followers of the religion actually believe?

Since they formed in the late 1800s, Jehovah’s Witnesses have claimed that humanity has been living in the last days and have falsely predicted the end of the world many times. For them, the end of the world means Armageddon and the destruction of everyone who is not a faithful member of their religion – that includes men, woman and children. Those who survive will live forever in an earthly paradise built on the graves of the billions killed for their disbelief, while 144,000 members will rule from heaven with Jesus. This heavenly rulership is how they describe ‘God’s kingdom’.

Their preaching work is one way they recruit into their religion. They also produce magazines, articles and videos to share their beliefs. In fact, across Africa, Oceania and South America, the religion has been giving the JW Box to congregations with limited or no internet access, which allows them to read the religious propaganda it produces.

But for converts, there is a lot to give up. They will expect you to limit contact with non-believing family and friends. You can’t read anything negative about the religion. You can’t talk to ex-members. You can’t celebrate holidays. You can’t study the Bible using anything other than their own materials. You are expected to dress a certain way. You certainly can’t openly question or criticise their teachings. You will be expected to preach. You have to marry in the faith. You can’t use tobacco. Witchcraft, including n’ganga, is forbidden by Jehovah’s Witnesses. And you can’t have a blood transfusion, even if it will save your life.

Cultural traditions will have to be dropped if they conflict with their teachings. For example, the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ 1985 Yearbook described how tribal marriages in Zimbabwe were not accepted and those who had refused to register their marriage with the civil authorities were kicked out of the faith. Pg 135 of the book reads: “All those married since January 1951 and whose marriages had not been legalised were given six months to have them registered. If, by the end of that time, the couples had done nothing and there were no extenuating circumstances, then the only course was to disfellowship them.”

And their firm stance of neutrality can be deadly. Along with no voting, political and military involvement is out the question. The doctrinal principle of neutrality led to the torture and death of thousands of Malawian Witnesses during the 1970s and 1980s as they were not to hold a political card in the one-party state.

In many countries about the world, Jehovah’s Witnesses are being investigated by authorities for their failings when it comes to child sexual abuse. In 2015, the Australian Royal Commission found a “serious failure” to protect children when it was revealed they failed to report over 1,000 abusers in their congregations. In America, many court cases have found the religion negligent in their handling of abuse. In the Netherlands, police have raided its Kingdom Halls for databases of abuse following a report calling child sexual abuse a “serious problem” within the “closed community”. In the UK, the Independent Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse continues to dig into its mishandling of child victims and their abusers. And yet, despite failing to protect countless children, the religion offers no apology and no decent policy changes to prevent such abuse.

But if a Jehovah’s Witness wants to leave the religion for this or any reason, they can’t – not without losing all their friends and family to shunning.

So if you know a Jehovah’s Witness or come into contact with them during their preaching work, please be kind. They have been born or recruited into a religion with promises of love, promises of being reunited with dead loved ones, promises of no more pain and no more suffering. But with all these empty promises comes heavy indoctrination and heavy control. Rather than harsh words and persecution, they deserve sympathy and understanding. They may not be God’s people, but they are only human.

This is an opinion piece submitted by our reader. We welcome contributions about any subject. Send in your contributions to story@thezimbabwedaily.com

3 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Manufacturing Process

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3 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Manufacturing Process

Is your manufacturing process working to the best of its abilities? Have you really optimized the process so that you’re not wasting time and money using a process that is outdated and slow?

In today’s modern world, time is money, and boosting the efficiency of your business operations can save a lot of time, and therefore, a lot of money.

Being more efficient in your process has a knock-on effect down the line, from happier employees to happier customers, and being more optimized makes trade partners easier to work with as they will know your business is reliable and easy to work with.

How To Improve Your Process

Improving your process can be as difficult or as easy as you need to make it. It’s best to start small, identify easy wins, or small areas that can be improved quickly and cheaply, before moving onto the bigger processes that will take longer to implement.

Here are three things to look into when you’re trying to improve your manufacturing process, some of these are easily implementable, and some will require considerable investment. Like many things, the higher the investment, the higher the reward.

Identify the Bottlenecks

Manufacturing requires the smooth operation of every part, and, with that in mind, it’s important to identify the bottlenecks or places where the process is slowing down and could be improved.

For example, you may require your team to lift heavy parts by hand to a mezzanine in your factory, this could cause significant delays, and it might even be dangerous for your employees. Investing in a safe and reliable conveyor belt system from fluentconveyors.com would allow you to get the parts up to the mezzanine with ease and not endanger employees at the same time, thus improving your process two-fold by keeping the parts moving and reducing injuries and resulting sick days.

Use Data Analysis

Data is the key to an improved process, wherever it happens to be. The more data you can get about your entire process, the better, and by employing a qualified data analyzer, you’ll improve your understanding of the data and quickly identify any issues.

For example, you may find that one of your trucks is always breaking down, and it’s slowing your entire business down. Using this information, you can build a financial case for buying a new truck or at least giving it an overhaul to reduce breakdowns.

Create A Great Team

Great teams are not just born overnight. They don’t happen without significant help to get there. You may think that you can put adults into a room, and they will all get on and work well together, but this just isn’t the case for most companies.

When you are considering hiring a new member of the team, think about how they will fit into the current team, their attitude to work, their personality. All of these things can make a big difference to the team dynamic you have created. It’s well known that a happy team works better and more efficiently.

Youth empowerment, participation & inclusiveness is the way to go!

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Youth empowerment, participation & inclusiveness is the way to go!

The Youth Decide Zimbabwe is greatly concerned about inconducive growing poverty in the new millennium, lack of opportunities, limited academic freedoms, unemployment, drug abuse, exorbitant health care, human rights abuse and shrinking civic space has epitomized modern-day Zimbabwe; with young people absorbing the brunt of economic collapse.

We are so worried about interminable upward diffusion by authorities concerning youth empowerment and participation in all societal agendas. As a youth-led organization, we are pleading for remarkable steps for institutional establishment that translate to the practical empowerment of young people who now constitutes above 62% of the total population. The National Constitution, Section 20 which is within the Africa Union Youth Framework; provides for the effective participation of youth in political, social, economic, and cultural affairs of the country.

As an organisation, our vision is to  create a conducive space wherein young people maximize their potentials in development that affect their lives through enhancing their capabilities and enabling them to affirm control over their circumstances, that will spill over to national development.

As the Youth Decide Zimbabwe, we advocate for advancement of civil society growth, economic expansion, and innovation throughout the county by strengthening the participation of youth, promoting human rights, facilitating access to justice, and ensuring inclusion of youth in all communities through different formal roots.

We are calling for donations and funding from individuals and institutions wishers to see Youth Decide Zimbabwe sailing and initiating projects and do programs as per outlined list of activities. We also inviting all youth to join the organisation so that we can work together on course to witness and celebrate the transformation than will lead to national development.

As the Youth Decide Zimbabwe, we are working tirelessly on COVID-19 awareness task through educating, informing, and interpreting. We also call upon the citizens of Zimbabwe, and institutions to ensure that the conditions and provisions set by WHO and government during this lockdown period are noteworthy. Let us fight to win, lets change our behaviour for the foreseeable future!

‘Recycling, the future of Zimbabwe’

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‘Recycling, the future of Zimbabwe’

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Harare, Zimbabwe – Lawrence Mashungu, Climate Change Mitigation Expert, for the government of Zimbabwe has envisaged recycling as the future of Zimbabwe.

Although the recycling industry is not that vibrant in the country as compared to other countries on the continent such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, initiatives of making the recycling industry more viable are already in motion.

“Recycling is the future and we have to maximise it fully. The Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) of Zimbabwe, identifies recycling as one of our key strategies for achieving the carbon future.

I am 100 percent for it and we have young people in Zimbabwe leading in this, talk of Ronny Mbaisa and Kudakwashe Dhliwayo showing great leadership on this front.

Moreso, Zimbabwe Sunshine Group in Harare and the TechVillage Innovation Hub in Bulawayo are doing very very well in this area and what we need is to scale up what these young people are doing,” said Mashungu.

In South Africa, recycling has so far created thousands of formal and informal jobs. The global recycling industry is worth over US$300 billion.

South Africa’s tourism relief fund runs dry

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South Africa’s tourism relief fund runs dry

Staff Reporter – The Zimbabwe Daily

Pretoria, South Africa – More than 100 000 jobs in the southern African country’s tourism sector are now hanging by a thread.

This is due to the country’s nationwide lockdown which was put in place on the 27th of March as a way of curbing the COVID-19 pandemic which has since hit the southern African country hard.

Although the government allocated US$12 million towards the sector which has since been used up as a relief package, many businesses didn’t benefit from the initiative.

“We could only give 4 000 companies the money. The money has run out we can’t do anything but to push for the opening of the sector.

However, we can’t be blind that there is a pandemic on our hands I would like to see the sector being opened but we can’t be blind that there is a pandemic on our hands.

Regardless, we do appreciate what the government has opened for us, accommodation for leisure being opened, safaris being opened, curfew being extended for restaurants, it will go a long way in helping businesses to say afloat. I know it’s a tough one in terms of regulations but we just have to adhere,” said the Minister of Tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane.

The much anticipated July 31st protest flopped

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The much anticipated July 31st protest flopped

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Harare, Zimbabwe – The much anticipated July 31 protests which were running under the Poverty Liberation Movement (PLM) have failed to take place.

Since morning, people are being driven out of major cities and roads have been barricaded and there is a huge police and army presence in most of the metros.

Dr. Shingi Munyeza, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee said the government had not done much to alleviate the wellbeing of the citizens.

“I support any Constitutional right that supports citizens I also detest police brutality. However, the 2017 coup didn’t change the centre of power hence, the citizens are still suffering. The elites in our country including myself have stood on the sidelines and have used the masses it’s time we come to the centre of the cause,” said Dr. Munyeza.

Piers Pigou, Crisis Group’s Senior Consultant for southern Africa said the turmoil in the country was getting out of hand.

“The reforms are failing to get adequate traction. The repressive era of security forces is still continuing.

Yesterday the police raided the house of Zimlive editor, Mduduzi Mathuthu prior to that, we also witnessed the arrest of investigative journalist, Hopewell Chino’no due to corruption exposé. The law is used at containing and suppressing voices.

It would take severe violence and blood on the floor for SADC to take the issue seriously. The critique is largely muted, no one is going to come from outside to rescue Zimbabwe,” said Pigou.

Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson in US$7.4 million scam

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Staff Reporter – The Zimbabwe Daily

Johannesburg, South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Khusela Diko, is currently embroiled in a US$7.4 million tender scam.

This comes after her husband amaBhaca king, Thandisizwe Diko, through his company Royal Bhaca Projects was allegedly awarded a US$7.4 million tender by the provincial Health department a couple of weeks ago to procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

However, it was soon discovered that Royal Bhaca Projects was formed late last year and therefore, had no experience in procuring PPEs plus the fact that the Presidential spokesperson was the partner of the king.

The province’s Health Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) Dr. Bandile Masuku and his wife Loyiso Lugayeni-Masuku who is also a Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) of Corporate and Shared Services in Johannesburg have also been implicated in the scam.

However, Diko has since taken a leave of absence pending the investigation. Earlier on today the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) through its provincial secretary for Gauteng, Jacob Khawe, issued out a presser on the party’s stance in relation to their accused members.

“We follow engagements we don’t rush to issue press conferences. However, the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) has to immediately resolve the issue for the benefit of the people of Gauteng, the Premier has to pressure the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) about the procurement.

In addition, we also realise that the ANC is losing the trust of the people due to corruption, the case has now been subjected to the Provincial Integrity Committee (PIC) which will take between two to four weeks.

Moreso, we have also noted the leave of absence taken by Cde. Diko however, we have also decided that the Health MEC and the MMC should take a leave of absence for the duration of the investigations,” said Khawe.

Commenting on the issue, Prof. Mcebisi Ndletyana, a political analyst said the move taken by the ANC was the right one.

“The PIC has a fairly good history of probing cases. The province is carrying on with its ethos of clean governance.

It’s also good news for the President since he doesn’t have a firm grip on Lithuli House, that proves people are listening to him,” said Prof. Ndletyana.

However, another political analyst, Prof. Tinyiko Maluleke said there wasn’t really anything to celebrate about.

“This should have never happened there isn’t anything to celebrate besides the SIU doesn’t have a good track record,” said Prof. Maluleke.

Meanwhile, Gauteng’s MEC for Public Transport and Roads  Infrastructure, Jacob Mamabolo, is now the acting MEC of Health.

South Africa townships face indefinite power cuts

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Johannesburg, South Africa – Most of South Africa’s townships will have to brace for more erratic power cuts from the country’s electricity supplier, Eskom.

The erratic power cuts are due to illegal connections which according to Eskom are damaging their equipment.

“Due to illegal connections and meter tampering we have to continue instigating load reductions.

Well, load reduction happens if the load exceeds the threshold so in that case we limit the load not to damage the equipment then load shedding is put in place when we are not producing enough electricity.

However, we apologize to the customers who are being affected we are working with municipalities to solve the issue,” said Monde Bala, Eskom’s group executive for the distribution division.

In addition, when Eskom initiates load reduction it uses a blanket approach which in turn affects everyone residing in that particular area.

Armed forces urged to join July 31 protests

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Armed forces urged to join July 31 protests

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Harare, Zimbabwe – The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly is calling upon members of the armed forces to join tomorrow’s nationwide protests.

Although the government has deemed the much anticipated nationwide protests as illegal, the protests will go ahead as envisaged by the Poverty Liberty Movement.

“It is public knowledge that you, our esteemed members of the police force and the army are earning peanuts.

Let it be known to you that your situation is not natural but a deliberate creation of an evil system that is corrupt.

We know that most of you are young people who joined the uniformed forces for the love of the country and to serve your people.

Moreso, we also understand that besides serving your country, you deserve food on your table for the upkeep of your families.

We want to make it clear that we feel your pain and abuse at the hands of a corrupt regime.

It is against this background that you as young people must stand with the people on 31 July.

Let us speak the same language with the people against corruption and be on the right side of history,” said Stephen Chuma, national spokesperson of the MDC Alliance Youth Assembly.

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