joining us now, flavia krause-jackson. thank you for joining us. this a threat to maty' majority? a slim majority. flavia: it certainly is. she needs to try to get ahead of this. there's this appearance that she's done the minimum required. she's named whatever insiders to a top job that's one of her insiders with top job. -- she's named one off her insiders to a top job. there was no code of conduct before. thatis a tangible evidence may is trying to get ahead of this problem. she will be meeting with jeremy corbyn and other leaders from the party and other parties. mark: it's not just a conservative party issue. flavia: correct. we've focused on the tories to a certain extent because they are running the country, but this is an across-the-board thing. german corbyn has suspended two of his mp's. that's evidence that he's taking this very seriously as well. .he hasn't done that she is hemmed in politically. mark: this is the first week we've barely mentioned brexit. it's the sexual-harassment scandal. flavia: it's not brexit off the may, it is but

jackson,flavia krause from the u.k. government reporting team. london and from new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance" with tom and francine from london and new york. tom, this is what we need to focus on. let's get straight to zimbabwe to figure out what we need to do next. the president is said to be ready to step down after being in power for almost 40 years. the fallout is quite significant and it will continue to be very significant in the coming weeks. after 40 years, the understanding is there are reports that he will stand down. that is according to local press agencies. we turn to our south africa economy reporter for the very latest from johannesburg. thank you for coming back on. we are trying to figure the timing of this. how significant is it that it is now and not one year ago or two years ago? >> certainly come if you think about the elections, it is quite an interesting one. robert mugabe had just fired his vice president, who is the person that i think could then take the presidency. and then he