Day: July 27, 2022

Zim In Youth Population Bulge: Is Zimbabwe Ready to Harness This Demographic Change?

Michael Gwarisa

THE 2022 Population and Housing Census preliminary results have since been released with latest figures showing that the country has witnessed an annual population growth rate of 1.5%. Zimbabwe’s population was at 7.5 million people in 1982 and the latest statistics shows that it has taken 40 years for Zimbabwe’s population to double. By Michael Gwarisa According to population and demographics experts, at the current population growth rate, it will take Zimbabwe probably about 15 years to double to about 30 million people. According to the latest 2022 population and…

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PSMI West End Hospital Employees Now Sleeping At Work To Avoid Landlords and Debts Collectors

Healthtimes

THE salary and labor dispute unfolding at the Premier Service Medical Investments (PSMI) has disintegrated into a socio-economic crises as some employees at PSMI West End Hospital have reportedly spent the past two nights without going to their homes owing to delays in payment of salaries. By HealthTimes Correspondent To date PSMI employees’ salaries are still in arrears and majority are yet to receive their June salaries and some employees who spoke to this publication yesterday indicated that they are yet to pay their June rentals as well as meet…

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Zim Medicines Authority Invites Applicants For Medical Marijuana License

Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE’S medicinal products regulator, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has approved the selling of Hemp based Cannabidiol (CBD) products in Zimbabwe. By Kuda Pembere CBD, or cannabidiol, is non-intoxicating and one of the more than 540 phytochemicals found in the Cannabis sativa (C. sativa) plant. According to Medical News Today, public interest in and the availability of CBD have grown due to its promising health benefits. People use CBD to help with a wide variety of physical and mental issues, including pain, nausea, addiction, and depression. In a circular, MCAZ Acting Director General Mr…

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Zimbabwe Population Grows By 1.5 Percent

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), has released preliminary results to the 2022 Population and Housing census which indicate a 1.5% grown rate in the country’s population. By Michael Gwarisa According to the Preliminary Results report, Zimbabwe witnessed a population change of 16.2% from 13.1 million in 2012 to 15,178 979 as at April 20, 2022. From the population size, (52%) were female, giving a sex ratio of 92 males for every 100 females. Given the 2012 population size of 13,061,329, this gives an annual population growth rate of 1.5…

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