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Half of Zimbabwe's youth population is idle
Almost half of Zimbabwe's youth aged between 15 and 35 are neither in education, employment, nor training (NEET), according to alarming new data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zi...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 09:46hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's poor women bear more children than the rich
A landmark report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has shed light on disparities in fertility rates among Zimbabwean women, revealing that poorer women tend to have significantly...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:26hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces fertility decline
Zimbabwe is witnessing a steady decline in fertility rates as more citizens struggle to achieve their reproductive goals, a trend that mirrors global patterns highlighted in the 2024 State of the Worl...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:09hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's falling birth rate a burden
Two seemingly ordinary moments tell a deeper story of Zimbabwe's shifting reproductive landscape. In Harare, a woman welcomes her second child five years after her first - exactly as planned. In rural...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:07hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
44 Babies at the age of 38 - Meet Africa's most Fertile Woman
Uganda - At the age of 39, Mariam Nabatanzi is a single mother of 38 children. Six set of twins, four sets of triplets and five sets of quadruplets. To sa...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 06:54hrs | 6 | by Erick Matotoba
Mnangagwa hails HIV fight gains
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has attributed Zimbabwe's population growth to significant achievements in HIV prevention and a reduced maternal mortality rate.Zimbabwe has made substantial progr...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
80% infants unregistered, says ZimStat
ONLY 19% of infants were registered at birth in the last 12 months prior to the 2022 census, Zimbabwe National Statistic Agency (ZimStat) preliminary results on fertility show.This means that ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'350 years to double Matabeleland population'
THE Matabeleland region will need an estimated 350 years to double its population which has been on a slow growth rate mainly due to low fertility rate, cultural practices and migration, among a numbe...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti clarifies age of consent ruling
TENDAI Biti, who successfully lobbied for the review of the age of consent from 16 to 18 at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has clarified last week's ruling, saying it did not necessarily raise th...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches countdown to census
The 50-day countdown to the 2022 population and housing census started yesterday with President Mnangagwa marking the countdown and stating that his Government was ready to address gaps in services an...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rapist gets Grade 6 pupil pregnant
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of a Grade Six pupil who was impregnated after she was allegedly raped by a stranger at the family house in Mzilikazi suburb.The matter came to ligh...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Infertility: A shared responsibility
Being a parent is a desired part of adult identity in most societies. For many couples, the inability to bear children is a tragedy. The conflux of personal, interpersonal, social, and religious expec...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 12:01hrs | 7 | by Heaven Munyuki
US economist ranks Zimbabwe second most miserable country in the World
Are Zimbabweans truly miserable?“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Amenna Dayo
Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa - Study
One study revealed that Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa with one in every 10 girls aged between...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 11:19hrs | | by MSF / APO
Recipient of 2018 Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholarship announced
The Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholarship selection committee is pleased to announce the 2018 Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholar - Terrens Muradzikwa.The Rhodes Scholarships...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Rhodes Trust
Zimbabwe's 2018 Rhodes Scholar selected
As the Zimbabwe Rhodes Selection Committee, we have just finished two days of interviewing nine outstanding Zimbabwean finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship. These shortlisted candidates came from Univ...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 16:33hrs | 9 | by Arthur Mutambara
Zimbabwe struggles with teen pregnancies
TEENAGE pregnancies, which are a major contributor to maternal and child mortality, remain high at 22 percent in the country at a time Government has set a target to reduce them to 12 percent by 2020....Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim's biggest resource for economic development is its people
If we looked at countries' natural endowments as a measure of their potential for economic development, very few in Africa would stand toe to toe with Zimbabwe. For ours is one of those rare countries...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:03hrs | 3 | by Conrad Mwanza
Bulawayo women bear less children - National Family Planning Council
WOMEN in Bulawayo metropolitan province bear the least number of children compared to their counterparts in other provinces across the country, statistics have shown.According to the Zimbabwe ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 10:10hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's female teenagers most fertile in the region---UNFPA
Zimbabwe female teenagers have the highest fertility rate in sub Saharan Africa with a national study showing that that one in every 10 girls, aged between 15 to 19 years falls pregna...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records decrease in HIV prevalence rate
The final results of the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) show that the HIV prevalence rate in the country declined from 18% to 14% over the past 10 years.The results of ...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt in bid to control population growth rate
GOVERNMENT is working on controlling the country's population growth rate and aligning it to the country's economic growth rate by lowering the national Total Fertility Rate, a Cabinet minis...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Matabelaland women least fertile'
WOMEN in Mashonaland Central Province are likely to have more children during their child-bearing age than their peers in other provinces, the 2012 National Census Report shows.Fertility level...Published: 22 May 2014 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic stability triggers baby boom
Child births have risen in Zimbabwe from 3,8 to 4,1 births per woman since 2006 in what many experts believe is a result of the economic stability the country is enjoying, a recent study has revealed....Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Senior Health Reporter
Childbirth in Developing Countries
For many women, childbirth is a natural and beautiful experience through which new life is brought into the world. But for women who live in developing countries such as Niger, India or Uganda, childb...Published: 23 Nov 2011 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Kat Russell
SA's population growth rate slowing down
Cape Town - South Africa's population growth rate is slowing down, the country's Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said on Wednesday."There is a decline in population growth in Sou...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 23:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grant Opportunity for African Journalists
Hello,My name is Catherine Wang from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting—a US-based journalism non-profit organisation. We just launched a grant opportunity for African j...Published: 03 Oct 2011 at 14:20hrs | 2 | by Catherine Wang
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