Bulawayo residents have queried the province’s population figures released this week by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), describing them as “fake” and meant to perpetuate the underdevelopment and marginalisation of Matabeleland further. According to the ZIMSTAT 2022 Census preliminary report, Zimbabwe’s population grew by 16.2 percent from 13,061,239 in 2012 to 15,178,979 in 2022 […]
