While expressing his shock that 42% of Namibians are malnourished, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare Minister Zephania Kameeta says that hunger should be treated like a national emergency, just like the drought disasters often faced by the country.
Kameeta, who was speaking at a workshop on peri-urban agriculture in Windhoek yesterday, said one of the biggest reasons for poverty in Namibia is that projects decided upon are not being implemented, because “people do not want to work”.
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