Kunene fights poverty with only N$74 000

The Kunene region’s seven constituencies are expected to run poverty eradication and income-generating projects on an annual budget of N$74 000, a parliamentary committee heard yesterday. This raises questions about the government’s commitment to uplifting some of the country’s poorest communities. The allocation is expected to support initiatives such as food-for-work and cash-for-work programmes, small and medium enterprises, and agricultural projects. This was revealed during a public National Assembly standing committee on poverty eradication, labour and industrial relations hearing in Windhoek, involving the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, the Kunene Regional Council, the Kavango East Regional Council and