Otjozondjupa Governor Otto Ipinge has called on the Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare to investigate unscrupulous businesses driving pensioners into debt at Tsumkwe Settlement. He made this appeal during the opening of the ministry’s two-day workshop aimed at reviewing the Social Protection Policy at Otjiwarongo.

The influx of imported cheap poultry products is forcing local producers to find alternative ways to stay afloat. Feedmaster and Namib Poultry Industries are now training locals in poultry production.