Cooperatives Key In Eradicating Poverty
Monday, November 27, 2017
Septuagenarian, Tshepo Tokong is one of the beneficiaries of government's poverty eradication
Out of that, about 2,262 are operational while 187 has collapsed due to various reasons.
Speaking during the Poverty Eradication Exposition recently, specially elected Member of Parliament, Mephato Reatile said that cooperatives play an important role in eradicating poverty.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...