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Campaign the best way to fight poverty

The minister of agriculture and land affairs has thrown the ball into every community member's court by starting the Ilima-Letsema Campaign aimed at encouraging people to plant their own food.

The minister of agriculture and land affairs has thrown the ball into every community member's court by starting the Ilima-Letsema Campaign aimed at encouraging people to plant their own food.

The minister has made a commitment that extension officers will visit the projects to ensure effectiveness and also promised to help in every way to make the initiative work.

What better way is there to fight poverty and unemployment than to use the land our forefathers left us?

Evans Molepo, Pretoria

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