Zambezi farmer holds out hope for rain

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

2024-12-02

KATIMA MULILO, 02 December 2024 - 74 year-old well-known Zambezi resident and retired Police Commissioner, Bolen Sankwasa who has ventured into subsistence farming since his retirement from public office in 2011. In this photo, he points to the three-hectors of land that he has managed to plough in this 13 hectors millet field. (Photo by: Lydia Pitiri) NAMPA

By Michael Mutonga Liswaniso
KATIMA MULILO, 02 DEC (NAMPA) – Well-known Zambezi resident and retired Police Commissioner, Bolen Sankwasa is hopeful that more rains will fall in the Zambezi Region in the upcoming weeks and enable communal farmers like him to cultivate the land.
Zambezi and other parts of Namibia are drought stricken - a situation that forced President Nangolo Mbumba to declare a national state of emergency in May this year.
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