Back to roots to fight poverty

THE Eastern Cape government plans to farm about 300000ha of land across the province in the next two years to fight poverty.

Rural Development and Agrarian Reform MEC Zoleka Capa said yesterday some of the land would be made available by the SA Council of Churches for the government to help communities produce their own food.

At a media briefing at the Wolfson Stadium in Kwazakhele, Capa met with leaders of the Council of Churches in Nelson Mandela Bay to find ways to end hunger and poverty.

While Capa said there were no concrete plans as to where the farming land would be, her spokesman Ayabulela Ngoqo said the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality had indicated that there was land available between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage.