Windhoek - Small City, Big Food Problem

Since apartheid ended and Namibia won its independence in 1990, Windhoek has burgeoned as rural people have poured into the city in search of jobs and money. Recent statistics suggest that the population of the former ghettos, still the poorest parts of the city, nearly tripled - from 91,000 to 250,000. Food security for those people is a pressing issue for the city.

  • Namibia:  Windhoek - Small City, Big Food Problem

    allAfrica, 30 December 2014

    To the casual visitor, Namibia's main city of Windhoek – one of Africa's smallest capitals – seems free of the huge challenges facing the major cities of most African… Read more »

Children in the Haukongo household share their food.

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