The Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare has encouraged young people to engage in economic activities.

Doreen Sioka was speaking at a Swapo Party mini-rally at Lisikili in the Zambezi Region.

More than 70 beneficiaries of drought relief at the Diary Compound in Katima Mulilo received food parcels on Wednesday. 

Each household received food rations of two 20kg bags of maize meal, two 1.5kg bags of meat, and two 750ml bottles of cooking oil.