From: The Southern Times | The Newspaper for Southern Africa
Tobacco plantation against UN Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Lahja Nashuuta
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The Namibian government has given its blessings to Namibia Oriental Tobacco CC, locally registered company owned by China’s Hongyunhonghe Tobacco Company, to go ahead with the setting up of the tobacco plantation, The Southern Times has learnt.
Although the project has been widely criticised and opposed on all public platforms, it has already been granted an Export Processing Zone status and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has granted it an environmental clearance certificate. In addition, the Mafwe Traditional Authority has already approved the lease of the 10,000 hectares needed for production.
