Traditional food sales pick up at show

WINDHOEK – Business for traditional food sellers at the Windhoek Agricultural and Industrial Show has picked up since it opened on Friday.

Speaking to Nampa yesterday, Pandulo Israel, one of the women selling traditional food at the show, said things started picking up by late Saturday and so far she is happy with her sales. “It was very slow in the beginning, but we understand and we are used to the fact that it is normal for the show to start off slowly.Weekends are usually the best times, as many people come with their families to eat here.During the week it is always slow because adults are at work and children are at school, but it gets better in the afternoons,” said Israel.She said she is very happy, as by Sunday evening she had already made the money she used to buy her produce, and now she is just going to be making profit.”I am glad that now I don’t have to worry about losing out as what I put in I already got out, and now I am just working hard to make a profit.It is very hard work as it is also very hot, but we are ready for the hard work and we know that everything only comes from hard work,” she noted.The traditional food section has become one of the highlights of the show since it was introduced five years ago, and people flock there to enjoy all kinds of traditional dishes, including chicken, traditional drinks, mahangu porridge and cake, mopane worms, dried meat, tripe, wild spinach and freshwater fish.The show ends on Saturday.More than 400 local and foreign exhibitors are promoting and selling their products at the show.Nampa”It was very slow in the beginning, but we understand and we are used to the fact that it is normal for the show to start off slowly.Weekends are usually the best times, as many people come with their families to eat here.During the week it is always slow because adults are at work and children are at school, but it gets better in the afternoons,” said Israel.She said she is very happy, as by Sunday evening she had already made the money she used to buy her produce, and now she is just going to be making profit.”I am glad that now I don’t have to worry about losing out as what I put in I already got out, and now I am just working hard to make a profit.It is very hard work as it is also very hot, but we are ready for the hard work and we know that everything only comes from hard work,” she noted.The traditional food section has become one of the highlights of the show since it was introduced five years ago, and people flock there to enjoy all kinds of traditional dishes, including chicken, traditional drinks, mahangu porridge and cake, mopane worms, dried meat, tripe, wild spinach and freshwater fish.The show ends on Saturday.More than 400 local and foreign exhibitors are promoting and selling their products at the show.Nampa