Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma, addressing a recent event, referred to the issue of eliminating the poverty.

The government launched a new rural development initiative.

This is a programme for the people, by the people," he noted, adding: The initiative is aimed to alleviate poverty and fight hunger in some of the country's poorest rural areas.

He called upon all the people to turn out in this work.