Outapi residents the first to receive land titles deeds
Outapi has become the latest town in Namibia to implement the Flexible Land Tenure Act, with 173 residents of informal settlements receiving landhold titles on Friday.
The handover was a joint effort between the land reform ministry, the urban and rural development ministry, and the Outapi Town Council.
According to land reform minister Inge Zamwaani, beneficiaries from O.O Namakalu, Petrus Kalipi, Tulongeni, and Tutungeni settlements are now legally recognised as owners of their erven.
“A total of 9.4 hectares of land was demarcated into 201 plots, of which 173 were registered for residential use,” Zamwaani said.
Of these, 115 titles went to women, a move hailed as progress in gender equity in land ownership.
The minister further noted that government had invested nearly N$1 million in feasibility studies, surveys, and registration to make the project possible.
Secure land right
The Flexible Land Tenure Act, passed in 2012, was created to provide affordable and secure land rights to low-income communities.
It supports government’s broader goal of formalising informal settlements, as resolved at the Second National Land Conference, and contributes to the delivery of 10 000 plots annually in line with the SWAPO Party’s 2024 election manifesto.
Zaamwani urged beneficiaries to make productive use of their properties and warned against selling them.
Outapi now joins Oshakati and Gobabis as reference towns for the scheme. Other local authorities, including Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, and Lüderitz, are expected to roll out similar allocations.
Zaamwani’s remarks were delivered on her behalf by the ministry’s executive director, Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata.
The handover was a joint effort between the land reform ministry, the urban and rural development ministry, and the Outapi Town Council.
According to land reform minister Inge Zamwaani, beneficiaries from O.O Namakalu, Petrus Kalipi, Tulongeni, and Tutungeni settlements are now legally recognised as owners of their erven.
“A total of 9.4 hectares of land was demarcated into 201 plots, of which 173 were registered for residential use,” Zamwaani said.
Of these, 115 titles went to women, a move hailed as progress in gender equity in land ownership.
The minister further noted that government had invested nearly N$1 million in feasibility studies, surveys, and registration to make the project possible.
Secure land right
The Flexible Land Tenure Act, passed in 2012, was created to provide affordable and secure land rights to low-income communities.
It supports government’s broader goal of formalising informal settlements, as resolved at the Second National Land Conference, and contributes to the delivery of 10 000 plots annually in line with the SWAPO Party’s 2024 election manifesto.
Zaamwani urged beneficiaries to make productive use of their properties and warned against selling them.
Outapi now joins Oshakati and Gobabis as reference towns for the scheme. Other local authorities, including Windhoek, Otjiwarongo, and Lüderitz, are expected to roll out similar allocations.
Zaamwani’s remarks were delivered on her behalf by the ministry’s executive director, Ndiyakupi Nghituwamata.
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