Gobabis to issue land title deeds
Developers who received council land have until the end of March to report on their progress.
The Gobabis municipality is looking to issue land title deeds to about 800 residents in the Freedom Square informal settlement in Epako, mayor Elvire Theron, said.
“We take cognisance of the fact that land delivery has been rather slow and not to the expectation of community members. Going forward, it is important to note that land delivery will be properly planned. We cannot sit with a scenario where the municipality does not own up to what is expected of it,” Theron said on Friday.
Title deeds would give inhabitants the necessary ownership and pride for future developments, she said, adding that the flexible land tenure will be rolled out to all other informal settlements over time.
The town has about 25 000 inhabitants, of which 8 000 live in informal settlements and 17 000 in the formal section.
Theron said the council is also currently in the process of conducting land audits that will look into the land that was bought between 2014 and 2020.
DEADLINE
The chief executive officer of the Gobabis municipality, Ignatius Thudinyane, said he has written letters to all developers awarded council land for land development purposes but have not delivered as agreed upon.
He said they have a deadline of 31 March 2021 to give progress reports as to what they have done and what they are busy doing since they were awarded these tenders.
“After the deadline, if the municipality is not happy with the work done or being done by a certain developer, measures will be taken,” he assured. - Nampa
“We take cognisance of the fact that land delivery has been rather slow and not to the expectation of community members. Going forward, it is important to note that land delivery will be properly planned. We cannot sit with a scenario where the municipality does not own up to what is expected of it,” Theron said on Friday.
Title deeds would give inhabitants the necessary ownership and pride for future developments, she said, adding that the flexible land tenure will be rolled out to all other informal settlements over time.
The town has about 25 000 inhabitants, of which 8 000 live in informal settlements and 17 000 in the formal section.
Theron said the council is also currently in the process of conducting land audits that will look into the land that was bought between 2014 and 2020.
DEADLINE
The chief executive officer of the Gobabis municipality, Ignatius Thudinyane, said he has written letters to all developers awarded council land for land development purposes but have not delivered as agreed upon.
He said they have a deadline of 31 March 2021 to give progress reports as to what they have done and what they are busy doing since they were awarded these tenders.
“After the deadline, if the municipality is not happy with the work done or being done by a certain developer, measures will be taken,” he assured. - Nampa
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