Land grab at Goreangab
The Namibian police had to intervene on Monday to stop about 250 people from grabbing land in the Goreangab informal settlement in Windhoek.
People started demarcating plots of land on Sunday night and on Monday, they were busy clearing the land and erecting poles near Penduka.
One of the land grabbers, Tlorencia Tjeriunga told the media they have been waiting for the municipality to avail land in that area to them since 2016, when people also attempted to settle in the area illegally. They were however told by the municipality they had to service the land first, but this, she said, has still not been done. Tjeriunga said even after the land is serviced, it is “given to people with money”.
“It is better for us to service land with our own hands and put our shacks there and they (municipality) can provide us with water,” she said.
Speaking to the media, the councillor for the Samora Machel constituency, Fanuel Shivute, said last year, the City of Windhoek allocated N$53 million for the servicing of the land, which he said is underway.
He also informed that a meeting was held with the public at 17:00 on Monday evening with City representatives in this regard.
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People started demarcating plots of land on Sunday night and on Monday, they were busy clearing the land and erecting poles near Penduka.
One of the land grabbers, Tlorencia Tjeriunga told the media they have been waiting for the municipality to avail land in that area to them since 2016, when people also attempted to settle in the area illegally. They were however told by the municipality they had to service the land first, but this, she said, has still not been done. Tjeriunga said even after the land is serviced, it is “given to people with money”.
“It is better for us to service land with our own hands and put our shacks there and they (municipality) can provide us with water,” she said.
Speaking to the media, the councillor for the Samora Machel constituency, Fanuel Shivute, said last year, the City of Windhoek allocated N$53 million for the servicing of the land, which he said is underway.
He also informed that a meeting was held with the public at 17:00 on Monday evening with City representatives in this regard.
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