UPM to tackle land
The United People's Movement (UPM) has accused the Swapo government of failing to deliver land.
The UPM is expected to host its central committee meeting in March where the land question will be discussed.
The party has also expressed its disappointment at the continued delay in the provision of affordable urban land to the poor.
UPM Member of Parliament Jan van Wyk said they had been to “all government offices” to complain about skewed urban land distribution but it was fruitless.
“We want to address in particular the issue of land given to developers at the expense of landless people.
“Our motto is if a local authority sells 300 plots to a private developer then it must simultaneously give 100 plots to individuals. And this is not taking place at all,” said Van Wyk.
He also criticised the government's failure to release a list of beneficiaries of the lands ministry's resettlement programme.
This is the same call that has been made by the Landless People's Movement (LPM), which threatened to approach the ombudsman to put pressure on the government to release the list of all resettlement beneficiaries.
The UPM further called upon its members to submit nominations for the different wings before 9 March.
The central committee meeting is expected to take place between 30 and 31 March at the party headquarters in Rehoboth.
JEMIMA BEUKES
The UPM is expected to host its central committee meeting in March where the land question will be discussed.
The party has also expressed its disappointment at the continued delay in the provision of affordable urban land to the poor.
UPM Member of Parliament Jan van Wyk said they had been to “all government offices” to complain about skewed urban land distribution but it was fruitless.
“We want to address in particular the issue of land given to developers at the expense of landless people.
“Our motto is if a local authority sells 300 plots to a private developer then it must simultaneously give 100 plots to individuals. And this is not taking place at all,” said Van Wyk.
He also criticised the government's failure to release a list of beneficiaries of the lands ministry's resettlement programme.
This is the same call that has been made by the Landless People's Movement (LPM), which threatened to approach the ombudsman to put pressure on the government to release the list of all resettlement beneficiaries.
The UPM further called upon its members to submit nominations for the different wings before 9 March.
The central committee meeting is expected to take place between 30 and 31 March at the party headquarters in Rehoboth.
JEMIMA BEUKES
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