{"id":42085,"date":"2023-03-30T17:27:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership"},"modified":"2023-03-30T19:15:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T19:15:18","slug":"okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership","title":{"rendered":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town on Monday, and the leadership later handed over a petition to the minister of urban and rural development, Erastus Uutoni, at his office in Windhoek.<\/p>\n

The group expressed their dissatisfaction with the way the Okahandja municipality has treated their concerns and demanded to know why land is not free and why municipal services are unaffordable.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have sent letters and handed over petitions, but it seems that the council does not take you (minister) seriously as they don’t carry out the instructions,\u201d the petition reads.<\/p>\n

Members of the group have raised concern over the town council’s reported negligence towards the informal settlements.<\/p>\n

Sethy Gariseb, chairperson of the group, said after three mayors and consistent protesting, nothing has changed.<\/p>\n

Gariseb said there is no water and electricity in the RCC camp at Okahandja.<\/p>\n

He also highlighted crimes such as rape and theft that take place.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur people are being raped and killed, thrown with stones. Until when?\u201d<\/p>\n

Uutoni assured protesters that all letters and concerns have been received by the ministry and the local authority of Okahandja. He referenced a letter from the Okahandja municipality chief executive officer to Gariseb dated 22 February 2022<\/p>\n

The letter stated that 20 erven have been reserved for RCC camp residents, and the Ekundo area is where the residents are being relocated to.<\/p>\n

Ekundo is also where the town’s landfill is located and its residents of Okahandja’s settlement previously also called on Uutoni for assistance.<\/p>\n

In July, a group travelled to Windhoek in a rented bus and walked to the ministry’s head office to hand over a complaint.<\/p>\n

In October, they marched to the prime minister’s office which also yielded no positive outcome.<\/p>\n

Another march was also held last week, to no avail.<\/p>\n

Okahandja chief executive officer Alphons Tjitombo says land allocated for the relocation of RCC residents was proclaimed and surveyed in 2021.<\/p>\n

He says although funds allocated to Okahandja was reduced for the 2022\/23 financial year, the municipality is in the process of acquiring material to begin implementing municipal services.<\/p>\n

Tjitombo says the municipality, in collaboration with the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust), has set up a programme allowing students to collect information on the land’s condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have signed a memorandum of understanding with Nust to have students come and collect information that will determine the nature of the condition of the land,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Tjitombo says up to three houses at RCC camp are located on one erf, and the municipality plans to place each house on a single erf.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town on Monday, and the leadership later handed over a petition to the minister of urban and rural development, Erastus Uutoni, at his office in Windhoek. The group expressed their dissatisfaction with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-42085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nOkahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-30T17:27:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-30T19:15:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"421\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-30T17:27:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-30T19:15:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\"},\"wordCount\":464,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\",\"name\":\"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-30T17:27:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-30T19:15:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town o ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":421,\"caption\":\"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership - Namibia","description":"MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town o ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership","og_description":"MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town o ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-03-30T17:27:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-30T19:15:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":421,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership","datePublished":"2023-03-30T17:27:50+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-30T19:15:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership"},"wordCount":464,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership","name":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-30T17:27:50+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-30T19:15:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"MEMBERS of the Concerned Group of Okahandja protested the lack of municipal services and ownership of land at the town o ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1680181078.76.jpg","width":750,"height":421,"caption":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/okahandja-residents-stand-strong-on-fight-for-land-ownership#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Okahandja residents stand strong on fight for land ownership"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}