The plight of the homeless people who were housed by Government at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Katutura and Khomasdal Sports Fields has not changed.
Despite the drop in fatalities during the spread of the disease, the homeless people still live there, enduring harsh daily realities.
The shelters provided by Government and corporates were considered temporary refuges due to the pandemic.
But during the peak of winter, when temperatures can drop to below zero degrees, is it still the responsibility of central or regional governments to look after the displaced?
The homeless complain of hunger and cold nights.
In April this year, a homeless man died at the Youth Centre soccer field in Katutura.
According to those who lived with him, he complained of hunger during the days leading up to his death.
There is, however, no confirmation that hunger was the direct cause of his death.
The homeless people here have now occupied the once-full-of-life Katutura Youth Hostel.
The place is run-down, but at least it provides warmth to the homeless to a certain degree.
The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology is the government's mouthpiece.
In pursuit of getting answers that have been long overdue, the nbc finally engaged the government's spokesperson, ICT Minister Dr. Peya Mushelenga, on the fate of the homeless.
Dr. Mushelenga is concerned about the reluctance of some ministries to provide information, saying an inter-ministerial committee is in existence to deal with the plight of the homeless.
"The governor is looking into that, and I am glad that you brought it here; as you say, you have run from one office to another until you got to the ministry of information. There are also PROs and even ministers who avoid responding to the media, and as a result, journalists are left stranded and come to this ministry for issues that are within the knowledge of sectoral ministries."
The homeless were in the custody of the Ministries of Gender and Health, the City of Windhoek, and the |Khomas Regional Council.
Today, though a mobile medical clinic visits them once a week, it is evident that the food rations have stopped.