Groot Aub residents will continue to benefit from free municipal services while infrastructures are being developed and upgraded to support the formal provision of basic services. 

Groot Aub community activist Cecil Titus is requesting autonomy for the settlement, claiming that the City of Windhoek (CoW) has been making false promises.

He accuses CoW of lacking the capacity to improve, facilitate or advance development.

Groot Aub residents say they no longer have confidence in the City of Windhoek to deliver services.

They now want to handle their own administration for faster development at the settlement.

The Windhoek Rural Constituency handed over income-generating equipment to the value of N$225,000 to eight beneficiaries at Groot Aub. 

Among the beneficiaries were 26-year-old Deotaurus Rooi and his 25-year-old nephew Dennis Rooi who own a funeral undertaking - Isaria Funeral Services. 

The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, says his ministry will first monitor the current boreholes at Groot Aub, which are said to be without water, before considering other options.

Residents of Groot Aub in the Windhoek Rural Constituency have called on the police to intensify their visibility in the area.

This was revealed at a meeting between the police and the community held at the settlement.

There are more than 500 criminal cases recorded at Groot Aub in 2022 alone.