While the quote goes, Water is life, for many living in informal settlements, access to water is a daily struggle they have to face. 

The unwillingness of Windhoek's informal settlement residents to sign lease agreements with the city has delayed the completion of electrification projects.

Windhoek Mayor, Queen Kamati, revealed this during the council meeting. 

Residents of Okahandja's informal settlements spent the night at the Okahandja Municipality, demanding a meeting with Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, and Mayor Beatrice Koutogondo.

Members of the Nalitungwe Community Savings Foundation have become new landowners at Farm 37 on the outskirts of Walvis Bay.

The municipality has allocated them portion 12, which will need to be serviced. 

As people leave rural areas in search of a better livelihood, towns such as Swakopmund are under immense pressure, and their capacity to deliver is a challenge.

The Namibian government remains steadfast in addressing the backlog of serviced urban land and affordable housing, providing an amount of N$297 million in subsidies to local authorities and regional councils.

The Otjiwarongo Municipality has started cleaning up areas in the informal settlements that residents have described as health hazards.

Outapi Town Council has upgraded its five informal settlements and has lined up development projects this year.

The Council will construct phase one of the water reticulation infrastructure at Outapi-extension-18, at a cost of N$1.1 million, and provide water at extension-13, costing another N$1 million.

The Windhoek City Council is currently executing a five-year plan to provide adequate ablution and sanitation facilities in the city's informal settlements.

Under the plan, a total of 1,620 pit latrines are set to be completed.