Hundreds of Swakopmund residents who rent houses and shacks have called for urgent action on Namibia's slow provision of affordable land and housing.
The residents have expressed frustration as they gathered to strategise on how their demand for affordable land and housing can be heard.
The "special treatment" of land squatters over residents on the waiting list for land at Walvis Bay has sparked allegations of discrimination.
Political leaders in the harbour town have called on the squatters to register their names and join the long list in the municipality.
Operative Secretary of the Landless People’s Movement (LPM), Dawid Eigub, says President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's recent State of the Nation Address did not offer real solutions for the problems many Namibians are facing.
Since the beginning of this year, Swakopmund has reported 22 fire incidents, primarily affecting shacks.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni, today visited the Mass Housing project site in Windhoek's Otjomuise Extension 10.
The project, which includes 362 houses, was launched under the leadership of former President Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2013.
As Namibia is grappling with a housing crisis, the challenges of high rental prices and the current interest rate environment are prompting a critical examination of the rental landscape.
