A family of five at Otjiwarongo's informal settlement was left homeless after their corrugated iron house was gutted by fire last night.
The family said a 70-year-old grandmother was trying to light her smoking pipe in the house.
A family of seven in Katima Mulilo's Cowboy settlement was left without shelter after a fire burnt down their dwellings this morning.
The family lost belongings estimated at N$30,000.
52-year-old Thusnelde Garises, who became homeless with her three grandchildren in 2020 after purchasing a house in Walvis Bay under allegedly false pretenses from police officer Moira Engelbrecht, is seeking legal recourse.
A 62-year-old resident of Windhoek's Goreangab area, Maripurua Kotjipari, has been left homeless after his shack burnt down.
Kotjipari was reading by candlelight at nine o'clock in the evening when he fell asleep.
A former homeless couple gathered resources to assist the homeless at an event hosted at Khomasdal Stadium over the weekend.
In 2022, Vecius and Winnie Tapiso found themselves homeless, a situation they would not wish on anyone.
The homeless living at Windhoek's Khomasdal Stadium also added their voice of remembrance for the late President Hage Geingob.
Like all the people spoken to during this time of grief, they found it difficult to comprehend his death.
For many homeless individuals, Christmas is just another difficult day.
The holiday season can be particularly difficult for them, as they are often faced with loneliness and hunger.
Little is left for them as they rummage through the bins because people have gone away for holidays.
About 30 residents of Aussenkehr, whose reed houses were destroyed by a fire two weeks ago, are still being housed in tents.
The blazing fire displaced 57 households and claimed a life.
Priskilla Dausas, 71, who was evicted from Cando Farm three years ago, is still homeless.
Dausas was moved next to the fence opposite the road when the new farm owner, with no use for new workers, took over.
The homeless and those living in extreme poverty are more exposed to harsh weather conditions.
To establish how some survive the winter, reporter Eveline Paulus visited the underprivileged residents of Otjiwarongo and compiled this.
