A member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Mike Venaani, is of the opinion that much still needs to be done to develop Gam settlement and its surrounding areas.

Venaani remarked on this after a visit to the area.

Venaani acknowledged the government's efforts in developing Gam but said the provision of potable water and human-wildlife conflict remain daily challenges.

He wants parliamentarians to intensively discuss the development of places like Gam and others around the country, which he said lag behind in terms of development.

"I want to establish many issues, even the size of the region and the carrying capacity. This is how, in this period before we start again, I have to empower myself with such information because in Omaheke Region, 23 percent of the population is the San people. Has this population been accommodated in the resettlement, or do they not remember that resettlement is one of the challenges, and our constitution is silent over ancestral land and also silent on the genocide issue? That is some of this where people are coming from."

The gravel road between Gobabis and Gam is another in need of attention, and the Roads Authority says that plans are underway to ensure the road is attended to.

Livestock markets too are problematic, given Gam's location behind the cordon fence.

Senior Traditional Councillor of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority, Hans Kandjii, says, "Due to the fact that this water is not purified, hence the area where we are is very sloppy, and when the rain starts, water flows into the borehole, and this lets everything that flows with water go into the borehole, so we need that water to be purified so that people can drink clean water."