The |Khomas regional council has reacted to the call by Dordabis residents by dispatching boots on the ground to fix the broken-down water infrastructure.

The small community of the settlement embarked on a land-grabbing spree on Thursday before a physical fight broke out due to illegal water connections, which resulted in the breakage of water pipes and underground cylinders.

On Friday, the mood of the residents was different from the violent one exhibited the day before.

The |Khomas region's chief administrator, Clement Mwafila, and the Windhoek Rural Constituency councillor, Piet Adams, were at the settlement to meet with the disgruntled community.

From the small talk in the hall, it is evident that the water issue is at the bottom of the list of the residents; they want land.

But Mwafila makes it clear to them that he was there to resolve the water issue.

The meeting between the residents and their political head of the constituency is marred by complaints and demands for land.

Adams assured the residents that the matter in question is indeed known by the relevant authorities, and he promised to engage the relevant offices to come and update the residents on the progress of land delivery.

For now, the construction of illegal structures put up illegally has come to a standstill, and there is no certainty until when the stoppage will be.

The conflict between the residents on Thursday started with a group of disgruntled individuals who decided to illegally occupy state-owned land and put up structures, much to the annoyance of another group that insisted they follow the processes in place.

The division among the local leadership appears to be unresolved, as some of the members of the settlement Local Development Committees walked out when Adams took to the podium.