The Kanaan informal settlement upgrading committee is pleased with the progress made thus far in land surveying there, with 300 plots completed.

The process of surveying and pegging land for housing in Gobabis' Kanaan informal settlement started at a snail's pace.

The Public Relations Officer of the Kanaan informal settlement upgrading committee, Jacob Tjinae, says community members were reluctant due to a lack of understanding.

The plan is to complete all 4,500 plots before the end of the year and have certificates of ownership delivered for them. 

The committee also aims to ensure residents have access to water, electricity, and better roads. 

"After being surveyed and plots are being given to the owners from the office, they must come and do this officially with certificates of ownership for the owner, and nothing that we are expecting from the municipality is to come clean the roads after people are reshuffled moving in their plots, and most of the parts as you have driven, you can see that people can cooperate and some areas are already clean; they have already moved; only that they need to clean up."

A resident of Kanaan Informal Settlement, Mamela Nawa-Nawa, stressed that the process is long overdue.

The Development Officer in the Gobabis Municipality, Yvonne Kavezepa, says the committee tries its best to ensure that development reaches all residents.