Tsumeb residents who were evicted from the Endobo compound last year are still camping in makeshift structures.

In October last year, hundreds of Endobo compound residents were evicted due to non-payment of rent.

They have since erected makeshift structures, where they are embracing harsh weather conditions.

The number has now declined as some have moved to other places.

The dilemma is, however, that some of those whose names were given as the beneficiaries of plots from the municipality are unable to pay the N$4,600 required.

The Chairperson of the Omaheke Regional Council, Ignatius Kariseb, has called on the residents, particularly farmers, to desist from evicting employees because of disagreements.

Kariseb said this when he visited the family of Joseph Jacobs, who has been offloaded along the corridors of the Kalahari Constituency, allegedly by the employer at Farm Somekoms.

Kariseb, who is also the councillor of the Kalahari Constituency, called on the farmers to desist from evicting employees over an argument.

Following weeks of 15 OvaHimba families living alongside the road on the outskirts of Kamanjab Settlement, the Kunene Regional Council has intervened to assist the group, that was evicted from a resettlement farm in the area. 

The council started to register the families and some have appealed to either be allocated farming units or move back to their homeland while some wish to settle at the settlement. 

The families were evicted from ToKo Lodge and Farm in April this year, after a change of ownership.