The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein visited the Omusati Region to assess the flood situation in the Outapi Constituency, as a result of waters from Angola.

At the meeting with Governor Erginus Endjala and the Regional Disaster Risk Management team, Schlettwein urged people not to panic as the flood is not a disaster.

Endjala on his part warned Traditional Authority not to allocate plots to people in flood-prone areas, saying those areas are supposed to be for animal grazing.

Farm Sandputz in the Hardap Region was never expropriated by the government and is still considered state land, of which the government holds the title deed.

The Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform Minister, Carl Schettwein, was responding to a question in the National Assembly posed by opposition member Jan Van Wyk about the land ownership of Farm Sandputz.