Two families at Kahoro Village in Kavango West are at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land on the banks of the Kavango River.

This happened after one family allegedly sold the 10-hectare piece of land to a couple who wanted to construct a lodge there.

Three men from the Nambase family are out on N$1,000 bail each after they were arrested for removing fencing poles from the property in question.

Frans Nambase says the land belongs to him and is not for sale, warning those claiming it to stay away.

Land grabbers at Okakarara in the Otjozondjupa Region still refuse to vacate the land earmarked for the airport and the construction of houses by the Shack Dwellers Federation.

When the nbc News crew arrived at the site, we found some residents still busy erecting shacks.

Residents say they decided to settle on the piece of land as they did not receive feedback on their applications for land.

About N$300 million is needed to service Farm 37.

This is according to Municipal Councillor Victor Leroy, who has emphasized that there is no serviced land available in Walvis Bay to sell to landless residents. 

Speaking at Thursday's council meeting, IPC Councillor Leroy Victor mentioned a few areas within Walvis Bay that were scheduled to be serviced but were not. 

The President of the Association for Local Authorities in Namibia has called on the local authorities to focus on housing delivery instead of focusing on making massive profits from such services.

Dr. Samuel !Oe-Amseb was speaking at the official opening of the first-ever ALAN Land and Housing Strategic seminar at Walvis Bay.

Dr  !Oe-Amseb says efforts being made by the central government need to be complemented to yield desired results. 

He emphasizes that a majority of those affected are unemployed residents as well as low-income earners.

A group of residents at Katima Mulilo in Zambezi staged a demonstration, demanding land delivery from the Town Council.

The demonstrators are also accusing the Town Council of allegedly failing to implement development projects promised during the elections.

"Unnecessary suspension of employees became rife here in Katima Mulilo Town Council, the delay of interview results, resulting in the appointment of any staff to occupy department positions which they or one does not qualify for."

The Okahao Town Council is faced with a high demand for land in all income categories.

Its Chief Executive Officer, Junias Jakob, in an interview with nbc News, said the town has ample land for both residential and industrial use, but it needs to be served.

As part of its remedial mechanisms, the Council has given 70 erven to the National Housing Enterprise to construct low-cost affordable houses.

Namibia lost a total of 920 000 hectares of grazing land due to veld fire between April this year and 15 September.

This was revealed by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism in a media statement on Thursday.

The ministry's Chief Public Relations Officer said these veld fires were reported in nine regions.

The Kavango East Region lost over 475 000 hectares, followed by Otjozondjupa with over 228 000 hectares, the Zambezi with 148 000, Hardap with 19 000, Erongo with 14 000, and Kavango West with 10 thousand hectares of land due to the fires.