The Mayor of Swakopmund says access to residential land and housing remains the biggest barrier to homeownership, not only in Swakopmund but countrywide.
Dina Namubes said this during the groundbreaking ceremony for phase 3 of the Build Together project in the town.
The court case in which the Heavens Ark Housing Organisation, a community housing initiative in Otjomuise is accusing a businessman, Stephan Malan of defrauding them has been postponed to 23 June.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
