Residents of the Suncity location at Rundu have been without running water for months. 

They have now resorted to collecting water from the supply lines found above the ground. 

Residents say they have been without water since October last year, while others have never had running water since their taps were installed. 

This has left the community with no choice but to get water from any other pipe.

The Landless People's Movement is dismayed at the vandalism of infrastructure, which it says is hampering the development of electrification in Swakopmund's informal settlements.

This was brought to light by the party's leader in the region, Elvis Goseb, at a media conference.

Goseb says the challenges with informal settlements in Swakopmund are unpredictable shack fires, which have left many residents homeless.