Residents, including children from Ohangwena Region's Onamhinda village, were relocated to higher grounds after their houses and mahangu fields were submerged by floodwaters from southern Angola.
The Ohangwena Region has so far relocated 235 people from the Oshikango and Engela constituencies. These two constituencies are among the most affected by the floods, along with Ohangwena, Ongenga, and Endola.
Many makeshift homes near riverbeds were damaged or destroyed this rainy season, which has been marked by flash floods, forcing residents to relocate from flood-prone areas.
Despite this, some individuals choose to remain in these high-risk zones, living under the constant threat of flooding.
The unwillingness of Windhoek's informal settlement residents to sign lease agreements with the city has delayed the completion of electrification projects.
Windhoek Mayor, Queen Kamati, revealed this during the council meeting.
Tsumeb vendors say they will not move to the newly constructed fruit and vegetable hub as it does not meet their requirements.
The Tsumeb Open Market was officially opened by Urban and Rural Development Minister Erastus Uutoni about two months ago.
Long-distance busses who operated from Puma Service Station in Windhoek's Rhino Park area are left in limbo, following a court order banning their continued presence there.
The floodwater at Onhaminda village in the Oshikango Constituency has dried up, and those who had been relocated to the higher ground have started moving back to their homesteads.
For the past two months, these residents have been fighting an uphill battle due to flood waters.
Ongwediva Constituency Councillor Andreas Uutoni is dismayed by residents who are trapped in houses by flood waters but are refusing to be relocated.
The relocation of Grade 10 and 11 learners from Caprivi Secondary School is delaying teaching at Mavuluma Secondary School in the Zambezi Region.
There were 998 learners at Mavuluma Secondary school.
With occasional but heavy rains experienced in the capital, the City of Windhoek has extended a call to the residents living in unsuitable and flood-prone areas to approach the city's Human Settlement and Disaster Risk Management Departments for relocation to higher ground.
