Otjozondjupa Regional Council Chairperson Paulus Nekundi called on local authorities to prioritize land allocation for SMEs to boost entrepreneurship and economic growth during the Otjiwanda SME and Youth Expo in Grootfontein.
The government will soon introduce a policy that will prohibit municipalities from selling serviced land to private developers but individuals who can afford to build their houses.
Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa has warned residents against selling plots allocated to them for free by the government.
Sankwasa addressed the community of Orwetoveni's extensions 16 and 17 at Otjiwarongo.
Land allocated to the |Khomanin Traditional Authority at Farm Korasieplaats under the government resettlement programme remains unoccupied.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development (MURD), James Sankwasa, has directed the Tsumeb Municipality to ensure that residents evicted from Endombo are allocated plots before the end of November 2025.
The Walvis Bay Municipality has allocated approximately 2,500 plots to different housing schemes in the town.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, tabled the Land Bill, which relates to land reform, land allocation, and land management.
Governor of the Otjozondjupa Region, John ||Khamuseb, paid a visit to residents of the Okahandja informal settlement, who raised their concerns with him regarding land allocation and service delivery.
The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, James Sankwasa, has stepped in to help resolve the Gciriku traditional leadership succession dispute.
The Gciriku tribe has been without a chief since 2019.
The chieftainship of the tribe is inherited through the maternal line.
The "special treatment" of land squatters over residents on the waiting list for land at Walvis Bay has sparked allegations of discrimination.
Political leaders in the harbour town have called on the squatters to register their names and join the long list in the municipality.
