{"id":249417,"date":"2019-02-21T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=249417"},"modified":"2019-02-21T01:50:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:50:52","slug":"land-belongs-to-council-not-people-ndjalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=249417","title":{"rendered":"Land belongs to council, not people – Ndjalo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FINAL STRETCH: Jackson Muma._Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maria David<\/p>\n

Human rights advocate contradicts town council<\/em><\/p>\n

PLANNING and Development Officer for the Ongwediva Town Council, Mirijam Ndjalo, has warned that residents have no right to claim ownership of land within the town boundaries even in the absence of compensation.<\/p>\n

Ndjalo said this during a media conference held at Ongwediva on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Council on Wednesday held the media briefing with the purpose of giving updates on the completion of the formalisation of Omatando 1, 2 and 3. She explained that the compensation process is done to appreciate people who are residing on a piece of land and looking after it.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditional Authorities don\u2019t give title deeds on land, hence the land belongs to council,\u201d said Ndjalo.<\/p>\n

Human rights advocate, Phil Ya Nangoloh, however, has a different view on the matter and explained that all persons who had lawfully acquired permission to occupy (PTO) any land from a\u00a0traditional authority before Ongwediva was declared a town, will continue to own such land rights even after Ongwediva has been declared a town.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll and any land rights which were lawfully owned before Ongwediva was declared a local authority will continue to be vested in the original owners. This is the case until and unless OTC lawfully acquired such land by buying them over or by expropriating such land upon the payment of just compensation as contemplated by Article 16(2) of the Namibian Constitution,\u201d Ya Nangoloh said.<\/p>\n

Ya Nangoloh added that a PTO is as good as a title deed and all that land owners need to do is formally convert such a PTO into a title deed with the assistance a conveyancer of one\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n

Also speaking at the same media briefing, town spokesperson Jackson Muma announced that the formalisation process has been completed and council is expected to measure all the affected fields between March and April this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process will open negotiations with traditional homestead owners regarding the compensation,\u201d said Muma.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the formalisation process will cost council N$ 10 million, which will include planning and surveying of the planned area which consists of a total 2287 plots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria David Human rights advocate contradicts town council PLANNING and Development Officer for the Ongwediva Town Council, Mirijam Ndjalo, has warned that residents have no right to claim ownership of land within the town boundaries even in the absence of compensation. Ndjalo said this during a media conference held at Ongwediva on Wednesday. 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