{"id":285190,"date":"2019-12-21T15:07:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=285190"},"modified":"2019-12-21T15:09:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:09:05","slug":"more-than-12-000-waiting-for-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=285190","title":{"rendered":"More than 12 000 waiting for land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>DEMAND for land remains one of the most challenging matters face by the local authority in Oshakati as an increasing number of people wants to own property.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Oshakati Town Council\u2019s waiting list for residential and business erven currently stands at 12 193 applications received thus far, 4 334 applicants have already received erven to construct their houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mayor of Oshakati Angelus Iiyambo, said that throughout the years, the town\u2019s development has never been stagnant, as each day they see development taking place in different sectors, be it housing development, land delivery, infrastructure development such as roads, parks or sports facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/79802895_2652861001447510_841671645641834496_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/79802895_2652861001447510_841671645641834496_n.jpg 391w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/79802895_2652861001447510_841671645641834496_n-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/79802895_2652861001447510_841671645641834496_n-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured:  Mayor of Oshakati Angelus Iiyambo. Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"js_1\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we know, Oshakati is growing each day. This year we commissioned the handover ceremony of housing development for more than 1 300 people,\u201d said Iiyambo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to him council has thus far been able to relocate 325 people from the Eemwandi location to the new Onawa formalized settlement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose residents now have access to properly demarcated streets, water and electricity. Council continues to work hard to service other parts of Onawa so that we can create more serviced plots for our residents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Iiyambo stated that council have budgeted N$ 4 million for recreational facilities of which N$ 1 million will be directed towards the revamping of the Oshakati Independence stadium. Work on the stadium has already progressing well, the renovation of the Caribbean Public Park and swimming pool and public park at Ekuku, which he says are also progressing well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iiyambo noted that there are more projects of which council has embarked on in the current financial year, while some are still to be carried out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":285192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More than 12 000 waiting for land - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DEMAND for land remains one of the most challenging matters face by the local authority in Oshakati as an increasing number of people wants to own property.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=285190\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More than 12 000 waiting for land - 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