{"id":302927,"date":"2021-04-07T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=302927"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:53:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:53:12","slug":"sky-location-residents-moved-to-onawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=302927","title":{"rendered":"Sky Location residents moved to Onawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE town council of Oshakati has this morning started with its second large-scale relocation of residents of the small and densely populated Sky Location.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The people are being moved to a newly established Onawa Reception Area on the edge of the town\u2019s border with Ongwediva.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relocation affects close to 500 families.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Oshakati\u2019s acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kornelius Kapolo, the relocation process is expected to be completed by the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said that the relocation was inevitable because the area where the Sky Location is located is not a residential area; is too small, and lacks basic services.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those relocated will now have their own plots and have access to basic services.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sky Location residents moved to Onawa\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dLtOikghgsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>ON THE MOVE: The relocation of the Sky location residents to a new residential area of Oshakati started early Wednesday morning and is expected to be completed on April 31. &#8211; Footage: Placido Hilukilwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe held several consultative and information-sharing meetings with the residents and they are generally happy with the relocation, but as with any development of this magnitude, there are always challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that the town council has budgeted approximately N$1,5 million for the replacement of the building material that is damaged during the relocation process.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the houses in the Sky Location are built with corrugated iron sheets and timber.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relocation has created temporary jobs. About 90 casual workers were recruited, locally, to assist with the relocation process.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relocation process was seemingly welcomed by the overwhelming majority of the residents, but it also generated some discontentment, mostly on issues related to inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing relocated is not a problem. In fact, we welcome that. The problem is that they [town council] did not give us enough time to prepare. Those of us who are being relocated today were only informed yesterday. We needed time to pay the water connection at our new plots, to weed the place, and to at least prepare some rudimental ablution facilities,\u201d said David Medusal, a retired Telecom Namibia employee who has been a resident of Sky for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His sentiments were echoed by 23-year-old Ana Petrus, who too feels that the first batch of residents to be relocated were supposed to be informed much earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said that she was born in the Sky Location and is emotionally attached to the place. \u201cBut I fully understand that there is a need to be relocated to a better place where services are available,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People are also complaining about the impact on their kids\u2019 schooling. At Sky Location many learners were within a walking distance from their respective schools, but upon relocating to Onawa, many will now require a daily taxi fare, \u201ca luxury\u201d that some parents can\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The relocation of the Sky Location is the second large-scale relocation of Oshakati residents in three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 300 families were relocated from the Eemwandi Location to the new Onawa reception area in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Onawa is earmarked for the development of low-cost houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa \u00a0 THE town council of Oshakati has this morning started with its second large-scale relocation of residents of the small and densely populated Sky Location. \u00a0 The people are being moved to a newly established Onawa Reception Area on the edge of the town\u2019s border with Ongwediva. \u00a0 The relocation affects close to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":302930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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