Landless People’s Movement Windhoek councillor, Ivan Skrywer on Monday tabled an unopposed motion for the City to buy land and resettle communities that resided in and around Windhoek before colonialism. The Namibia press agency reports that Skrywer called on the council “to agree to purchase an agreed sizeable parcel of land in consultation with the OvaHerero, /Khomanin Damara and the Afrikaner Nama ethnic groups and look into the matter of City of Windhoek farms that are lease agreement contracts”. In addition he wants the three communities to be paid royalties derived from rates and taxes of each business and residential property within Windhoek.
