Namibia: Hospital Kitchen- Not What the Doctor Ordered - CONSTRUCTION work in the Central State Hospital's kitchen has been compromising patients' health for almost a month, since food is being prepared there despite the renovations. [AA Construction]

Namibia: City Squatters Get Another Reprieve - ILLEGAL squatters on Windhoek municipal property will remain safe from evictions for another month, after the High Court on Friday extended its suspension of the Squatters Proclamation of 1985. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: San Get Community Houses From Government - President Hifikepunye Pohamba last week handed over 32 community houses, a school and clinic to the San people at Farm Uitkomst situated about 250 kilometres east of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: SPYL Slams Handling of Ongombo Squatters - THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) is not impressed with Government's handling of a group of squatters removed from the State-owned Ongombo West farm this past weekend. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: Swakop Clamps Down On Illegal Building Activity - THE Swakopmund Municipality is clamping down on illegal building activity at the town. [AA Construction]

Namibia: New 'Town' at Hosea Kutako - ABOUT 408 hectares of prime real estate next to Hosea Kutako International Airport has been earmarked for a "mixed-use development" - a combination of commercial and residential areas that will form a new self-sustaining town called Sungate Namibia. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: Squatters Hit Back at Windhoek Municipality - A GROUP of illegal squatters living in Windhoek's Havana informal settlement, and who have since the beginning of the year been subjected to evictions and the demolitions of their makeshift homes, will today attempt to strike back against the municipality. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: Squatters Win High Court Appeal to Stay - ILLEGAL squatters living in Windhoek's Havana 6 settlement yesterday emerged victorious from the High Court, after appealing to have the Windhoek municipality's actions of evicting them and demolishing their shacks stopped. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: Seeff Predicts Upturn in Property Market - SEEFF Properties is looking forward to many more successful years in Namibia, after recently celebrating 25 years of operation in southern Africa. [AA Urbanisation]

Namibia: Demolitions Draw Political Flak - THE Windhoek Municipality's destruction earlier this week of a number of illegal shacks in the Otjomuise Agste Laan informal settlement has prompted condemnation from opposition parties. [AA Construction]

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Namibia: Tenants in 'Living Hell' At Lüderitz Compound - A "living hell" is how residents of Lüderitz's Benguela single quarters described conditions at the compound. [AA Urbanisation]

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Namibia: Recycling At Its Best - THE Namclay Bricks and Pavers factory at Uis currently employs 45 people and produces 40 000 face bricks a day. [AA Construction]

Namibia: Median House Prices Plunge - The latest FNB Housing Index shows that median house prices fell from N$350 000 to N$290 000. [AA Urbanisation]