Freedom Square Informal Settlement :Road to Security of Tenure
Community Members identifying new relocation sites Freedom Square informal settlement residents are preparing to register their land rights as part of the Flexible Land Tenure system using the Social Tenure Domain Model . The different components of the act was explained to the community by Mr Peter Rutsch (download copy Flexible Land Tenure Act, Act 4 of 2012 ) , explaining the differences between starter tile and Land-hold Title . Freedom square residents have been residing in the settlement for more than 15 years without any security of tenure, facing possible evictions from the municipality. Through partnership and community enumerations, the Gobabis municipality reconsidered the planning decisions on relocation's . The planning for the area was done through the Association of African Planning( AAPS ) studio's with Town and Regional Planning Students from the polytechnic of Namibia and the community on the design of the settlement which was ...