Swakopmund-Matutura

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Swakopmund-Matutura
Matutura
Coordinates 22 ° 39 ′  S , 14 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 39 ′  S , 14 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
Country Namibia

region

Erongo
ISO 3166-2 NA-ER
Suburb of Swakopmund
Telephone code (+264)  64
Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC), the slum area of ​​Swakopmund northeast about a kilometer from Mondesa
Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC), the slum area of ​​Swakopmund northeast about a kilometer from Mondesa

Matutura (between 2013 and 2015 Swakopmund-DRC , before that Democratic Resettlement Community (mostly DRC only ), until 2013 officially DRC Informal Settlement ) was an informal slum area of Swakopmund in Namibia . It is located in the northeast of the city, about a kilometer northeast of the Mondesa suburb .

Since 2013, Matutura has been expanded into a complete suburb with up to 6000 plots.

Matutura currently comprises (as of June 2011) 1370 designated parcels , in a further expansion stage it will be 1678. In this expansion stage, parcels of at least 300 m² in size will be shown for the first time in accordance with state requirements . According to media reports from October 2012, 6,000 plots of land are now to be developed for 600 million Namibian dollars .

Matutura means place where we want to live .

History before 2013

DRC was officially tolerated as an informal settlement by the Swakopmund City Council . In December 2010, residents again asked for the area to be recognized as a formal residential area . According to the mayor of Swakopmund, this recognition was planned for the years 2011 to 2013.

However, there were repeated inconsistencies, as settlers continue to settle outside the established suburbs. These illegal settlements are now to be finally destroyed and the 300 squatters relocated.

In June 2011 the "DRC Open Market" was opened as the first formal market .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Residents pay for cleaning. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 6, 2015
  2. ↑ Development is sabotaged. Allgemeine Zeitung, October 31, 2013 Retrieved June 10, 2014
  3. ↑ a b OPEN MARKET CONSTRUCTED IN THE DRC, Swakopmund City Council, June 2011
  4. ↑ Nearly 6,000 earmarked for DRC in Swakop. , Africa Newswire, October 28, 2012
  5. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Residents want informal settlement to be transformed, NBC News, December 8, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nbc.com.na
  6. ↑ Formalization of DRC Informal Settlement, Swakopmund Lightbeams, Municipality of Swakopmund, May 2011 (PDF; 970 kB)
  7. ↑ DRC squatters must clear territory. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 22, 2011, accessed on June 22, 2011 (German).
  8. ↑ Last warning for squatter. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 2, 2011, accessed on August 2, 2011 (German).