Groot Aub residents push back on lease agreements

Residents of Groot Aub Extension 2 have called on the City of Windhoek to suspend its planned lease agreement process due to inadequate consultation.

Some residents say they cannot afford the financial obligations attached to the proposed arrangements.

The concerns were raised during a community engagement meeting held at Groot Aub Soccer Field on Saturday, where city officials briefed residents on the planned signing of lease agreements for surveyed residential plots.

Community activist Cecil Titus urged the municipality to delay the process until further consultations had taken place.

“We do not decline development, but we want development to be done in an orderly manner,” Titus said.

He said residents support efforts to formalise land ownership but reject what they describe as a process being imposed on them without sufficient engagement.