Omaruru residents outraged over property destruction by municipality

NAMPA

2025-04-03

OMARURU, 02 April 2025 - Omaruru’s Hakahana residents look on as a resident’s tuckshop is destroyed following instructions from the town’s Chief Executive Officer, Valentinus Sindongo. (Photo: Contributed)

SWAKOPMUND, 03 APR (NAMPA) – The destruction of a tuck shop in the Hakahana informal settlement in Omaruru has sparked outrage among residents, who have labelled the municipality’s actions as inhumane.
The incident, which took place on Monday, was allegedly carried out on the instruction of Omaruru Town Council Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Valentinus Sindongo, who claimed that the business was operating illegally on land belonging to someone els...

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