Justicia Shipena
At least 80% of residents from Mix Settlement have been relocated to pave the way for the construction of essential services.
This is part of the area’s ongoing formalisation and upgrade project.
City of Windhoek councillor Fransina Kahungu reported that 68 out of 84 households have been moved to make way for roads, a sewer network, and residential plots outlined in the area’s layout plan.
She revealed this information during a public meeting held on Monday with the residents of the area.
She said the City of Windhoek has invested N$1.7 million in installing 25 toilets and N$1.3 million in setting up 37 communal taps, bringing the total to 44 taps in the settlement.
Kahungu added that the city, together with the city of Bremen, completed a water treatment plant in 2022 at a cost of N$2 million.
Mix Settlement has also been included in the approved Universal Electricity Access Project for the 2025/26 financial year, which aims to electrify 150 households in the Windhoek Rural Constituency.
The meeting was part of the city’s community engagement programme and it marked the 16th public meeting held in different constituencies over the past two months.
A follow-up meeting is scheduled for 22 November 2025 to respond to community queries.
Three months ago, the city said it plans to relocate 644 households from the settlement to pave the way for the formalisation project, which is estimated to cost more than N$251 million.
The new layout plan for Mix Settlement will accommodate 830 of the 1,474 households counted in March.
The city first announced plans to upgrade Mix Settlement in 2016, aiming to provide all the services accorded to formal areas.
The settlement is about 20 kilometres north of Windhoek.
In May this year, the city said it would need N$5.5 billion to formalise and upgrade all informal settlements.
In July last year, it requested N$90.2 million from the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development for infrastructure development in Mix Settlement, including water and sewer systems and land demarcation.
At the time, city officials said demarcation work had already started and a layout plan was finalised, showing 146 houses compared to 830 single residential erven in the area.
The city said it was exploring ways to accommodate additional households, including subdividing plots and building flats.
Electrification plans are also underway, with funds secured from the government and discussions ongoing with NamPower for the takeover and electrification of infrastructure once demarcation is complete.
The city also plans to install two service hubs with communal taps and toilets in Mix Settlement.
