The Windhoek City Council is grappling with a shortage of industrial land, prompting the local authority to subdivide a portion of Farm Ujams No. 288 and establishing a new industrial township to be named Ujams Industrial Estate.
In a recent public notice, the city council revealed that Ujams Industrial Estate will encompass 133 erven."The main purpose of the township establishment is to create erven that will cater primarily to industrial needs," reads the notice. The city's spokesperson Harold Akwenye said the portion on which Ujams Industrial Estate is being established stretches from Natis andVan Eck power station in a northerly direction up to Elisenheim.
"The site earmarked for development is south of the Ujams treatment plant. The land use will allow for industrial activities in terms of the Windhoek Planning Scheme and activities similar to what is found in the Lafrenz and northern industrial areas are expected to be established in the proposed new Ujams Industrial Area," he said.The city council is inviting objections to the proposed development by 29 September.
Welcoming the proposed development, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Windhoek branch chairperson, Philip Hikumwah, said the city should make it easier for entrepreneurs to obtain land at an affordable price."We want the city to come up with innovative ideas that will allow entrepreneurs to either purchase the land or lease it for purchase.
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