The current study discusses and analyzes qualitative aspects of poverty and urban-rural links. Our hypothesis is that social capital in the form of social relations and networks generally plays an important role in the survival strategies of the poor, but that the poorest and most vulnerable in urban and rural areas are characterized by limited sets of such networks both in time and space. This further exacerbates their political, economic and socio-cultural marginalization in Namibian society. Keywords: Poverty in Namibia, Urban Poverty, Social Relations of Poverty, Marginalization and Social Exclusion, Historical and Structural Causes of Poverty, Incidence and Characteristics of Poverty, The Villages of Ompundja and Oniihende, Relations and Networks.