Title:

The Land Delivery Process in Namibia - A legal analysis of the different stages from possession to freehold title

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Publication Year:
2015
Abstract:

In every society, the tenure of land has a high social significance. Occupants value their piece of land as a place to live, a place where they belong and to which they often are emotionally attached. Apart from that, for private individuals the property they live on is often the most valuable thing they own and thus one important key to capital. Due to the colonial and apartheid history of Namibia, the distribution of land in the country is unequal. It thus stands to reason that providing access to land and tenure security has been and continues to be one of the most salient political issues since independence. This paper examines the administrative processes to be observed by private persons in order to acquire title to immovable property, the so-called land delivery process. Chapter two provides an overview of the relevant legislation, also including the Urban and Regional Planning Bill, which is still in the process of legislation. In the third chapter, the single stages of this process are examined in detail. The changes brought about by the Urban and Regional Planning Bill are explained in a separate section of this Chapter. Eventually, in the last Chapter, the recent Flexible Land Tenure Act is briefly outlined, which introduced a parallel, faster process to obtain less formal titles.

Series Title:
GIZ Support to Land Reform, September 2015
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
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