Tribalism becomes new excuse to avoid responsibility in Okahandja.

Since 2014 the inhabitants of Okahandja have been trying to call their local councilors to account for their neglect of duty.
In October 2014 the following Notice was handed to the then CEO in a meeting in his office.

NOTICE TO OKAHANDJA MUNICIPALITY

We, the undersigned people, inhabitants of Okahandja, herewith wish and require you, the councillors of Okahandja, to immediately attend to the following social concerns:

1.  Streetlights in almost all suburbs have not been attended to for more than six months now.                 
This endangers everybody in the community who has to use the streets coming home from work or going to work and school in the dark.

2.  Potholes in the streets do not get repaired timely.
These endanger the lives of pedestrians as well as drivers, as drivers try to evade the potholes to prevent damaging their vehicles.

3.  Refuse removal in certain areas is neglected, mostly in those areas where there are many children.                This poses a big health risk to anybody living in those areas.

Neglect of Duties:

Our Constitution clearly requires you to regard yourselves as servants of the people. According to the Local Authorities Act I 11.(5)(e) it is your duty  to promote and create the social well being of the inhabitants. We believe that you are grossly neglecting your duties in a way that may cause harm, endangering the lives of we, the inhabitants of Okahandja. This is a violation of our Constitution and your oath of office.

Measures in case of non compliance

We the people concerned thus have the right to take the necessary measures to protect ourselves from potential harm. Unless we see an immediate improvement of municipal services without increased costs, we will be required to take every lawful action to hold you to account to rectify the situation.
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To date nothing has been done about that, neither was anything done about the very hazardous and life endangering electric connections in certain townships, as exposed here.

So, after various more fruitless meetings with the mayor and some of the councilors, the inhabitants of the town decided to peacefully occupy the premises of the city council to call for the resignation of council, but were forcibly removed by the police. They now camp opposite the municipal offices on a private property, with the permission of the owner of that property.

Now the ball is thrown around once more amid allegations of self-enrichment and tribalism, with no solution in sight.