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EKUKU VILLAGE RESIDENTS SUCCUMBING AND FINALY SINKING INTO THE HANDS OF OSHAKATI MUNICIPALITY COUNCILS WITH LESS FINANCIAL REWARD TO SUSTAIN LIVING STANDAND: WILL SHEEHANANDJE RESISTANCE LEGACY SURVIVE?BY: PETRUS AMWEELO Since the signing of the so called exit package by many residents of the above mentioned village members in 2010 and 2011, many are only realizing that the town council is a force to reckon with,and up-keeping their properties that are below the par of property evaluation of the town council.

The said village was halved by the gravel road in the seventies and eighties and was divided into Ekuku Village and also Etundaone on left and right if coming from Oshakati to Okatana.

The first wave of removal by force in the past were former major of OshakatiMr E Atshipala the Niipale family and also the Kandenge family members. These families were moved to make way for the former ElooloVreisFabrick currently Meatco, a Butchery for small stocks and the Dairy Fabric which were all knit together as part of Amcom currently NDC. Added to these ventures was the Oshakati BreadFabric which since the 90s did not survive bread making and selling competition and is part of History now.

The other new development as a result of the early forced removal was the establishment of a SwatfKovoetMilitary Camp adjacent to the Amcom Ventures. Reason known only to the masters of the yester years who moved those earlier family’s household, payment was an unknown issue at the stage as the old location formula was the order of the day.

With the use of force by the colonial masters of the past on the individual family’s household. The main man of the total resistance was MrSheehamandjeShoopala who resisted at all cost for his house hold and mahangu field to be occupied by the Boers in the past. Donning his Shot Gun the boers in the past came to respect MrSheehamandje and realized to give him a peace of mind.

Howeverwith current situation at hand it is doubtfull if MrSheehamandje is going to survive the legacy of resistance. The questions are coming to my mind because the payments Tsunami have still started at the side of Ekuku as in the past. MrSheehamandje is currently circled by householdswith youngsters who have more power over their parents and are more interested in money than keeping Historical land. To sum up MrSheehamandje is alone in this battle to protect his land from being swallowed up by Municipality at cheap price that will not sustain him to start a new life somewhere else.

Although the development wave the so called is to be felt at the side of Etunda, streets and development features to be implemented are so visible in Ekuku, the question is will the households sustain themselves under the pressure of municipality bills and other cost in the New Era? Or were residents pacified by the monetary Numeracy than understanding real cost at hand to self upgradingof properties.

These are my views, more information, comments are welcome to positively and constructively digest the topic for development to be a just course both for rural residence where developers are thinking and saying it is where space is for them to invest in development projects.

References

1.	EngelberthAtshipala; former mayor of Oshakati Town councel 2.	LeeviShipepe; Head man, Ekuku Village 3.	ShoopalaSheehamandje; Resident of Ekuku Village