The Namibian Housing Crisis in Perspective
The inaugural edition focuses on inequitable access to urban housing in Namibia and places housing justice in the context of wider struggles for land, shelter, dignity, and social justice.
Helen Vale reflects on ancestral land rights, land distribution, and the link between land and housing.
Editorial introduction to the inaugural housing justice edition.
Toivo Ndjebela discusses informal settlements, policy contradictions, and Namibia’s housing conundrum.
Shaun Whittaker, Harry Boesak, and Mitchell Van Wyk reflect on social housing and Namibia’s housing backlog.
Albius Mwiya presents an international case study on housing provision for low-income urban residents in Botswana.
Ndeshi Namupala, Emma Nangolo, and Lucy Edwards-Jauch examine gender, urban land, housing, human rights, and gender justice.
Imelda !Hoebes presents a case study of women, housing, and household precarity in Katutura.
Lalli Metsola explores precarity, urban citizenship, land, housing, and basic services in Windhoek.
Ellison Tjirera examines spatial segregation, urbanisation, and housing in Windhoek.
Guillermo Delgado expands the notion of Namibia’s urban housing crisis and explores changing urban politics.
John B. Nakuta examines the right to adequate housing under international human rights law and Namibia’s constitutional framework.
A visual and spatial reflection on #ShutItAllDownNamibia protest, performance, public life, and praxis.
Heike Becker examines youth protest, gender-based violence, colonial legacies, and public activism in Namibia.