Havana (Windhoek suburb)
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Havana-Windhoek
Havana informal settlement | |
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 Havana informal settlement | |
  Havana-Windhoek Location of Havana in Khomas | |
| Coordinates: 22°30′43″S 17°01′57″E / 22.5118832°S 17.0325749°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | Khomas Region |
| City | Windhoek, Namibia |
| Named for | Capital city of Cuba |
Havana is a suburb of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is one of the most impoverished informal settlements in Windhoek. Havana is located northwest of Windhoek, in the Khomas region.[1] It was named after the capital city of Cuba.[2] It was established about two decades ago when the City of Windhoek experienced a high rate of urbanisation due to many people travelling to the capital city for a better way of living and for employment purposes.[3]
Locales
There are two schools in the area: Havana Secondary Project School and Havana Primary School. Havana Usave Shoprite is another notable place that exists in the area. There is also a dumping site in the Havana informal settlement.[4]
Way of life
Approximately 400 people living in this settlement do not own any land and they are renting.[5] People from this area want their own land since they are living in overcrowded conditions, which robs them of their rights to live in a safe environment, as well as the right to health and protection.[5] There is a scarcity of water electricity and few toilets in the settlement which people share.[6][7] The residents of Havana have been living with water scarcity since a pre-paid water tap was damaged in mid-December 2018, which serves about 253 households in the area.[8][9] Since there is no electricity in the area, residents connect the electricity illegally.[10] "The Namibian" reported on Wednesday 2014 that about 150 illegal electrical connections in Havana were disconnected by the city of Windhoek.[10]
Worldplace
There is a well known worldplace in this suburb called Havana four way whereby many street vendors of Havana sell their goods.[11][12] It's proposed that very soon the place will be provided with traffic lights.[13]
Crime rate
Havana is one of the settlements with a high crime rate.[14] The settlement has a high crime rate partially because too many shacks and households lack electricity, thus making it easy for criminals to carry out their activities.[15]
References
- ^ "Havana St in Windhoek - Khomas Region - myAfrica.info". www.myafrica.info. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Namibian, The. "Hepatitis hits Havana hard". The Namibian. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Namibian, The. "Havana residents unhappy about slow road upgrade". The Namibian. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Havana residents kick up stink over vendors". Truth, for its own sake. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ a b "Windhoek informal settlers in desperate plea for land". The Namibian. 11 February 2020.
- ^ "One toilet for 45 households". Truth, for its own sake. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Namibian, The. "Havana sanitation woes". The Namibian. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Namibian, The. "Havana residents bemoan water scarcity". The Namibian. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Some residents of Havana informal settlement in Windhoek's Moses Garoeb Constituency complain about water scarcity". www.namibianewsdigest.com. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ a b Namibian, The. "City acts on Havana's illegal power connections". The Namibian. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Havana Four Way . - Windhoek - WorldPlaces". namibia.worldplaces.me. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Absence of traffic lights at Havana four-way causes chaos | nbc". nbcnews.na. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Havana Four Way to get traffic light". Namibia Daily News. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ "Crime stalks Rocky Crest". Truth, for its own sake. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Housebreaking tops crime-wave in Havana". Truth, for its own sake. Retrieved 2022-07-14.