Family squats on roadside after eviction

A FAMILY has become destitute after government bought a farm in the Maltahöhe district on which they had lived and worked for more than 24 years.

They have been living in a corrugated iron zinc shack on the roadside about 15 kilometres from Maltahöhe with their 148 small livestock, four horses, 11 cattle and five donkeys since the start of April this year. Sila Swartbooi (53) says they have become destitute after government bought farm Namseb, where they have worked and lived, in 2008. “We have worked and lived on the farms our employer had been leasing. All these farms were bought by government for resettlement purposes,” she noted.