Matutura
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Matutura DRC; Democratic Resettlement Community | |
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Suburb | |
  Matutura | |
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| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | Erongo Region |
| Town | Swakopmund |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
Matutura is a suburb on the north-eastern side of Swakopmund in Erongo Region, Namibia, about a kilometre north-east of Mondesa. It grew from an informal settlement known as the Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC). From 2013 the municipality treated it as a township to be laid out with several thousand erven. The name is explained locally as “the place where we want to live.”
History
The DRC was a tolerated informal settlement. Residents asked for formal recognition around 2010; the council planned that for 2011–13. A DRC Open Market opened in June 2011. People continued to settle outside the marked edge, and the municipality moved to clear unauthorised structures. After 2013 the area was restyled Matutura (briefly Swakopmund-DRC) and surveyed for mass housing.
Housing
National and municipal programmes have built and completed houses in Matutura extensions. In June 2024 the National Housing Enterprise and minister Erastus Uutoni handed over 119 of 505 units in Extension 9 that had stood unfinished after a contractor dispute; New Era Investments completed a batch of 319.[1] In July 2024 a groundbreaking was held at Matutura Proper for more than 140 middle-income two- and three-bedroom houses (from about N$500,000) with Quintessential Construction and the Development Bank of Namibia. Mayor Dina Namubes said council had allocated unserviced land to eight private developers in 2018.[2] Further township portions north of Matutura, between the old Henties Bay road and the C34, have been put forward for low- to high-density housing.
Culture
Artist and activist Laidlaw Peringanda opened the Swakopmund Genocide Museum at his home in Matutura in 2015 to document the 1904–1908 camps in Swakopmund and the Herero and Nama genocide. The Namibian government recognised that museum in 2019.[3]
An annual Matutura Cultural Festival (theme in 2025: “Torchbearers of our Culture”) is run with the municipality and the education ministry.
See also
- Swakopmund
- Mondesa
- Swakopmund Museum
- Swakopmund Genocide Museum
- National Housing Enterprise
References
- ↑ "NHE hands over 119 houses at Swakopmund". The Namibian. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "Swakopmund to construct 140 houses". New Era. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
- ↑ "The Swakopmund Genocide Museum …creating awareness". New Era. 27 May 2026. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
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