(Photograph credit: Office of the First Lady)

The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and the City of Windhoek (CoW) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize cooperation in various fields related to urban development.

Tuesday, September 13th, 2018
This event is undertaken in partnership with the Civil Society Working Group on land reform and supported by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).

Partnership with the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) Working Group on Land Reform (WGLR), with support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).
Tuesday, September 4th, 2018; 9h00-12h30

This third event of ‘The New Land Question’ programme focused on the urban land question from the civil society perspective.

“Customary Tenure Recognition in the Mekong Region” Lecture by Dominik Wellman, Advisor to the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) Project.

Thursday, September 6th, 2018, 12h30-14h00, Seminar Room, Department of Architecture and Spatial Planning (DASP), NUST.

Short course for journalists on land matters
Thursday, September 6th, 2018, 8h30-13h30, NUST Hotel School

The role of the media in the public discourse in Namibia is considerable. At the same time, despite the widespread use of social media, the youth appears to have a higher degree of trust in printed media .

SESSION 2
The urban land question
Presenter: Phillip Lühl (NUST)
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018; 9h00-12h30

SESSION 1
Land, Liberation and Compromise: Namibia and the challenges of forging a new consensus on land policy
Workshop with Prof Chris Alden (London School of Economics) and Prof Mzukisi Qobo (University of Johannesburg)
July 18th, 2018; 9h00-12h30   

The aim of this process is to activate the university as a platform to re-examine ‘the land question’ in Namibia, define the contemporary nature of the situation, and identify emerging questions from a contemporary, multi-disciplinary, and projective point of view.

In this article in The Namibian newspaper on Friday, June 29th, 2018, the authors present the latest urbanisation prospects for Namibia and argue for the need to imagine an urban future.

Read article with references here: http://ilmi.nust.na/sites/default/files/20180629-Namibias-urban-revoluti...