Namibia country report

Beneficiaries at Bernafey.A beneficiary household at Bernafey.Beneficiary at Skoonheidwith a valuable asset.out to their workplaces on the farm and driving to Gobabis. After 21 years of service, heretired. As he was not allowed to continue living on the research farm, he went to look for aplace to stay, ended up at Drimiopsis in 1992 and applied to be settled there permanently.The response was that there was no space for him, but he was advised to stay there untilhe could be accommodated at Skoonheid. Then he was told that Skoonheid was also full,but that the MLR would find a place for him.He stayed on at Drimiopsis but settled on the eastern side of the main road, away from thegroup land. He established a small garden to sustain himself and kept livestock. Whenhe needed other food, he used his donkey-cart to buy it at nearby commercial farms. Healso used the cart to visit his daughter who worked at a research station in the area. In2005, the Deputy Director of Resettlement instructed him to move his home and gardento the western side of the project. No reasons were given, and William suspected that awitvoet 19 had talked to the Deputy Director about the move. He and 11 other families whowere moved with him were not allowed to work in the communal garden as this was onlyfor project members, therefore William established a new small garden near his house.19According to Suzman (1995: 17f), witvoet is a common term in farm worker discourse, and it refers to aworker who seeks to win the favour of a farm owner through ‘betraying’ fellow workers. Winning thebaas’s favour usually had tangible benefits for workers.Livelihoods after Section Land Reform: B ● 6. Group Namibia Resettlement country report Schemes (2010) ● 127