Oshikuku

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Oshikuku
Town
Nickname: 
tjaa-kwambi
Motto: 
Together we can succeed
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Oshikuku
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 17°38′00″S15°28′00″E / 17.63333°S 15.46667°E / -17.63333; 15.46667
CountryFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Region Omusati Region
Constituency Oshikuku Constituency
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total2,761
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
CurrencyNamibian dollar
Languages Oshiwambo, English, Afrikaans, German
ReligionsProtestant, Roman Catholic
Efundja flooding near Oshikuku Oshana efundja1.jpg
Efundja flooding near Oshikuku

Oshikuku is a town in Omusati Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of Oshikuku Constituency. [2]

Contents

Oshikuku has a secondary school, Nuuyoma Senior Secondary School, and a hospital. Its neighbouring villages are Outapi, Elim and Ogongo.

History

After Iipumpu Ya Tshilongo, king of the Uukwambi from 1907 to 1932, had resisted the establishment of mission stations in his territory for years, he finally allowed the Catholic Church to establish the first mission station in former Ovamboland in Oshikuku in 1924. [3] The station was established under the leadership of missionary and later Archbishop Joseph Gotthardt. [4] Oshikuku is to this day home to a Roman Catholic Church parish. [5]

Politics

Oshikuku was a village until early 2011, when it was granted town status. [6] It is since then governed by a town council that has seven seats. [7] Omusati Region, to which Oshikuku belongs, is a stronghold of Namibia's ruling SWAPO party. In the 2015 local authority election SWAPO won by a landslide (497 votes) and gained all seven council seats. The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) also ran but gained only 16 votes. [8]

SWAPO also won the 2020 local authority election. It obtained 472 votes and gained five seats. The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), an opposition party formed in August 2020, obtained 157 votes and gained the remaining two seats. [9]

Economy

Open Market

Oshikuku Town hosts numerous informal traders and hawkers, who frequently sell at roadsites and public spaces (e.g. in front of the hospital). In 2014 the construction of a modern market facility was completed and the majority of street vendors moved to this new facility. After an initial completion of the construction in 2013, the potential tenants demanded several improvements before showing willingness to move in. The market features numerous open stalls and several rooms with access to electricity, water and sanitation. The market is expected to increase safety and hygiene of trade in Oshikuku. [10]

Industrial Park

Since 2007, Oshikuku has a government built and managed industrial park, accommodating various SMEs and larger businesses. The facility aims at increasing the town´s manufacturing potential by providing subsidised business amenities, preferably to local small and medium enterprises. Oshikuku Industrial Park was developed by the Offshore Development Company (ODC). [11]

Notable residents

Oshikuku is the birthplace of Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Namibia. Iipumpu Ya Tshilongo, eighteenth king of the Uukwambi, died here in 1959. [12]

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  5. ↑ Oshikuku Parish Archived 2009-08-12 at the Wayback Machine at RCChurch.na
  6. ↑ With New Town CEOs, Namibian Sun, 14 Feb 2011 [ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch. No. 3. Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
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  9. ↑ "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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