Urbanised Ageing and Strategic Welfare Space in a Namibian Former Township

Figures & data

Figure 1. Affluent housing in the southern part of Walvis Bay. Photo by the author.

Figure 2. Street with original township houses in Kuisebmond. Photo by the author.

Figure 3. Typical Mass-housing dwellings and urban layout. Photo by the author.

Figure 4. Grey spaces: Backyard shacks behind a former township house. Photo by the author.

Figure 5. Between the houses in Kuisebmond Old Age Home. Photo by the author.

Table 1. Details of owner participants in the study.

House owner	Year of birth and age at interview	Arrived in Walvis Bay	Transformations	Cohabiting family in the main house	Number of backyard shacks and inhabitants
Imago (widow)	1920 95	1962	extended	four grandchildren one grand grandchild	One unused
Theodore & Taati	1932 85 1947 70	1959	extended	none	None
Laine (widow)	1936 81	1955	not transformed	none	Several • son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren • other renters
Johannes (widower)	1939 78	1956	not transformed	none	Four • two grandchildren, one with girlfriend • two unrelated renters
Zacharias & Nelago	1940 77 1950 67	1960 1972	extended	one grandchild	Two • unrelated renters
Mary (widow)	1940 77	Born in WB	extended	one son one niece	None
Magda (married)	1941 75	1950	extended	husband one son	None
Jacob & Gertrude	1944 73 1947 70	1965	extended	grandchildren	None
Margaret (married)	1947 70	1958	not transformed	husband, son brother’s son cousin’s granddaughter	Four • nephew • cousin’s son and his son • two unrelated women and their families
Halina (divorced)	1950 67	2003	self-built	two daughters two sons two grandchildren	None
Gabriel (not retired, married)	1953 64	1983	self-built and extended	wife two daughters two grandchildren	One • nephew
Evelina (unmarried)	1955 63	1963	extended	one daughter with her daughter daughter-in-law	Two • one daughter, • one granddaughter with her daughter.
Victoria (married)	1955 62	1973	rebuilt	husband six grandchildren brother’s grandchild	Six • not related renters
Amanda (married)	1958 59	1990 ca	rebuilt	husband one daughter one niece	Eleven • not related renters
Augusta (married)	1959 58	1992	not transformed	husband two children	Two • a very old mother • one child

Table 2. Details of renter participants in the study.

Renter/s	Year of birth & age at interview	Arrival in Kuisebmond	Type of rental	Cohabitants
Adam (married)	1953 64	1975	Rental flat municipality landlord	none
Samuel (married)	1953 64	1975	Rental single quarter – one bedroom employer landlord	one adult son
Virginia (retired, divorced)	1953 64	1985	Rental garage daughter landlord	▪ In the main house: one daughter, her husband, her four children and one foster child one younger daughter and her child ▪ a son in a backyard shack.
Barnabas (separated)	1954 63	1974/1984	Rented house	one daughter 10 shacks ▪ one son ▪ unrelated renters
Selma (divorced)	1959 58	1994	Backyard shack unrelated landlord	three grandchildren one niece cousin’s child
Janet (married)	1958 58	1994	Backyard shack niece landlord	husband one daughter one granddaughter
Frederic (married)	1963 55	2005	Backyard shack cousin landlord	one adult son
Aune (unmarried)	1962 55	1993	Backyard shack unrelated landlord	none
Immanuel & Nelago	1965 53 1968 49	1996	Backyard shack unrelated landlord	one daughter, 14 years old