Rundu

Current ministry incorporating land services alongside separate fisheries and water functions. Its land administration routes enquiries to specialist directorates; users should identify the registry, land-tenure regime and territorial office for each property.

Directorate responsible for property registration and access to land information and records. It provides an entry point to identify the deeds service; the territorial office and current search arrangements should be confirmed for the property.

Public company

NHE

National Housing Enterprise

Public housing enterprise providing construction, housing finance and rentals within its own portfolio, with published regional offices. It supplies programme information; availability, admission conditions and application arrangements should be confirmed with the responsible office.

Professional body

LSN

Law Society of Namibia

Self-regulatory legal-profession body with ethics functions and specialist committees, including property and notarial practice. It helps users seek professional verification or legal referral; the practitioner’s current qualification and competent service should be confirmed.

Professional body

NEAB

Namibia Estate Agents Board

Estate-agent regulatory board dealing with registration and professional certificates. Its secretariat provides agent-verification enquiries; the certificate, validity period and current standing should be confirmed before a transaction or mandate rather than inferred from a renewal announcement or a commercial listing.

Statutory council responsible for registration and oversight of architects and quantity surveyors. Its secretariat routes professional checks; the practitioner’s category and current standing should be confirmed separately from membership of a professional institute or participation in an assessment process.

Public administration

NSA

Namibia Statistics Agency

Public statistics agency providing census, population and household-living-condition resources. It supports territorial housing-data research; the period, definitions and table coverage should be checked before reuse, rather than treating census figures or a portal’s headline totals as current property-market statistics.

Professional body

NIA

Namibia Institute of Architects

Architects’ professional institute providing information, representation and practice resources. It can refer users to members; statutory registration belongs to NCAQS and should be checked separately from institute membership before an architectural assignment.

Public administration

CoW

City of Windhoek

Windhoek municipality responsible for planning, building control and local services. Its charter describes enquiry routes; current counter contacts, project rules and charges should be confirmed for this city.

Public administration

NIPDB

Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

Public investment-promotion and facilitation body providing guidance, aftercare and location resources. It helps identify relevant administrations; land rights, availability and project-specific approvals should be checked with the competent authorities rather than inferred from an investment listing or facilitation contact.

Survey and mapping directorate examining cadastral survey records and maintaining Surveyor-General records and datasets. It routes technical parcel enquiries; the relevant document and service should be identified before proceeding, distinguishing cadastral examination from deeds registration and professional standing.

Ministerial valuation and estate-management directorate listed in current institutional navigation. An older service charter describes its public functions; the operational remit, direct contacts and current routes for checking valuers should be confirmed.

Land-reform directorate identified within the current ministry, with reform and land-tenure administration functions described in an older charter. The responsible service depends on the land; regional offices and land boards should be confirmed separately.

Public administration

NamRA

Namibia Revenue Agency

Namibia’s national revenue administration. Its contact page identifies a headquarters number for routing a transaction-related tax enquiry, without certifying the duties or taxes due in a case.