Mix camp (also: Berghoff settlement) is an

informal settlement Informal housing or informal settlement can include any form of housing, shelter, or settlement (or lack thereof) which is illegal, falls outside of government control or regulation, or is not afforded protection by the state. As such, the inform ...

in the greater

Brakwater Brakwater (Afrikaans: ''brackish water'') is a settlement north of Windhoek in the Khomas Region of Namibia. It belongs to the Windhoek Rural electoral constituency. Brakwater was the end point of the first 17 km of non-gravel road in South Wes ...

area in central

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. It is located north of

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

and inhabited by approximately 3000 people.Legal Assistance Centre to represent squatters, by Christof Maletzky
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'', 9 Feb 2007 Mix camp belongs to the

Windhoek Rural Windhoek Rural is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the settlement of Groot Aub. It had a population of 22,254 in 2011, up from 20,212 in 2001. , it has 13,625 registered voters. Windhoek Rural contains all ...

electoral

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. Mix camp is named after

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Heiner Mix who allowed people to settle on his 50 hectare plot in the 1980s. After Mix' death in 1999 the settlement mushroomed because there was no landlord. In 2006 a lengthy legal and political battle started after a company owned by Secretary to Namibian Cabinet

Frans Kapofi Frans Kapofi (born 25 January 1953) is a Namibian politician who since 1999 has served in various positions in cabinet. A member of SWAPO, he is a military officer by training. Kapofi has been a permanent secretary for various ministries of go ...

bought the plot and wanted the residents to leave. Mix residents in turn requested government to expropriate the land.The Namibian 14 May 2009
Govt to buy Mix for N$5m, by Christof Maletzky In November 2010, two weeks before the regional elections, government acquired the land and promised to develop the area.

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