Vyf Rand

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[[Image:Wahlkreis Okahandja in Otjozondjupa.png|thumb|Okahandja constituency in Namibia, highlighted in yellow]]

'''Vyf Rand''' is an informal settlement outside of Okahandja,<ref>{{cite news|title=Thugs target Walvis Bay complex |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/October/national/028DADF134.html |work=The Namibian |date=2002-10-16 |access-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107170941/http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/October/national/028DADF134.html |archive-date=November 7, 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Conrad |last=Angula |title=Three men wanted for rape |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/july/news/01FDD89B1B.html |work=The Namibian |date=2001-07-05 |access-date=2007-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301024609/http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/july/news/01FDD89B1B.html |archive-date=March 1, 2005 }}</ref> located north of Windhoek in the Okahandja constituency of the Otjozondjupa region of Namibia. "Vyf rand" is an Afrikaans phrase that translates to "five rand".<ref>{{cite book | last = Donaldson | first = Bruce C. | title = A Grammar of Afrikaans | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ftzioRvJzTUC&q=%22Vyf+Rand%22&pg=PA99 | access-date = 2007-11-01 | year = 1993 | publisher = Mouton de Gruyter | isbn = 3-11-013426-8 | pages = 99}}</ref> The name originates from the initial rental fee of five rand per month tenant farmers paid for a small plot of land on large farms in Namibia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thefiverandproject.org/the%20five%20rand%20project_003.htm |title=The Five Rand Project |access-date=2009-08-17 |archive-date=2010-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311192305/http://www.thefiverandproject.org/the%20five%20rand%20project_003.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Home of one of the poorest communities in Namibia, Vyf Rand camp has been the focus of various social projects: a primary school, a soup kitchen, and HIV/AIDS awareness programs.<ref>{{cite news | first = Tanja | last = Bause | title = Bringing hope to Five Rand | url = http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=7511&no_cache=1 | work = The Namibian | date = 2004-07-21 | access-date = 2009-08-17}}</ref>

The settlement was a filming location for ''Where Others Wavered'', a film about the life of Sam Nujoma – Namibia's first president – touted as "one of the country's most ambitious film projects".<ref>{{cite news | title = 'Where Others Wavered' Draws Closer | work = AllAfrica.com | date = 2003-09-16 }}</ref>

== See also == * List of cities and towns in Namibia * Squatting

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Category:Shanty towns in Namibia Category:Populated places in the Otjozondjupa Region Category:Okahandja