No worries. Just a matter administrative formalities being...

No worries.

Just a matter administrative formalities being carried out now I think.
I don't believe there'll be any dispute as to whether it's actually a public road or not.

Brief history below and link to the bibliographic info of the "gazette" referenced in the judgement document.

4. THE HISTORY OF ROADS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ERA
4.4 PHASE FOUR FROM 1952 TO 1965
https://www.klausdierks.com/Namibian_Roads/4.htm

'On the 13 June 1953 a new "Roads Ordinance and Road Traffic Signs Ordinance" was promulgated. This Ordinance made provision for four classes of roads: trunk, main, district and public roads. Trunk roads are arterial roads forming part of the roads system connecting Namibia as a whole with neighbouring countries. Main roads are important roads connecting important centres within Namibia. District roads are feeder roads carrying a reasonable amount of traffic which largely serve the - mainly white - farming area and provide access to the arterial and main roads system of the country. Public roads are proclaimed roads but their construction and maintenance are not generally undertaken at the expense of the government.

The Central Roads Board was duly abolished and the new ordinance introduced a system of separate Roads Boards in each magisterial district consisting of the magistrate as chairman and four other members from the particular district and who were appointed by the South African Administrator. These Roads Boards "shall assist and advise the Administrator on all matters relating to public roads within its district, obtain and transmit all information he may require in connection with the Administration of this Ordinance or the regulations thereunder and generally carry out all such functions as the Administrator may from time to time assign to it". [94]

Under the provision of Ordinance 17 of 1953 1.877 miles of trunk roads, 4.571 miles of main roads, 8.958 miles of district roads as well as 15.270 miles of public roads (now farm roads) were proclaimed between 1953 and 1955.'


Roads Ordinance and Road Traffic Signs Ordinance (Ordinance No. 17 of 1953)
http://www.nln.gov.na:8080/client/e...PUBDATE Publication Date 1953 1953&ps=300
https://library.namscience.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=39582