The village was formed in the 1950s by people who were forcefully removed from Erundu (as Oshakati was known by then) by the South African apartheid regime to pave way for the development of the town.
Villagers have appointed a committee of young educated members of their society to deal with the matter and to ensure that they receive proper compensation which is worth of their land.
According to residence of Ehenye village [1] they had a meeting with permanent secretary to the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, by then Mr. Erastus Negonga to inform him of the land issues they are facing and the compensation been offered by the town council.
Under the former Mayor Katrina Shimbulu, the town council went as far as digging water pipe lines in the village without informing the residents.
He also stated that the compensation terms presented by the town council Oshakati are based on the cabinet decision of 1996.