Tlokweng church land dispute in court

Batlokwa tribesmen at the Land Tribunal
Batlokwa tribesmen at the Land Tribunal

The Land Tribunal yesterday reserved judgment in a case in which the Tlokweng Land Board and the World Community Counselling Centre (WCCC) are at loggerheads over a piece of land in the Metlhabeng area of Tlokweng.


The Land Board had made an urgent application for contempt of court accusing the church and the Matlapeng family – which claims rights over the land – of not complying with a September 2010 Land Tribunal order that the disputed piece of land should not be developed except by government.

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