�Allow us to bury our dead�

Friday, June 27, 2014

Villagers in Magokotswane ward in Molepolole are demanding the return of a cemetery plot which the land board reportedly allocated as ranch land to a prominent farmer, despite the fact that two people, including a former headman, were already buried on it.

Adding fuel to the fire is that the villagers have run out of burial ground at their former cemetery in Masu-a-Ditshwene, which is a distance from the ward, while reports are that new owner, Clement Kgosiemang, intends to rear animals on the land.

Yesterday morning, Mmegi found a heated Kgotla meeting in session, with villagers demanding answers on a dispute that has run for three years.

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�Allow us to bury our dead�

Villagers in Magokotswane ward in Molepolole are demanding the return of a cemetery plot which the land board reportedly allocated as ranch land to a prominent farmer, despite the fact that two people, including a former headman, were already buried on it.