Out-of-court deal unlocks Tlokweng land raffle deadlock

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Batlokwa during the previous meeting of land issue PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME

The long-running dispute between the Tlokweng Land Board and 17 Batlokwa over controversial land allocations has been resolved out-of-court.

The land board will now automatically allocate plots to each of the 17 as long as they do not have plots anywhere given by the board.

The 17 went to court to challenge the allocation of 285 plots by the Tlokweng Land Board through a controversial raffle in 2012. The settlement of the dispute out-of-court may open a Pandora’s Box, as many people complained about the raffle.

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Out-of-court deal unlocks Tlokweng land raffle deadlock

The long-running dispute between the Tlokweng Land Board and 17 Batlokwa over controversial land allocations has been resolved out-of-court.

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