Anger and tears as thousands scramble for land
Thursday, November 27, 2014
A casual look suggested up to 50,000 people came to submit their application forms for the only 400 available plots in the villages of Oodi, Modipane, Dikwididi, Mokatse, Bokaa and Morwa.
So desperate to make it among the first were many of the applicants that hundreds of them spent the night in tents and vehicles and in the open, in the foregrounds of the Land Board offices.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...