Land crisis continues to haunt Batlokwa

Friday, March 17, 2017

Batlokwa tribesmen at a kgotla meeting PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO

Land drought continues to haunt Batlokwa, as only 600 residential plots are ready for allocation against a waiting list of 54,331 people.

This was revealed yesterday when the Minister of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Prince Maele addressed Batlokwa at Tlokweng main Kgotla.

However the issue of land allocation for Batlokwa is a special case as they are allocated land on the quota of 60:40 in which Batlokwa are given 60% of the plots while other tribes are given 40%.

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Land crisis continues to haunt Batlokwa

Land drought continues to haunt Batlokwa, as only 600 residential plots are ready for allocation against a waiting list of 54,331 people.