The bruising fight for land
Friday, January 26, 2018
The story repeats itself everytime. One Land Board or the other calls for applications. Hungry land-seekers sleep at offices and sometimes riot in the morning. No amount of warnings and pleas not to sleep or riot make a difference. It has become so bad that Land Boards frequently engage riot police when the time for applications arrives.
By the last count, about 1.1 million Batswana were on waiting lists for land across the country. Many have been waiting for decades. They have had children while waiting. Been married and divorced. Many have even died.
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...