Tati Company cautions against Malema land grab style

Malema
Malema

FRANCISTOWN: Influential, charismatic, popular and contagious are some of the adjectives used to describe Julius Malema, the leader of South Africa’s far left political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

Malema whose influence even transcends borders is a proponent of land expropriation without compensation. On Wednesday during a consultative meeting between Tati Company Limited (TCL) popularly known as TC and the City of Francistown (COF) councillors at Thapama, it became evident that councillors have caught the Malema bug. 

The property manager of TC Gaise Khama - a close relative of former president Ian Khama - convened the meeting to brief the civic leaders about what he said was misrepresentations that the public have about TC. From time immemorial, the people of Botswana especially those who live in the North East District (NED) and Francistown have been complaining that TC, a company that used to own vast tracts of land in the NED and Francistown but is now left with about five percent of the land, has taken all their land. 

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