Sebetela edges closer in P27million land dispute

Boyce Sebetela
Boyce Sebetela

FRANCISTOWN: The idiom 'so near and yet so far' aptly describes Boyce Sebetela's fight for millions of pula with Ngwato Land Board (NLB).

Recently, Justice Matlhogonolo Phuthego ruled in favour of the former Palapye MP and then Cabinet minister in his bid to get the P16 million, which is the remainder of the P27million compensation he expected to be paid following his surrender of various pieces of land to the state.

Sebetela has already been compensated with close to P11 million (P10,961,393. 17) by Morupule Coal Mine (MCM), on behalf of the state, after he entered into a settlement agreement with MCM for the compulsory acquisition of his property.

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