No plans to expand Molepolole
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe | Wednesday February 25, 2026 06:08
Currently, Molepolole has a waiting list of 30,000 people, and the last residential allocation was in 2006.
When responding to a question from a Member of Parliament for Molepolole North constituency, Dikoloti said, 'The land around Molepolole Prisons is a civic and community allocated to Botswana Prison Services.'
'Currently, Kweneng Land Board (KLB) has no plans to repossess the land for village expansion. The Land Board will make through assessment to establish if the land is suitable for residential purposes before it embarks on any acquisition process of the area. Assessment for suitability and acquisition process, if viable, will be done in the next financial year 2026–2027,” he said.
Member of Parliament for Molepolole North, Arafat Khan, asked the Minister of Lands and Agriculture whether he has considered repossessing unused land around or within Molepolole Prisons, as well as some of the underutilised plantation areas in Molepolole, with a view to reallocating such land for residential plots to address the growing demand for land amongst residents.
Furthermore, he revealed that for the plantation area, acquisition of the land was delayed by a court case between Bakwena Community Development Trust (BCDT), which took over from the then-Kweneng Rural Development Association and Kweneng Land Board registered at the Land Tribunal by BCDT.
He said Kweneng Land Board has in the past consulted with BCDT, who are the owners of the plantation, in view of land repossession of said piece of land to pave the way for the village expansion. He, however, said during engagements between the two parties, BCDT did not agree with Kweneng Land Board on repossession of the area, hence the former appealed to Land Tribunal to seek redress.
“Land Tribunal ruled in favour of Kweneng Land Board. We are in further negotiation with BCDT to finalise compensation issues to finally close the matter,” he said.
He said this matter will be considered during a Kweneng Land Board meeting of February–March 2026. In addition, he said the current status of the said piece of land is that the land has been planned and approved by the District Council – Physical Planning Committee.
He said the approved layout has 1,774 plots.
Moreover, he said the Kweneng Land Board surveyed the layout in December 2025, and survey records are being finalised for submission to the Department of Surveys and Mapping for examination and approval. He said the submission will be done by the end of February 2026. “After approval, general plans will be registered with the Deeds Registry, then allocations will follow. Allocations to Batswana are expected in the second quarter of 2026–2027,” he said.