Systematic land registration starts in Hukuntsi Sub Land Board

Chandapiwa Baputaki | Wednesday June 19, 2013 00:00

Maotoanong Sebina was addressing the teams that have been pulled from the different Land Boards across the country to assist Kgalagadi Land Board in surveying and mapping all plots in Tshane, Hukuntsi, Lokgwabe and Lehututu from June to July 2013.He said the teams will be acting as the MLH ambassadors and therefore must work with the communities with humility and assist with spirit of botho.This is part of the exercise being undertaken by the Ministry of Lands and Housing through all the Land Boards to systematically register all allocated plots in the country to have information on who owns what, where and for what purposes.

'The Government has looked at the challenges that this country is facing, things that have worked for the country in the past, opportunities currently available like available technology and cooperating with partners and came up with the project called LAPCAS,' Sebina said stating that LAPCAS is the Improvement of Land Administration Procedures, Capacity and Systems in Botswana.

He said the objective is to ensure that land administration processes and systems are providing information and services that the customers want and contribute to economic development.Sebina said the project will help address current and future land management challenges arising from population growth, rural urban migration and conflicting interests.The benefits of this exercise are to help plot owners have a secure land title as ownership is guaranteed and save on survey costs.

At the end of the exercise new certificates will be issued and old ones will be phased out.The new certificates will have unique plot numbers and can be used to borrow money from the banks.In order for you to register, the following must be produced:  Certificate of land grant, lease or title deed Letter from a Kgosi as proof of old allocation.  Or any document that proves your ownership of the said plot  A valid identity card or passport in the case of a non-citizens. (CHANDAPIWA BAPUTAKI is a principal information and public relations officer at the Ministry of Lands and Housing)