Landowners Urged To Lease Plots To Investors
Monday, February 15, 2016
Speaking during BITC local outreach workshop held in Palapye recently, BITC property & facilities services manager Thabo Olyn, noted that land is a very rare commodity that should be protected by all and can be used to attract investors for economic diversification.
He said as BITC they do encourage people that have land to register with them freely so that they could assist in leasing the land to developers and investors, an investment that could run for life. “One of our major mandate as BITC is to travel across the globe looking for investors that can boost our economy, however the major challenge that we have with investors is land,” he said.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....