Low uptake of BHC�s sitting tenants campaign
Friday, January 29, 2016
The sitting tenants campaign was launched two years ago to promote home ownership among Batswana and to increase the corporation’s sales from old stock.
The campaign, which was supposed to come to an end last year, will be extended to the next financial year as the corporation feels that Batswana still need to be sensetised around the advantages of owning a house rather than renting it.
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....