Land crisis: don�t blame Batswana
Monday, June 08, 2015
It therefore, comes as a shock when custodians of this scare commodity, the Department of Lands, declare that instead, Batswana do have land and for that matter in excess.
When appearing before the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee last week, the accounting officer in the Department of Lands and Housing, Thatayaone Raphaka said applicants to land allocation exceed Botswana population.
Stock theft has become rampant and difficult to contain thus keeping the police on their toes as the country is rocked by stock theft cases that are becoming difficult to contain.This form of crime is causing great misery to farmers in Botswana, especially in rural communities that largely depend on agriculture for a living. As stock theft cases escalate, the police say that most of the meat consumed in major towns and villages is from stolen...