Silver jubilee for Tlokweng land row
Friday, February 13, 2015
Land hungry: Landseekers at a recent allocation of plots
The long-standing dispute, which can be traced back to the 1990s, centres around the ownership of the late Pilanyane Matlapeng’s field situated in Metlhabeng ward, Tlokweng.
The piece of land is estimated to be about two square kilometres.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...