Silver jubilee for Tlokweng land row

Land hungry: Landseekers at a recent allocation of plots
Land hungry: Landseekers at a recent allocation of plots

It has been 25 years since the land dispute between the Tlokweng Land Board and the Matlapeng family started. But it seems the war is far from over.

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.

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