Row erupts over double plot allocations
Friday, January 27, 2012
An incomplete toilet structure and erected corner poles are visible inside the premises of a transmitter. Indications are that the plot was being developed until those working at the transmitter were ordered never to give the developer access onto the premises. The development of another plot inside the transmitter premises, according to the village councillor, Nathaniel Moribame, is contrary to the Botswana Power Corporation (BCP) advice that no plot should be allocated within a 100-metre radius from the transmitter.
In a letter to the minister signed by the councillor, Kgosi Solomon Pharithi and VDC chairman, Moroma Malema dated January 25, 2012, the village leaders called for the minister's intervention stating that Bobonong Sub Land Board has allocated new plots inside plots that had already been allocated. The letter also states that the land board has also made the village cemetery inaccessible by allocating plots on the road to the graveyard. It adds that the sub land board continues to allocate residential plots directly in front of Molalatau Junior Secondary School, the area that had been earmarked for village developments.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...