Churches plead with FCC as yellow monster approaches

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FRANCISTOWN: The publication of a court order instructing squatting churches to move out or face forced demolition and eviction has triggered frantic behind-the-scenes negotiations between affected churches and the Francistown City Council (FCC), Mmegi has learnt.

The Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) has entered the fray in an effort to intercede with the FCC on behalf of its members, who form the majority of churches under threat of eviction.

OAIC president, Tebogo Motlhagodi said 84 of their member churches are among those facing possible eviction and they have been working hard to keep the Yellow Monster at bay. Nearly 140 churches were named in the court order published last week.

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