Council, Land Board win Kweneng cemetery case

Kweneng Land Board and the Kweneng District Council have won a case in which Clement Kgosiemang, commonly known as Shialala, had taken them to court after the Land Board ruled that he had no land rights in a certain piece of land (cemetery) he has fenced at Magokotswane ward in Molepolole.

The Gaborone Land tribunal issued a default judgement on Monday in Molepolole in favour of the defendants, the Land Board and Council at the Molepolole Magistrate Court after the complainant absented himself. His lawyers also said they were no longer representing him.

The Land Tribunal relocated the case from Gaborone to Molepolole Magistrate Court as the case was of interest to members of the community who usually throng the court in large numbers.

Editor's Comment
Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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