Crunch time in Tlokweng land row

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Apple of discontent: The plot on question in Tlokweng

After a 20-year battle over a hotly disputed piece of land, the Tlokweng Land Board is set to take tough action this week, including tearing down a fence, after the expiry of a deadline set by the Land Tribunal

The Tlokweng Land Board is set to meet this Thursday after the expiry of a July 21 deadline set by the Land Tribunal for the Matlapeng family to remove a fence it erected on a bitterly disputed piece of land in the village.

The two square kilometre plot in Metlhabeng ward has been at the centre of heated differences between the Land Board and the family for more than 20 years, which were heightened by the family leasing part of the plot to the World Community Counselling Centre (WCCC).

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