Four year old land dispute drags on

Molatlhegi is accused of having transferred a plot in Block 8 in Gaborone to a buyer without the consent of the owner. The Gaborone lawyer on the other hand claims ignorance to the deal and that his signature had been forged.

In the Deed of Transfer No. 1965/2006 dated August 18, 2006, Molatlhegi is stated as having acted as a conveyancer, with power of attorney granted to him by the applicant Kaone Molapo on August 14, 2006. In the deal it was stated that Molapo had sold all his rights and developments over Lot 34124, Block 8 to one Ralph Maganu, the second respondent. The third respondent is Bank of Botswana, which is the mortgagee in the mortgage bond No. 2997/09 dated October 19, 2009 in which Maganu is the mortgagor of the property on the disputed plot.