Govt embarks on ambitious land audit

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Property tax dodgers and land speculators are to be unearthed in a massive, nationwide exercise by the Ministry of Lands and Housing to determine how many residential and business plots each and every citizen owns and how many housing units there are per household.

The exercise, which is dubbed Land Administration, Procedure, Capacity and Systems (LADPROCAS) in Botswana, has already commenced a pilot project in places like Odi-Matebele and Ramotswa and will soon be spread to other villages throughout the country.

In an interview recently, Minister Nonofo Molefhi said the government will spend P55 million on the five-year project that will be completed in 2013.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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...

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