Jwaneng council, Petra in land use tussle

Jwaneng council authorities are wondering when the company acquired the rights after the town council there spent P65 million servicing Unit 8 for the Botswana Housing Corporation to build houses there.

The three Ministries of Local Government, Lands and Housing, and Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs, as well as the Jwaneng Town council are currently engaged in a war of words as each seeks answers from the other about how the serviced land landed in the hands of the exploration company without the Jwaneng Town Council knowing.