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Kweneng board chairperson 'losses' in land rights case

Kweneng Land board chairperson Kgang Kgang PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Kweneng Land board chairperson Kgang Kgang PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

The Kweneng Land Board chairperson has lost part of a case in which he was seeking to hold onto a claim to a disputed ploughing field located in Mmokolodi.

Kgang Kgang, who is fighting with alleged rightful owner Boitumelo Setlhabi and four others for the said ploughing field, is claiming ownership and has since reportedly developed it.

Last week Tuesday he lost an application in which he sought for the matter to be referred to trial arguing that there was a dispute of facts about the ploughing field. The interlocutory application was filed after Setlhabi and the four others made an application seeking to evict him from the plot.

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