Unveiling the ministry's new draft National Land Policy to the Ntlo ya Dikgosi yesterday, permanent secretary Tsaone Thebe also said she could not say whether the ministry would be required to make public the names of the owners of these multiple plots of land and what the land would be used for. She was responding to a question by specially elected Kgosi Moeti II who wanted to know if, the Freedom of Information and Declaration of Assets bills are ever passed, the ministry would be required this information public.
However, Thebe said under the new policy, every Motswana would only be allocated two plots: one in their home village and another elsewhere in the country. She refuted concerns from Kgosi Kahiko II, who felt that the new limitation is unfair to people who do not have land. Kgosi Kahiko II also felt that the new limitation is a deterrent that is too late as some people have already amassed a lot of land for themselves. Thebe said under the new policy, and with the new registration programme, the ministry is hoping to introduce electronic conveyancing.
