Land Feud Erupts In Mochudi

Villagers have accused Sub-Land Board of allocating their land PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Villagers have accused Sub-Land Board of allocating their land PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

A land dispute has erupted in Makgophane ward with residents up in arms accusing the Mochudi Sub-Land Board of corruptly awarding ploughing fields in neighbouring Makgalagadi Lands to one Jomo Mokgatlhe.

While Mokgatlhe claims that his aunt Tebogo Gaetsaloe gave him 27 hectares of land, she and other neighbours claim she had made it clear that her field was just five hectares.

Speaking to The Monitor just outside the newly fenced land, the elderly men who claimed Mokgatlhe took the fields bemoaned the Sub Land- Board was dragging its feet in addressing the matter.

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