Mabule villages need border gate � chief

Kgosi Lotlaamoreng is MP for Goodhope-Mabule
Kgosi Lotlaamoreng is MP for Goodhope-Mabule

MABULE: The village leadership here has called on the government to establish a border gate in the village amid a spate of cross-border stocktheft cases, which are increasing at an alarming rate.

In an interview, Mabule village chief, Lemson Kelekwang said lack of a border gate between Mabule village in Botswana and Mabule village in South Africa has always frustrated their efforts to fight stocktheft or retrieve stolen livestock.

He said perpetrators take advantage of the distance authorities have to travel between the two countries in order to trace the stolen livestock.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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