Mokalake warns landboard members against corruption
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Mokalake said this yesterday the induction of more than 170 new members from seven landboard in the southern part of the country.
The minister said landboardmembers should be vigilant as they could be approached by unscrupulous land-seekers. “You endorse it (corruption) because it is not from within the landboard,” he said.
The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...