Mushrooming of squatters worries land Ministry

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PALAPYE: The Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services (MLWS) decries the mushrooming of undesignated settlements saying that it constraints government budget and wastes resources.

The MLWS Permanent Secretary (PS), Thato Raphaka raised the Ministry’s concerns at the MLWS convention, which was held recently at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST).

“Firstly one person will put their shack in some piece of land (bomaipaahela) and later a group of people do the same.  Eventually, if it becomes a settlement, they name it and start demanding services and other developments such as schools and hospitals,” he said.

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