The Thamaga Sub-Landboard stopped receiving applications for land use in August last year to deal with pending applications that have breached the 40,000 mark, while in Ngwaketse the authorities are surveying the land first to ensure orderly allocations. However, the Mogoditshane/Thamaga Sub-District council chairperson, Driver Motlokwa said on Monday that the moratorium on applications in the area does not affect ploughing fields and land sought by youth to run agricultural projects such as piggery, poultry, horticulture and dairy. He told the ongoing full sub-council meeting in Mogoditshane that so far, 80 ploughing fields have been demarcated and allocated around Tshegwe and Kubung areas. He urged councillors to encourage youth to apply for land for agricultural projects. He said the sub-landboard has not secured adequate funding to compensate farmers whose ploughing fields were acquired for expansion of villages in the past two years.
He informed the council that the sub-landboard would embark on systematic registration or adjudication on tribal land in April this year. “This exercise aims at registering all plots in the village, including fields. A similar exercise has been carried out at Lekgwapheng ward, Molepolole and other parts of the country,” Motlokwa said. He said that Gakgatla would be demarcated through consultation with the village leadership. He said the sub-landboard is currently identifying and mapping plots that will be needed by Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) for power lines in Thamaga and Kumakwane villages.
