Tlokweng: A maelstrom of politics, poverty and tribalism in the land question

"This is the first time we saw this kind of thing where land board officials make a raffle draw and call out names. Mo ke botlhodi, lefatshe ga le rafolwe (This is taboo)," said an old man.

He was addressing angry crowds of young people at the village Kgotla. The angst came about after the Tlokweng Land Board announced 284 names of people who were to be allocated land in Tlokweng. Of the 285, only eight Batlokwa were called out. They have complained. The angry crowd of Batlokwa marched to the Kgotla to protest and register their displeasure with the tribal leadership. As they took turns to speak, each told of how they had been trying to get a plot in their own village without success.