Tlokweng land raffle case deepens
Friday, July 04, 2014
The land board claims the policy document dates back to 2007 and allows any Motswana access to land wherever they are and regardless of their place of origin, thus justifying the raffle system.
Using the policy document, the land board raffled 285 plots at random to more than 20,000 applicants in 2012, without any reservation being made for Batlokwa.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...