Yellow monster bulldozes 1,000 squatters in Ngamiland

Thursday, December 08, 2016

The yellow monster: Bulldozers raged through Sedie this week PIC: BONIFACE KEAKBETSE

MAUN: The evictions of more than 1,000 squatters in the Ngamiland district, started in the Sedie ward in Maun on Tuesday as deputy sheriffs and the Tawana Land Board enforced the order to fight illegal land occupation.

On Tuesday, bulldozers, notoriously referred to as yellow monsters, descended on the squatters in the Sedie ward, tearing down their structures and razing property to the ground.

The family of one Gabothusiwe became the first to face the dreaded machines as deputy sheriff Mokiya Mokiya and the Land Board oversaw the demolitions. Salto Gabothusiwe (21), one of the family members, shared their ordeal.

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