Ngwato Landboard lets Pilikwe down

Friday, January 10, 2020

I am writing this letter to express disappointment at how Sefhare Sub Landboard and its parent body Ngwato Landboard have been handling land issues pertaining to my village, Pilikwe.

One can safely say that the landboard has been mismanaging land in Pilikwe and following are a few examples of how it has been treating us poorly as a community:

Ngwato Landboard has at some point allocated a piece of land for radioactive materials storage facility despite the protests of our people and the matter was only resolved when the Pilikwe community decided to take it to court.

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