23 Jun 2014

Only 700 people registered their plots in Maun through the ongoing Land Administration Procedures, Capacity and Systems (LAPCAS) project.

Addressing stakeholders at a breakfast seminar in Maun recently, Tawana Land Board secretary, Ms Gabofete Raditladi said people in Maun were not forthcoming to register since the project was introduced last year. Ms Raditladi said their projection was that Maun had about 25 000 allocated plots, therefore 700 was a small number.

The systematic land registration of plots, she said, would help to address some issues such as double allocations of plots and many land conflicts. She said currently there was no comprehensive database of all land thus the process of land registration would enable them to know how many plots were there in Maun, who owns them and the use of the plots.

Ms Raditladi said it would also help address issues of informal settlers as well as to address the current land problems which dismally caused delay in allocation of land. The land registration project, she pointed out would bring positive results such as introduction of plot numbers and street names as well as allow easy identification of plots within their locality.

Ms Raditladi said the process would also allow Land Board to know unclaimed and available land. She implored people in Maun and all stakeholders to register their plots more so that the plots were surveyed freely.

Tawana Land Board chairperson, Mr Kutjavetira Mauano said the LAPCAS project started in 2012 at Sehithwa Sub Land Board and was extended to Maun main Land Board in 2013.

He said they decided to revamp the project in June 2014 after realisation that their efforts were not encouraging members of the Maun community to come forward. However, he remained positive that through involvement of all stakeholders residents would come forward.  ENDS