03 Jul 2019

 Legotlhwane residents have been commended for their cooperation and support during the Land Administration Procedures Capacity and System (LAPCAS) exercise.

  The objective of the exercise is to map all plots across the country, register all land rights, resolve current land challenges, assign each plot a number and to make unclaimed land available for allocation.

Sehithwa Sub-Land board chairperson, Mr Ngunovandu Hange revealed this during a kgotla meeting that residents welcomed the LAPCAS team and assisted them to ensure smooth implementation of the exercise. 

The Legotlhwane area was newly gazetted and residents were informed that the village layout had been developed, and that those who had not yet registered their plots were advised to do so.

Government took a decision in 2017 that Legotlhwane be recognised and declared a tertiary IV settlement. 

The decision followed pleas by residents to engage all relevant authorities to request government to gazette their settlement which was established around 1900.

Legotlhwane lies between Toteng and Sehithwa metres away from the Maun/Ghanzi road. 

Mr Hange urged residents to develop their plots, noting that some had preferred to stay in the cattle posts and farms.

He also urged residents to stop transferring or selling their plots, but to rather lease them.

Land, he said, was a valuable commodity hence they should conserve it and utilise it effectively. 

Residents were also advised to fence their plots for ease of surveying by land board officials.

On issues of water, residents were informed that efforts were underway to improve the water situation in their area. 

An official from Water Utilities Corporation, Mr Labane Labane said they were awaiting a contractor to renew the village tank as it leaked, adding that they expected the work to be completed before end of the financial year.

Earlier, residents had complained about shortage of water, and that the water was rusty. They also complained about the delay to connect water in individual households. 

They were informed that quality material was used for the tank and that it could be used for more than 50 years. 

Mr Labane explained that before they could connect water in households, they needed to develop water sources because there was high demand. Ends