15 Feb 2022

In a bid to shift from funding individual to more industry enterprises, the department of youth is engaged in developing Moiyabana farm, whose implementation started in 2020.
The project once complete, will benefit youth from Moiyabana and surrounding villages
Speaking during the official opening of Serowe Sub-council session on Monday, chairperson, Mr Lesedi Phuthego said structures being developed would cater for poultry, beekeeping, piggery and horticulture.
Mr Phuthego said the ministry managed to complete drilling and test pumping of two boreholes and water samples had been submitted to the laboratory for testing.
He said the guard house was also complete and construction of an ablution block would start end of February.
The sub-council chairperson said the initiative would go a long way in addressing high unemployment rate, reduce poverty, lack of operational space, high rentals and high collapse rate of youth projects as well as promote aspiration in leadership among others.
He informed councillors that notable progress had been achieved in developing Malatswae farm which at the moment was stocked with 54 goats (two bucks and 52 breeding stock) and had two herders who started work December last year.
Mr Phuthego said the farm manager advert closed December 15 and interview preparations were ongoing and expectation was to have hired a manager by end of February.
He was hopeful that developments would run smoothly so that the farm could be a model for benchmarking, for communities.
On other issues, Mr Phuthego said 101 residential plots would be allocated in Thabala before end of 2021/2022 while Motshegaletau and Moiyabana layout designs were completed and currently being presented to relevant structures for approval.
“Mmashoro layout is being finalised while Mabeleapodi layout is still undergoing corrections,” he said.
Mr Phuthego said designs for Tshikinyega and Dinokwane wards in-fills in Serowe would start after the approval of Motshegaletau and Moiyabana layouts.He however, said the constituents were losing land at an alarming rate as the sub-land board was experiencing a high number of plots transfer, particularly residential plots in Serowe.
He said it was observed that those directly allocated plots by the land board were the ones transferring them and that meant such people would not be legible for allocations anywhere within the tribal land as prescribed by Ngwato Land Board allocation policy of 2021 clause 2.0 sub clause 2.2.1 (b).
Mr Phuthego urged councillors to educate and engage their electorates on the value of land and the consequences of losing it. ENDS