13 Mar 2023

Kweneng Land board hopes to have completed the recovery of illegally allocated plots for proper allocation to deserving citizens, chairman Mr Kgang Kgang told Mogoditshane residents recently. 

“This will be done in the affected localities of Mogoditshane, Letlhakeng, Lephepe, Lentsweletau and Motokwe,” said Mr Kgang. Giving background to the issue, Mr Kgang said that in 2019 some members of the land board and employees unlawfully allocated land to unknown and undeserving people who were not even in the authority’s waiting list. 

A subsequent investigation led to dismissal or suspension of many of the staff who were involved in the theft, he said. 

Mr Kgang pleaded with affected communities to bear with the land board as it was grappling with finding land for applicants, some of whom had been on the waiting list for over 25 years, while at the same time it was trying to resolve the issue of illegally allocated land, which led to delays in day-to-day running of the affected land boards, as well as in the allocation process, especially of residential plots. 

Mr Kgang asked people to desist from illegally allocating others/themselves land, saying only the land board was mandated to allocate land. 

He also advised the public at large to familiarise itself with the laws governing land, especially the Tribal Land Act in order to be in a position to stand up for themselves on issues that concern land and make informed decisions. 

Residents had earlier complained that they had been waiting too long for allocations, with some saying they applied as far back as 1993. 

The residents were further worried that while other land authorities around the country were actively allocating land, Mogoditshane sub land board did not appear too eager to do so. ends