28 Aug 2025

A total of 17 337 residential plot applicants are awaiting allocation in Mabutsane District, while ploughing fields application list stands at 4 251.

Addressing a full council meeting on Monday, the council chairperson Mr Tuelo Zulu said Maokane Sub Land Board’s waiting list for residential plots was 13 712, with the highest applications received from Sese, Maokane and Thankane, while Mabutsane Sub Land Board had a cumulative waiting list of 3 525 for the 11 villages within its jurisdiction.

He noted that the latter failed dismally to reach their allocation target in the last quarter, adding that plans were underway to continue with allocations in the current quarter.

“A total of 20 residential plots were allocated during the board meeting of the May 19 to 23. Cumulatively residential plot allocations as from April 1 to June was 20 plots against a target of 286, which represented seven per cent. Allocations of residential plots will be continuing in quarter two for Mabutsane, Kokong and Morwamosu villages,” he said.

He noted that land board continued to secure land for allocation and layouts were at different stages of approval. 

He said the layouts for villages such as Morwamosu, Mabutsane, Itholoke, Kutuku, Keng and Khonkhwa were nearing completion and approval, adding that the base maps in some villages had been approved and pending layout designs by the Ngwaketse Land Board.

He further said that site investigations for ploughing fields would be undertaken in the current quarter, following allocation of 51 ploughing fields in the last financial year.

Additionally, Mr Zulu said Maokane Sub Land Board allocated only three residential plots in Sese in the last quarter, with 646 planned for allocation next month.

 He said the waiting list for ploughing fields was at 526, with the oldest application dating back to April 4, 2011. He said of the 80 applications for land transfers received in the last quarter, 69 were approved, two deferred, while nine were referred to the main land board.

He also decried low collection rate of Secure Land Title (SLT) at Mabutsane Sub Land Board, which he said stood at 46 per cent.

“The total number of SLTs is currently at 58 per cent. To date, 455 SLTs have been printed and 211 have been issued. That means 244 SLTs are still in office awaiting collection. 

There is low collection of certificates by the customers despite having been notified,” he noted. ENDS