Africa-Press – Botswana. Tlokweng Land Board has engaged district councillors on various land management processes.
The board organised two-days workshop, which started on and covered key services including land board management and operations, processes involved in land allocation and administration, and production and processing of the Secure Land Titles (SLTs). It also covered discussions on the Tlokweng development plan and the village’s land management policy among other related land issues.
When providing a background on the objectives of the meeting, acting TLB board secretary Ms Joyce Wantlo said the purpose of the stakeholder engagement workshop was to appreciate the transformation of land development, and identify challenges and mitigation measures that could help improve the performance of the land board.
“The objectives are to provide a general update on the status of the development plan, statutory instruments enacted and the changes they bring specially to ploughing fields that are expected to support food security,” she said.
Ms Wantlo said they would also look into the processing of transactions for issuance of SLTs in Tlokweng and challenges experienced.
“Take note that these new land titles have been introduced in an effort to improve the value of tribal land and unlock economic potential of all allocated land parcels across the country. This is important as it would give you an opportunity to appreciate land management dynamics from within the village boundary to affiliated localities such as arable and communal grazing areas,” she added.
She said the workshop would also provide a brief overview on the new Tlokweng land management policy of 2024 particularly in relation to transition from the old policy to the new one. She said they would also provide an update on the implementation of the Tlokweng development plan 2021-2032 as an effort to provide additional land for village expansion.
TLB chairperson Mr Elijah Katse said the stakeholder meeting was an opportune moment to align objectives with priorities of the new government. Mr Katse said TLB recognised the council as one of the most crucial stakeholders in the land delivery process as it assisted in preparation of village development plans and production of detailed layout plans. He said land board and councillors would be accorded an opportunity to share information, challenges and come up with interventions and strategies of overcoming the challenges experienced in land management in the district.
“We engage in a free spirit of comradeship so that there are frank discussions in terms of identifying all critical issues related to land management and administration in the district, as well as coming up with impactful interventions to advise the land board, our ministry and government on how best to resolve them given that land management is always an emotive issue in any society across the world,” he added.
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