Africa-Press – Botswana. Rakops Sub-land Board intends to allocate about 950 residential plots in 2023/24 financial year.
Boteti Council Chairperson Mr Molemi Galeragwe said during the council session held in Letlhakane recently that the total residential application list at Rakops Sub-land Board stood at 6 495.
He said the sub-land board had acquired 60.207 hectares of the 68.3 hectares of targeted area.
He said 40.57 hectares of the acquired land was for Motopi whilst 19.75 was acquired for Mmadikola
Assessment of properties affected, he said, was completed on August 4 in Motopi whilst in Mmadikola, assessment was completed on August 27.
He said the valuation report was being finalised at Ngwato Land Board for submission to the department of lands for compensation.
He stated that base maps for Mopipi, Toromoja, Mmadikola and Xere had been prepared and submitted to council for layout design.
Mr Galeragwe said the sub-land board had commenced village expansion consultations with the village leadership an of Makalamabedi, Moremaoto, Khumaga and Rakops during the month of July.
Kgotla meetings for the remaining villages of Xere, Toromoja, Xhumo, Mmadikola and Mopipi had been put on halt until the appointment and orientation of new board members.
He said survey of layouts which yielded 2 120 and 237 plots for Xhumo amd Khumaga was completed in May and was pending approval by department of surveys, mapping and registration at Deeds Registry before allocation by the sub-land board.
Mr Galeragwe said to date 28 registered deeds of customary land rights had been issued to land rights owners at Moremaoto, 57 in Rakops whilst there were no issuance Xere yet.
He said production of the deeds of customary land grants was moving at a snail’s pace countrywide due to the system’s teething problems, noting that very few general plans had been approved by the department of surveys and mapping and registered with the deeds registry.
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