Over 7 000 plots allocated

24 December, 2007 in Botswana

source: BOPA
24 December, 2007

MOLEPOLOLE – Kweneng Land Board has allocated 7 062 plots for varies uses this year.

Main Land Board Chairperson, Mr David Botlhoko, said during the boards Christmas ball last Wednesday that the number was not enough as evidenced by the huge number in the waiting list.

As at now we have a waiting list of over 127 000, being the number of people who have submitted applications for residential plots throughout the district, he said.

He said while some people would not be eligible for allocation for various reasons, this was still a huge figure by any standards, which was giving them sleepless nights.

He emphasised that it was even more worrying when one considered that the board only had the capacity to allocate 8 000 plots per annum.

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