Botswana land up for auction

The Monitor :: The new policy says where land is available on public tender, consideration will be made for the reservation of a quota for people living with disabilities. It also says there will be special dispensation in considering applications for land for people with disabilities.The new policy acknowledges that people aged under 21 find it difficult to access land because of the age requirement in land acquisition; the policy says special arrangements will be made to enable allocation of land to youth.On the Remote Area Dwellers, the policy realises that some Batswana communities have, from time immemorial, believed in communal use or collective use and ownership of land.Overtime, this has proven to be unsustainable due to economic changes. The absence of exclusive rights to land for these communities does not improve their economic well being and does not accord them secure land rights. The policy says where appropriate, formal settlements will be established for these groups and titles granted to those allocated land.