FCC allocates un-serviced land

Mmegi: ""Our view as the municipality is that we should allocate plots and provide water only. Other services such as electricity, sewerage and drainage systems will be erected later when enough funds have been secured," he said.Nyeku also observed that lack of residential plots in the city discourages home ownership among residents.The arrangement of allocating un-serviced plots has worked well in the past, according to him.
"When we were relocating squatters from Somerset to Gerald Estate some years ago, they were allocated plots without services with the exception of water. Services such as drainage systems, electricity and sewerage lines were erected later," he said. Mokalake welcomed the FCC idea. "The ministry will, however, have to look at the viability of a proposal by the municipality before acceding to their request," he said. He stated that the Ministry of Lands has allocated un-serviced plots in rural areas. He said services would be provided when the government has secured enough funds for the purpose. The arrangement, he said, has worked well."

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Judge questions Kgafela's professional credentials

Mmegi: "He said he was surprised that in one of the cases in question, it was Kgafela's younger brother, Mmusi, who represented one of the litigants, not him. Tafa described Kgafela as sarcastic, arrogant, paranoid, and a good liar who was able to create things that did not exist, as confirmed in a letter he wrote to the Registrar and Master of the High Court, Godfrey Nthomiwa, last November. "The applicant comes out as a person who is always right, and that anybody who differs with him is oppressive and biased," he said. Besides Tafa, Kgafela also applied for the recusal of the two other judges in the case, Steven Gaongalelwe, and Mercy Garekwe. All the judges declined to recuse themselves from the case. In declining to recuse himself, Gaongalelwe stated that judges have a mandate to dispense justice fairly and should not succumb to mere, unsubstantiated fears as grounds for recusal. Garekwe was to recuse herself on grounds that she was a judge and 'guilty by association'. Kgafela also argued that the matter should be treated as a criminal case on grounds that the constitution of Botswana is a fraud and should be set aside.
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