LEGABIBO judgment reserved
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
In the case, the defence lawyer for members of LEGABIBO, Unity Dow has described the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Edwin Batshu’s decision to decline the association’s registration as a violation of their constitutional rights.
During the heads of argument submission yesterday at the High Court, Dow argued that the minister together with the Director of the Department of Civil and National Registration’s refusal to register LEGABIBO is in contradiction with the country’s laws.
On average it is not uncommon for a Motswana to wait for more than 20 years to be allocated a plot. It has become the status quo in most Land Boards across the country. The is also the issue of corruption where individuals who apply, much later, get allocated before those who applied maybe 20 or so years back. Most young Batswana who have their own homes do so by purchasing a plot or a complete house.The president of the Botswana Association of...