The Southern Africa Litigation Centre condemns in the strongest possible terms the government of Botswana’s cruel and unjust treatment of Kgosi Mosadi Seboko, the paramount chief of the Bamalete tribe, - after the Botswana Court of Appeal ruled that she, together with the Bamalete tribe were indeed the rightful owners of Forest Hill Farm and that the government’s attempt to compulsorily acquire this farm in a discriminatory manner without any consultation or consent was not only unconstitutional but amounted to an unlawful deprivation of property.
The Court of Appeal decided that the Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe were indeed the rightful owners of Forest Hill Farm and that the High Court was correct in finding that the land registration scheme that allowed for the compulsory acquisition of the Tribe’s Farm violated the right to property enshrined under Section 8 of the Constitution. The Court of Appeal also found that the High Court was correct when it decided that the amendment to Section 7 of the Tribal Territories Act of 1973 amounted to an unconstitutional deprivation of property and should be struck off.
BOTSWANA: COURT OF APPEAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER BA-GA-MALETE TRIBE ARE RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF FOREST HILL FARM – Southern Africa Litigation Centre southernafricalitigationcentre.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from southernafricalitigationcentre.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.