15 siblings fight over 59-hectares of inheritance land What was once a united family bound by love and resilience has erupted into a bitter inheritance battle that has split 15 siblings right down the middle, with eight pitted against seven over a 59-hectare piece of land in Chadibe North, under the Marapong Land Board. The land belonged to their late father, Ntshwarisang Mothobi, who passed away on August 17, 2016, at the age of 96. Their mother who is said to still be alive has allegedly taken the side of her second-born son, Dzikamani Mothobi, now at the centre of the dispute.
Due to the dispute, half of the siblings haven’t been home to see their mother since 2023. According to the aggrieved siblings, the land was temporarily registered in Dzikamani’s name purely on traditional grounds, as he was the eldest male child, following the custom that allowed male children to hold land on behalf of the family where the first-born was female. “The understanding was clear the land was to be shared among all siblings once we came of age,” said the sibling’s representative Lingilani Mothobi.
However, that understanding has now collapsed, with siblings accusing Dzikamani who is reportedly a Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) agent, of refusing to relinquish ownership and allegedly manipulating documentation to secure permanent control of the land. At the heart of the dispute is an original letter allegedly issued by the late Chadibe Village chief Kgosi Aaron Nyambe, which explicitly stated that Dzikamani would only hold the land in trust until his siblings were old enough. That letter, siblings say, has mysteriously disappeared.
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Instead, a newly produced letter, dated August 2010 and stamped August 2016, three days after their father’s death, has surfaced. The siblings insist the letter is fake and was stamped and signed three days after their after died, raising serious questions about its authenticity. “They must bring the letter that gave me temporary ownership here so we all appreciate it, there was never such a letter, if I committed fraud then they better prove it because I will see them in court” warned Dzikamani.
The matter was first presented before the Chadibe Kgosi, Mmoloki Kajata, who the complainants allege is a former classmate of the accused, a connection they believe compromised the handling of the case. In an interview, Kgosi Majata indicated that the only people he can share information with are the Mothobi family. “I have no comment for the media at this time, the only people whom I can divulge this information to are the Mothobi family” He explained. Adding to the controversy, the letter bears a stamp from one police sub-inspector, Chabe, whom they claimed had been transferred from Chadibe Police Station to Tatitown in 2013, years before the date on the letter.
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