Court sets aside land dispute default judgment

Judge Reuben Lekorwe delivered the judgment on May 22, 2026, in a matter between Thebe Makati and Kelebogile Motlhale. The case arose from a sale agreement entered into on March 1, 2022, in which Motlhale purchased a plot located in Goo-lonaka Ward in Gabane from Makati for P250,000. It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs.

We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees.

We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD…