Raditanka Ntebele

Raditanka Ntebele was a Kgosi(chief) of Palapye area in Botswana who served for many years until his death in January 2014. He was born in 1932 in Makolojwane, near Serowe. Quotes “Over P36 000 was misappropriated at Lotsane Ward. The S&CD later ordered that the guilty person should repay the money in monthly installments of P300. This is ridiculous because the guilty party would take 9 months to repay public funds that he used for personal gain without permission,” “Cases of loss, theft and fraud are never reported to the police. The criterion for choosing election contestants is based on nepotism and political affiliation, which even extends to the employment of government’s poverty alleviation programs,” “It was confirmed at the meeting that over P36 000 was misappropriated at Lotsane Ward while over P12000 was misappropriated at Boikago Ward. The financial situation in other wards was not clear as there were no audited books of accounts. All of these incidents were never reported to the police,” “She told me that she did not come for any other business but to address VDC’s. This then leaves me with no other option but to appeal to you, Hon. Mokalake, to address this situation and recover the misappropriated funds,” Palapye Kgosi clashes with politicians 15 August 2011 "About 20 farmers have written to my office complaining of the way they have been treated by the landboard. "They have been told to move out of their fields to make way for development yet nothing has been done so far to compensate them," Confusion over Palapye chief ploughing fields 19 May 2015