 The reasons for suspending the road construction earlier after 2007 has been changed by the two ministers from the original statement of averting the impact of the 2008 global recession to now being due to the high number of homesteads which were supposed to be relocated to pave way for the road.Two former Village Development Committee (VDC) volunteers will be contesting for the village political "Council" seat under the Botswana Democratic Party and Umbrella for Democratic Change continuing the village tradition where the VDC has long been converted into a political tool.The area around Mathangwane consists of crop and cattle farmland.