More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices
The effect of Covid-19 and the land reform department’s freeze of R23-million because the ITB didn’t comply with budget submissions are cited as some of the reasons for the staff cuts
Labour disputes and withheld funding for noncompliance have rocked the board, which is supposed to administer about three million hectares on behalf of King Goodwill Zwelithini
Embattled KwaZulu-Natal land trust loses in court, after ceasing paying salaries to some workers in March
The submission of the ITB’s budget is understood to have been delayed by the de facto suspension of its top management