The board is also considering closing Ingonyama Holdings
The spat with King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini may hurt the Inkatha Freedom Party at the polls next year
The Ingonyama Trust Board is set to meet again this week despite Buthelezi’s demand that Jerome Ngwenya be reinstated as the chairperson
The appointments are to go ahead despite a revolt by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and axed board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya
King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini’s nominee has hit the ground running, while the axed Ngwenya seeks to be reinstated
Jerome Ngwenya is now challenging the decision to appoint an interim board in court
The nomination of Inkosi Thanduyise Mzimela by the Zulu king clears the way for a permanent board to be appointed
Union questions dubious R41 million investment at a time when workers are being retrenched and others have not been paid
The Zulu king wants transparency with regards to the board’s dealings
A European ‘investor’ was meant to have made an initial transfer of R12 billion into the board’s South African Reserve Bank account
The monarch wants transparency and public participation in the land body’s operations and finances
The board ‘noted’ concerns and one member’s resignation over the payments, but went ahead anyhow
Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza says a new board will be in place by mid-January
The trust’s officials couldn’t say how the money was invested because the information was not forthcoming from the ITB’s investment wing
The Msunduzi municipality has been ordered to continue providing services despite the rates dispute with the land body
The organisation’s staff complement will be cut by half.
At the same time the supreme court of appeal has dismissed the ITB’s bid to overturn a high court ruling that its residents’ leases were unlawful
The trial court had ordered that the body pay back millions of rands it collected from residents of its land
The party needs to review laws to ensure they do not prevent rural people from having security of tenure
Argument against the residential leases programme court ruling will be heard at the supreme court of appeal
Parliament says it will conduct oversight visit to determine what is wrong at the entity that administers three million hectares of trust land in KwaZulu-Natal
Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya wants ruling outlawing residential lease programme set aside
Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza had wanted the new board in place by February
Staff members suspended five years ago are now being reinstated
Land entity gets an unqualified audit but parliament remains unimpressed
Foreign investment has been lined up for a joint venture with the Ingonyama Trust Board, which administers tribal land for the Zulu monarch
Jerome Ngwenya acted without authority, LRC says
R39m to effect Ingonyama ruling
But board chair Jerome Ngwenya’s cosying up to the presumptive Zulu king cements his position
The board’s chairperson has accused the judges who heard the case of not declaring they were interested parties in the case
The land reform minister bans Ingonyama Trust chair from taking court ruling on appeal
About R90-million collected in residential lease fees must be paid back to people living on ITB land