Workers mobilise over unfair labour practices and failure to recognise their trade union
A lack of precedent has raised concerns about the future of the Ingonyama Trust after the death of the king, its sole trustee
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The KZN government has closed for a week to mourn the monarch
Ingonyama Trust Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya has challenged the audit process in the face of a series of unfavourable ratings
The ITB’s term ended about six months ago and the deadline to establish a new one has passed
Customary law and residents’ customary rights have been degraded, the high court has heard
The Ingonyama Trust Board’s interim leaders won’t retrench employees until the land reform minister confirms new board
The threat of legal action from ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya fails to halt forensic audit ordered by the land reform minister
ITB chair says land reform minister has no authority over him and only his king can tell him what to do
Two state departments have done nothing about the sale of people’s land in Umnini by an inkosi –and R2.5-million has still not been accounted for
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
Mangosuthu Buthelezi says the Ingonyama Trust was not created in a secret deal to ensure his participation in the 1994 election
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
Staff members claim they are fall guys for the failure of the Ingonyama Trust Board, which manages large swathes of KwaZulu-Natal
The submission of the ITB’s budget is understood to have been delayed by the de facto suspension of its top management
Five people have been placed on special leave, but no one knows why they are being investigated
Despite alleged abuses of power and people’s trust, the ANC appears to have abandoned plans to reform the controversial Ingonyama Trust Board
My three days of wading through court papers and no story is like wee Paddy’s three days of an SAA flight
The Trust has been hit with an adverse audit finding
Tenants in arrears are being evicted, but no action has been taken against the board’s chairperson
A sweetheart deal. This is how the Ingonyama Trust has been repeatedly described
Mandla Mandela believes rural land rights have to be recognised
Go Life International, a listed company that manufactures health supplements, has been in talks with the Ingonyama Trust Board
The province has appointed an interministerial committee to meet the board and King Goodwill Zwelithini
King Zwelithini has threatened violence and legal resistance, and secession of the “Zulu nation” and KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa
You have nothing to lose but your leases, whose legitimacy is being tested in court
A rule by King Goodwill Zwelithini’s trust board — that only men can sign leases — is being challenged in the high court
The auditor general berated Ingonyama Trust for mismanagement and wrongfully keeping revenue
The Ingonyama Trust Board has denied responsibility for the illegal eviction of a KwaZulu-Natal South Coast resort owner
The trust board wants people to convert permits into leases, increasing their tenure insecurity