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
Trusts are often used to manage property when beneficiaries are unable to do it properly themselves. The Ingonyama Trust is different
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‘We shudder to think what could happen should two KwaZulu-Natal powerhouses, the king and the former president — both under threat — come together’
The Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal wants people who live on land controlled by the Ingonyama Trust to be given individual land tenure rights
The trust’s board has been ordered to pay millions to the treasury
His company had, since 2016, failed to pay rent for a service station on trust land, but he got a long-term lease anyway
A broken Edward Mpeko visits the remnants of his dream resort
The board, which controls nearly three million hectares of land on behalf of King Goodwill Zwelithini, is battling for its survival
Fine Ingonyama Trust Board staff members been suspended for offences relating to complaints about commercial leases issued by the board
Our readers write in about the Ingonyama Trust and what went wrong
Not all traditional leaders appear to be opposing the granting of land tenure to rural communities
It’s feared that ditching the Ingonyama Trust Board could plunge the province into violence
‘Zwelithini has reacted with bluster and threats, seemingly ignoring the report’s contents that speak the words of people’
Both ANC and opposition MPs said they were disappointed with the trust’s preference to turn apartheid-era "PTOs" into leases instead of full ownership