The monarch wants transparency and public participation in the land body’s operations and finances
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The board ‘noted’ concerns and one member’s resignation over the payments, but went ahead anyhow
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Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza says a new board will be in place by mid-January
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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
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The trial court had ordered that the body pay back millions of rands it collected from residents of its land
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The party needs to review laws to ensure they do not prevent rural people from having security of tenure
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Argument against the residential leases programme court ruling will be heard at the supreme court of appeal
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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
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Jerome Ngwenya acted without authority, LRC says
In the second of a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi says the constitution is clear: land seized under colonial states must be returned. But there is only policy confusion and elite possession
About R90-million collected in residential lease fees must be paid back to people living on ITB land
We must ask difficult questions about our cultures and begin reinventing our futures, writes Andile Zulu
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
President Ramaphosa’s speech at the National House of Traditional Leaders outlines a master plan for traditional governance, but it’s crucial this plan protects citizens from abuse
Forced to sign lease agreements and pay rent for land they have been living on for years, residents have had enough and are taking the Ingonyama Trust to court
The Ingonyama Trust Board’s interim leaders won’t retrench employees until the land reform minister confirms new board
More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices
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
He’s apologised now, but my week was ruined when I had to delve into his past
Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action
Despite alleged abuses of power and people’s trust, the ANC appears to have abandoned plans to reform the controversial Ingonyama Trust Board
People living on Ingonyama Trust land continue to wait for their rights to be restored
The minister has been forced to intervene in a dispute over land amaThuli have had title to since 1858, which is being sold to build holiday homes
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
The province has appointed an interministerial committee to meet the board and King Goodwill Zwelithini