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
The forensic analyst also reported that pages were misaligned and the coat of arms was of a poor quality, as was the paper used
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
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
Workers mobilise over unfair labour practices and failure to recognise their trade union
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
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
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
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