Monarch’s nearly five-decade reign bridged apartheid, democracy and modern South Africa, leaving a lasting mark on Zulu cultural identity and traditional leadership
Judge found that the applicants should have approached the Gauteng high court for the interdict they sought
His uncle, Prince Mbonisi ka Bhekuzulu, has argued in court that Ingonyama Trust funds must be protected pending litigation challenging the king’s accession in the Pretoria high court
An accomplished orator, historian and custodian of Zulu tradition and culture, Buthelezi was perhaps one of the most contradictory figures in South African politics
The forensic analyst also reported that pages were misaligned and the coat of arms was of a poor quality, as was the paper used
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
Fearing a third wave of Covid, our columnist swaps the royal funeral for a planting ceremony of a different kind in downtown Durbs
The KZN government has closed for a week to mourn the monarch
The IFP leader and spokesperson for the royal family, Mangosothu Buthelezi, has confirmed that King Goodwill Zwelithini has died.
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
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
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
Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action
My three days of wading through court papers and no story is like wee Paddy’s three days of an SAA flight
The province has appointed an interministerial committee to meet the board and King Goodwill Zwelithini
Residents on Ingonyama Trust land want the board’s leases to be scrapped and money returned
King Zwelithini has threatened violence and legal resistance, and secession of the “Zulu nation” and KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa
A KwaZulu-Natal municipality paid Ishwar Ramlutchman, but no boreholes were drilled
Last year the Ingonyama Trust Board took in about R107-million from commercial and residential leases it issued
The auditor general berated Ingonyama Trust for mismanagement and wrongfully keeping revenue
The Zulu king has come out in opposition of land expropriation without compensation and says anyone who wants his vote in 2019 must kneel
The trust board wants people to convert permits into leases, increasing their tenure insecurity
‘The DA is not the only political actor in the country that is using foreigners as a convenient scapegoat for our significant economic problems’
Trusts are often used to manage property when beneficiaries are unable to do it properly themselves. The Ingonyama Trust is different
The traditional control of land was defended by many residents during hearings in the province
When wit ous start on about their ancestors and land rights, you know we’re in trouble
Who’s the boss? Mandela never bowed to the king, Mbeki didn’t bow, Zuma didn’t bow… So why did Ramaphosa kneel before Zwelithini?