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Ghost towns: The mills in Tongaat, Maidstone and Felixton have fallen silent. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
BABU PARTABSING BODASING

How sugar’s rise and collapse shaped KZN

Tongaat Hulett, once the pride of the sugar belt and a 134-year-old industrial icon, has collapsed under the weight of mismanagement, scandal and shifting global markets

  • Marlan Padayachee
7 min read
DURBAN READY FOR SPORTS TOURISM TEE-OFF: The Jonsson Workwear Durban Open is back with a swing to tee-off at the landmark Durban Country Club from February 19 to 22. Pictured at the high-end launch on the 18-hole golf course were Sunshine Tour Commissioner Robert Abt, Jonsson Workwear CEO Nick Jonsson, and eThekwini Municipality City Manager Dr Musa Mbhele. Photo: Marlan Padayachee.
AFRICA TOURISM INDABA

It’s tee-off time for Durban’s global sports tourism stripes

For the first time in a long time, Durban looks ready to step back into the spotlight.

  • Marlan Padayachee
8 min read
Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza, under whose portfolio the ITB falls, told parliament last week that she was in discussions with the board’s leadership over the “deficit budget”, which she had not allowed them to present because this was “not advisable”.
INGONYAMA TRUST

Ingonyama Trust Board fails to table ‘deficit’ budget

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

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza, under whose portfolio the ITB falls, told parliament last week that she was in discussions with the board’s leadership over the “deficit budget”, which she had not allowed them to present because this was “not advisable”.
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA

Ingonyama Trust to get permanent board

Staff members suspended five years ago are now being reinstated

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Zulu land body in limbo: Who becomes Ingonyama trustee?

A lack of precedent has raised concerns about the future of the Ingonyama Trust after the death of the king, its sole trustee

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
INGONYAMA HOLDINGS

Zulu land body challenges audit outcome

Ingonyama Trust Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya has challenged the audit process in the face of a series of unfavourable ratings

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
The ITB’s term ended about six months ago and the deadline to establish a new one has passed
INGONYAMA TRUST BOARD

Ingonyama Trust to get a new board ‘soon’

The ITB’s term ended about six months ago and the deadline to establish a new one has passed

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
CASAC

‘Scrap Ingonyama’s unlawful leases’

Customary law and residents’ customary rights have been degraded, the high court has heard

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
(Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DEPARTMENT OF LAND REFORM

Finance probe into the Ingonyama Trust Board goes ahead

The threat of legal action from ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya fails to halt forensic audit ordered by the land reform minister

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Jerome Ngwenya appearing before the Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Portfolio Committee in Parliament in 2019. (David Harrison/M&G)
INGONYAMA TRUST BOARD

Ingonyama Trust hit with forensic audit

ITB chair says land reform minister has no authority over him and only his king can tell him what to do

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read