King Goodwill Zwelithini – The Mail & Guardian

/ 27 June 2024

Court rules in Zulu king’s favour in Ingonyama Trust Board challenge by estranged uncle

Judge found that the applicants should have approached the Gauteng high court for the interdict they sought

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By Paddy Harper

National

/ 17 May 2024

Court bid to curb King MisuZulu’s powers

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

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By Lyse Comins

National

/ 9 September 2023

IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died

An accomplished orator, historian and custodian of Zulu tradition and culture, Buthelezi was perhaps one of the most contradictory figures in South African politics

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 7 July 2022

Police handwriting expert finds signature on King Zwelithini’s will was forged

The forensic analyst also reported that pages were misaligned and the coat of arms was of a poor quality, as was the paper used

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By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 25 July 2021

The explosive mix of multilevel factors explain the violence amid the looting

The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally

By Stuart Mbanyele

Friday

/ 21 May 2021

[BR]OTHER: Xenophobia born of dreams deferred

A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward

By Kwanele Sosibo

Opinion

/ 19 March 2021

To talk of cabbages and kings

Fearing a third wave of Covid, our columnist swaps the royal funeral for a planting ceremony of a different kind in downtown Durbs

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 12 March 2021

Ramaphosa awards King Goodwill Zwelithini a special official state funeral

The KZN government has closed for a week to mourn the monarch

By Eyaaz Matwadia

Politics

/ 12 March 2021

King Goodwill Zwelithini dies in hospital

The IFP leader and spokesperson for the royal family, Mangosothu Buthelezi, has confirmed that King Goodwill Zwelithini has died.

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 7 December 2020

Rural women take the Ingonyama Trust to court

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

By Chris Makhaye

National

/ 22 November 2020

King’s land body stops staff cuts

The Ingonyama Trust Board’s interim leaders won’t retrench employees until the land reform minister confirms new board

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 2 August 2020

Ingonyama Trust Board moves to retrench staff

More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 11 July 2020

Reinstated Ingonyama Trust managers hit with retrenchment 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

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 4 June 2020

Didiza intervenes in ‘paralysed’ Ingonyama Trust Board

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

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 29 April 2020

No annual R22-million for Ingonyama Trust Board

The submission of the ITB’s budget is understood to have been delayed by the de facto suspension of its top management

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 7 February 2020

Ingonyama axes top managers

Five people have been placed on special leave, but no one knows why they are being investigated

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 31 January 2020

Editorial: Trust government to put politics first

Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action

By Editorial

Article

/ 22 November 2019

Jinxed by the Ingonyama board

My three days of wading through court papers and no story is like wee Paddy’s three days of an SAA flight

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 8 March 2019

Changes afoot at KZN land board

The province has appointed an interministerial committee to meet the board and King Goodwill Zwelithini

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 1 March 2019

State pulls out of KZN land case

Residents on Ingonyama Trust land want the board’s leases to be scrapped and money returned

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 3 December 2018

We need to debate the Ingonyama Trust

King Zwelithini has threatened violence and legal resistance, and secession of the “Zulu nation” and KwaZulu-Natal from South Africa

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 30 November 2018

Hawks probe ‘prince’ over R95-million

A KwaZulu-Natal municipality paid Ishwar Ramlutchman, but no boreholes were drilled

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 9 November 2018

Residents want trust to pay back ‘illegal’ rent

Last year the Ingonyama Trust Board took in about R107-million from commercial and residential leases it issued

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 19 October 2018

Adverse audit for Zulu land body

The auditor general berated Ingonyama Trust for mismanagement and wrongfully keeping revenue

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 9 October 2018

Zwelithini asks AfriForum for help to fight land expropriation

The Zulu king has come out in opposition of land expropriation without compensation and says anyone who wants his vote in 2019 must kneel

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 10 August 2018

Churches join legal fight over Ingonyama leases

The trust board wants people to convert permits into leases, increasing their tenure insecurity

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 27 July 2018

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners

‘The DA is not the only political actor in the country that is using foreigners as a convenient scapegoat for our significant economic problems’

By Editorial

Article

/ 27 July 2018

Bad governance at the heart of Ingonyama Trust issues

Trusts are often used to manage property when beneficiaries are unable to do it properly themselves. The Ingonyama Trust is different

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 20 July 2018

KZN: ‘Hands off Ingonyama land’

The traditional control of land was defended by many residents during hearings in the province

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 19 July 2018

Vryheid. Yeah, right

When wit ous start on about their ancestors and land rights, you know we’re in trouble

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 16 July 2018

Unembargoed July 13 to 19

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?

By Mg Reporter

Article

/ 13 July 2018

Picturing my kingdom as an island

Isolation from the rest of the world can be exasperating, but it’s what Zexiteers crave

By Paddy Harper

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