The board has lost control over Ingonyama Holdings, run by its former chairperson, Jerome Ngwenya
The appointments are to go ahead despite a revolt by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and axed board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya
A European ‘investor’ was meant to have made an initial transfer of R12 billion into the board’s South African Reserve Bank account
The board ‘noted’ concerns and one member’s resignation over the payments, but went ahead anyhow
Ingonyama Trust Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya has challenged the audit process in the face of a series of unfavourable ratings
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
Portfolio committee members want the land reform minister to freeze state funding to the trust, which administers nearly three million hectares of land
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
The submission of the ITB’s budget is understood to have been delayed by the de facto suspension of its top management