Land entity gets an unqualified audit but parliament remains unimpressed
Jerome Ngwenya acted without authority, LRC says
R39m to effect Ingonyama ruling
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Some 135 hectares is available to lease as part of the agricultural department’s efforts to free up more land.
But board chair Jerome Ngwenya’s cosying up to the presumptive Zulu king cements his position
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The board’s chairperson has accused the judges who heard the case of not declaring they were interested parties in the case
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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
SA’s agriculture department has established a FMD task team to prioritise the outbreak, and a veterinary operational committee is also dealing with it
A lack of precedent has raised concerns about the future of the Ingonyama Trust after the death of the king, its sole trustee
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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
The Ingonyama Trust Board’s interim leaders won’t retrench employees until the land reform minister confirms new board
The department of agriculture has received a plethora of online applications after it released about 500 000 hectares of land last month
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
On the back of the announcement that the government would allocate more land to be leased by emerging farmers, President Cyril Ramaphosa says that beneficiaries will also be trained in financial management and enterprise development
Land reform minister announces an intensified programme to allocate arable land to emerging farmers
Endless court cases and threats plague community of South Africa’s most costly restitution settlement
The entire finance department senior management at Onderstepoort Biological Products, including an alleged whistleblower, have been suspended amid corruption probes
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
Jerome Ngwenya has been censured by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng over the unlawful use of the title of ‘judge’
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
A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project
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
Makenete has a wealth of experience in the agricultural sector
Despite alleged abuses of power and people’s trust, the ANC appears to have abandoned plans to reform the controversial Ingonyama Trust Board
My three days of wading through court papers and no story is like wee Paddy’s three days of an SAA flight
The minister has been forced to intervene in a dispute over land amaThuli have had title to since 1858, which is being sold to build holiday homes