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Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso has instructed members of the Ingonyama Trust Board to resign or face dissolution over tensions with King MisuZulu kaZwelithini. (Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
INGONYAMA TRUST

Land reform minister denies ordering Ingonyama Trust Board members to resign

The Zulu King, who chairs the board, has called for it to be dissolved

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Mngwengwe headed the turnaround team deployed to regularise the finances and administration of the ITB before becoming the full-time chief executive of the entity.
BOARD MEETING

Ingonyama Trust Board extends CEO Vela Mngwengwe’s contract despite MisuZulu’s objections

Mngwengwe will remain in the post for another two years

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
INGONYAMA HOLDINGS

New Ingonyama boss starts work despite Jerome Ngwenya’s attempted revolt

King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini’s nominee has hit the ground running, while the axed Ngwenya seeks to be reinstated

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has finally appointed a full nine-member Ingonyama Trust Board, which will be headed by King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini’s nominee, Thanduyise Mzimela.
AUDITOR GENERAL SOUTH AFRICA

Ingonyama Trust Board is unaccountable: Parliament

Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza says a new board will be in place by mid-January

  • Paddy Harper
6 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