Pitting groups who are trying to assert their constitutional rights and traditional identities against one another not only threatens social cohesion, but also resembles divide-and-rule tactics used by the colonial and apartheid governments.
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Apr 15 2024
Ingonyama Trust finances are not transparent, says report
By Liezl Human
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- The Ingonyama Trust, which has the Zulu king as its sole trustee and owns vast amounts of land in KwaZulu-Natal, is not being transparent about its finances.
- This is the finding of UCT’s Land & Accountability Research Centre which says the Trust is not compliant with the Public Finance Management Act.
- Over five million people live on the land and are meant to be the beneficiaries of the Trust but the disbursement of funds “is vaguely reported, with no mention made of how distributions, if any, are put to use”, the report says.
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Apr 15 2024
Court battle looms over R71m ‘missing’ from Ingonyama Holdings
By Paddy Harper
The Ingonyama Trust Board is unable to account for R71 million “loaned” to its investment wing, Ingonyama Holdings, three years ago, because its former chairperson, Jerome Ngwenya, has refused to hand over financial records for auditing purposes.
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Apr 09 2024
DOWNLOAD HERE: The Ingonyama Trust Financial Reporting – Implications for Accountability
SUMMARY
The Ingonyama Trust was created by the Ingonyama Trust Act of 1994, just as South Africa headed to its first democratic elections, to hold in trust under the trusteeship of the Zulu monarch, the Ingonyama, all land that previously was vested in the former KwaZulu ‘homeland’ government. Since its inception, and since the establishment of a Board to administer the affairs of the Trust in 1997, the unintended consequence of removing this public land from State ownership into a trusteeship arrangement has been that the rules of financial reporting became contested and uncertain – and ultimately changed substantively.
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Mar 27 2024
Blow to MisuZulu as court rules his recognition is unlawful
By Paddy Harper
The Pretoria high court has declared the recognition of Zulu monarch MisuZulu kaZwelithini by President Cyril Ramaphosa as invalid.
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