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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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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By Rorisang Kgosana
The Pretoria high court has ruled the crowning and recognition of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini by President Cyril Ramaphosa as the king of the Zulu nation unlawful and invalid.
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By Nkosikhona Duma
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the judgment by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that he unlawfully certified Misuzulu kaZwelithini as king of the Zulu nation is “no real calamity”.
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By Paddy Harper
The death of longstanding traditional prime minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and a series of court challenges over the recognition of MisuZulu kaZwelithini as isilo of the Zulu nation being overturned, marked a dramatic 2023 for the Zulu nation.
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