Tag: land rights

Activist tells of health issues and assault after removal from land by mining company

By Naledi Sikhakhane A land conference has been told how a mining company removed people from their land without consultation — to a place where there is continual blasting, which causes serious health problems.

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News Alert: Ingonyama Trust Board Judgment going to SCA

By LARC In June 2021, the Pietermaritzburg High Court found that the Ingonyama Trust had acted unlawfully in issuing leases to rural citizens who are already the ‘true and beneficial owners of the land’ in terms of Zulu customary law and the Ingonyama Trust Act.

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Ingonyama Trust land: Residents ‘must pay for what they use’

By Thami Magubane Durban – eThekwini Municipality is looking to engage with the Ingonyama Trust to get residents living on its land to pay “something” for the services they receive.

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SAfm Interview: Ahead of the National Land Summit (Nokwanda Sihlali)

Interview: Nokwanda Sihlali As the National Land Summit is set to be held this coming Friday and Saturday, we thought to revisit the issue looking at where we are.

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Search for new Ingonyama Trust Board starts for real — finally

By Paddy Harper The public process to nominate members of a new Ingonyama Trust Board (ITB) has finally started after several months of delay.

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