The message from the Ingonyama Trust is loud and clear – “hands off” to anyone who assumes they have a mandate to investigate what is happening to people’s land rights, or how the Trust spends its money.
Tag: land
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Jul 12 2018
Who owns the land in South Africa’s communal areas?
The issue of land ownership and governance in communal areas continues to be hotly debated. Two broad views prevail. One is that traditional authorities are the owners of the land. The other view argues that residents are the owners and traditional authorities hold the land in custody, on behalf of the residents.
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Jul 11 2018
Playing with people’s hopes
Watching the scenes at the land hearings over the past two weeks has been to witness cynical cruelty at its worst.
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Jul 10 2018
King Zwelithini stokes fires of Zulu nationalism
One has never been so relieved to see the sight of Lillian Dube and Desmond Dube.
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Nov 30 2017
Kgalema Motlanthe’s High Level Panel calls for repeal of Ingonyama Trust Act
The Ingonyama Trust headed by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu should be dissolved and the law that established it on the eve of South Africa’s liberation in 1994 should be repealed says an independent High Level Panel headed by former president Kgalema Motlanthe. The report, commissioned by the Speakers of South Africa’s national and provincial …
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