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.
Tag: Lease agreements
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Jul 12 2021
Land rights have become a resource that is given to the elites, say rural land activists
By Zukiswa Pikoli Rural activists say that the Ingonyama Trust judgment reveals a culture of exploitation of the most vulnerable by traditional leadership and the government, to benefit elites.
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Nov 15 2019
Land rights holders square up to Ingonyama Trust
The connection between 5.2 million South Africans and security of tenure to their lands and homes is the burning issue in a landmark case coming to court.
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Jun 24 2016
KZN land tenure is injury and insult
WHEN King Goodwill Zwelithini announced recently that title deeds would be issued to households in rural KwaZulu-Natal, he omitted to say how this would fit in with the long-term lease agreements being issued by the Ingonyama Trust Board, of which he is the sole trustee.
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