Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini wants to be compensated for soil used by the state to build roads and RDP houses from Ingonyama Trust land. The king is so determined to benefit from the sand used that he wants to summon Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane to his palace to discuss the issue.Ingonyama Trust, which administers 2.8-million hectares of land on behalf of King Zwelithini, was set up in 1994 to be the custodian of the land previously administered by KwaZulu-Natal.Speaking during a meeting with Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and traditional leaders at Enyokeni Palace in Nongoma on Friday, King Zwelithini said he was concerned about the way government-appointed contractors were using his land."I am talking about the abuse of sand and soil by contractors who are doing work for the government and who are trading with something they do not pay for. I am talking about companies that are building infrastructure such as roads and houses," he said.The contractors were taking sand from his land without benefiting him or his subjects."We're speaking about something that we see them taking. They can just say this road has cost so many cubic metres of sand so that we can also benefit," he said.He said the contractors that were using sand without paying for it were no different from "people who are depriving us benefits and we need to avoid this situation".King Zwelithini said that if the government agreed to work with him there was a lot that could be done in the agricultural sector to ensure that the country had food security."We have never had a situation like this before where our people, our country or our government import food from countries financially supported by us."Let us protect our people. They suffered too much during apartheid," he said...