Title transfer process for Ingonyama land starts while department thinks
King Goodwill Zwelithini and the Ingonyama Trust board have decided to go ahead with land reform because the rural development department has been considering guidelines “for a while now”. A statement on Friday said the board saw “a need to commence the process whilst waiting for the guidelines from the minister” because of the Ingonyama Trust’s unique nature. The king made the announcement that people residing on the 2.8-million hectares of Ingonyama Trust land would soon acquire title deeds at the opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial House of Traditional Leaders in Ulundi on Tuesday. According to the Board‚ the Ingonyama Trust Act provides that land reform legislation will apply to land administered by the Ingonyama Trust Board. The Act‚ passed in 1994‚ enabled the land belonging to the former KwaZulu government to be held in trust for the people living on that land. The King is the sole trustee.The board was created in 1998 to administer the trust’s affairs‚ manage the land‚ develop policies and comply with legislation. In practice the day to day administration is done by the traditional councils through the amakhosi‚ who are the leaders of the beneficiaries of the land...
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