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"Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso has yet to fulfil his promise to establish a review committee for the Ingonyama Trust Board, raising questions about his leadership and the ongoing tensions with the Zulu king.
After a 30-year battle involving court challenges and appeals, 86 families from the Protea Village Community are finally returning to their ancestral land in Bishopscourt, Cape Town, marking a groundbreaking public-private partnership in land restitution.
Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso highlights public frustration over slow land reform efforts in South Africa during a critical committee meeting on the Equitable Access to Land Bill
Former chief director for restitution in the Office of the Regional Land Claims Commission, Michael Worsnip detailed how people died exhausted, angry, poor - and without ever seeing their stolen land returned to them.
Parliamentary presiding officers reportedly advised against the timing of the oversight visit and suggested it be conducted after the State of the Nation Address to give time for other protocol arrangements to be made.
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal has removed prince Simphiwe Zulu from its payroll following his dismissal as a spokesperson by the king.
Explore the significant developments in South Africa's land reform programme in 2024, including the split of the Department of Agriculture and the passing of the Expropriation Bill, while assessing the challenges and progress made in addressing historical injustices
The commission has aligned the settlement and finalisation targets with the allocated budget and wants increased budget and human resources capacity to accelerate the fast-tracking of land claims it previously said would cost R172 billion to settle.
As tensions rise over the Ingonyama Trust, Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso calls for clarity from King Misuzulu regarding the board's future.
Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has declined a meeting with Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso, citing cultural seclusion until the upcoming Umkhosi wokweshwama ceremony.
Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso’s recent statement challenges King Misuzulu’s authority over the Ingonyama Trust Board, raising tensions between the national government and the Zulu monarchy.
Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mzwanele Nyhontso said the trend of opting for money feeds into the narrative that black people cannot farm, which is not true.
The PAC is calling on government and Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso to seize the farm that belongs to alleged murderer Zachariah Johannes Olivier.
The Constitutional Court stopped the commission eight years ago from processing the claims that were lodged between 2014 and 2016, after ruling that the amendment to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act passed by Parliament was unlawful.
Meanwhile, the DA said any attempt to re-open the land matter would create economic instability, adding that they would “strongly” oppose it.
The widening rift between King Misuzulu and the Ingonyama Trust Board was thrust into the public spotlight in May when he lambasted the board for allegedly not taking instructions from him.
Topping the agenda of this crucial meeting is the contentious issue of the Ingonyama Trust Board, of which King Misuzulu is the sole trustee by being the king. The minister will be accompanied by his aides, his office confirmed.
The Cabinet members representing the Government of National Unity are from more than 10 political parties including the ANC, DA, IFP, PA, FF Plus, PAC, UDM, Good, Al-Jama-ah, Rise Mzansi and the NFP.