Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini has announced that people residing on Ingonyama Trust land will soon acquire title deeds to their land.
The king made the announcement at the annual opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial House of Traditional Leaders at the Old Legislative Assembly building in the former provincial homeland of Ulundi on Tuesday.
Beneficiaries of the king’s announcement will also include President Jacob Zuma whose controversial R246-million Nkandla homestead is built on Ingonyama Trust land.
The Ingonyama Trust land administers which administers 2.8 million hectares of land on behalf of King Zwelithini was established in 1994 to be the custodian of the land previously administered by the former KwaZulu government. It comprises 60% of the land in the province.
King Zwelithini announced the start of a process in which residents who live in areas under the trust would be given title deeds to their land.
“This process will be exclusively for land that is utilised for residential purposes and in line with the country’s constitution and all due procedures will be followed as the law spells them out‚” he said.
He also instructed amakhosi to work with government institutions to ensure that people residing in rural communities are allocated physical addresses.
“This is to ensure that residents are not deprived of any of their rights to access government services‚ banking or even voting in elections‚” said the king.
He also expressed his concern about the spate of violent protests plaguing certain parts of the province.
“Communities have to ensure that private and public property is never destroyed in protests because it belongs to them. Churches‚ government buildings‚ roads‚ community halls and schools are all important structures that shape and build our communities. Violence is never an option when it comes to solving any dispute‚” he said.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu thanked the king for his leading role that he continues to occupy as the province grapples with a number of challenges‚ which include the drought.
The drought is impacting negatively on the province’s economy‚ with key agricultural sectors such as sugar cane farming suffering losses in production.
Mchunu also reiterated the provincial government’s commitment to working with amakhosi across KwaZulu-Natal as it strives to build better communities.
Occupants of Ingonyama Trust land, including President Zuma, will soon acquire title deeds
Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini has announced that people residing on Ingonyama Trust land will soon acquire title deeds to their land.
The king made the announcement at the annual opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial House of Traditional Leaders at the Old Legislative Assembly building in the former provincial homeland of Ulundi on Tuesday.
Beneficiaries of the king’s announcement will also include President Jacob Zuma whose controversial R246-million Nkandla homestead is built on Ingonyama Trust land.
The Ingonyama Trust land administers which administers 2.8 million hectares of land on behalf of King Zwelithini was established in 1994 to be the custodian of the land previously administered by the former KwaZulu government. It comprises 60% of the land in the province.
King Zwelithini announced the start of a process in which residents who live in areas under the trust would be given title deeds to their land.
“This process will be exclusively for land that is utilised for residential purposes and in line with the country’s constitution and all due procedures will be followed as the law spells them out‚” he said.
He also instructed amakhosi to work with government institutions to ensure that people residing in rural communities are allocated physical addresses.
“This is to ensure that residents are not deprived of any of their rights to access government services‚ banking or even voting in elections‚” said the king.
He also expressed his concern about the spate of violent protests plaguing certain parts of the province.
“Communities have to ensure that private and public property is never destroyed in protests because it belongs to them. Churches‚ government buildings‚ roads‚ community halls and schools are all important structures that shape and build our communities. Violence is never an option when it comes to solving any dispute‚” he said.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu thanked the king for his leading role that he continues to occupy as the province grapples with a number of challenges‚ which include the drought.
The drought is impacting negatively on the province’s economy‚ with key agricultural sectors such as sugar cane farming suffering losses in production.
Mchunu also reiterated the provincial government’s commitment to working with amakhosi across KwaZulu-Natal as it strives to build better communities.
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