LAND EXPROPRIATION
King asks Zulus for more money to help him keep control of Ingonyama Trust land
The money will be used for protests as the king seeks to keep 28,000km² out of government's hands
King Goodwill Zwelithini has asked all Zulus to increase their donations — from R5 to at least R15 — to create a fund to fight off the government’s move to scrap the controversial Ingonyama Trust and transfer the land to local municipalities. The money will be used to mount a legal challenge and sponsor marches and pickets in the fight against the government. The king will unveil more activities on Wednesday. Zwelithini and Inkatha Freedom Party leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi have called for a special imbizo of Zulus in Ulundi on Wednesday — the 139th anniversary of the burning of the Zulu king’s palace. They intend to "tell their subjects how they must defy government" on the explosive issue of land expropriation without compensation. The Ingonyama Trust was established in 1994 as a special vehicle to protect about 28,000km² of land in the province. The king has criticised the government’s plan and demanded that it keep its hands off land under the trust and land under other tr...
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