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Durban – The African National Congress and the government will not touch the lands falling under the yoke Ingonyama in KwaZulu-Natal, President Cyril Ramaphosa badured Zwel Kingini Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu
"I gave him [Zwelithini] the badurance that we have no intention of touching this land or removing it or taking it to Ingonyama Trust, "Ramaphosa told reporters as he officially launched his "Thuma Mina" campaign in the Stanger area on Saturday
. Ramaphosa said he had met Zwelithini and Inkatha's Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Friday night. Buthelezi is also the king's traditional prime minister.
"We have been discussing a whole series of questions and he and I have a wonderful and warm relationship.When the problem of the Ingonyama Trust came up, I felt the need for it. go meet him and he agreed to the meeting, "said Ramaphosa
" We had a good meeting and we discussed the matter.I badured him that the government, nor the ANC, did not have a meeting. had no intention of removing the lands from the Ingonyama Trust.I have reaffirmed that this land is under the control of the Ingonyama Trust, in accordance with the legislation. is the land he has custody of in the name of the inhabitants of KZN.On imbizo Wednesday, about 4000 Zulu faithful, Zwelithini described as "provocation to the Zulu nation" any attempt to remove his property from land This is not the first time that Zwelithini has made such rema
He was reacting to a report published last year entitled "High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Laws and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change", written by a team led by Former president Kgalema Motlanthe
"I met the king last night and we discussed a whole series of questions. when the problem of the Ingonyama Trust appeared, I felt the need to meet him … neither the government nor the ANC have the intention to take land to the Ingonyama Trust … "Cde @CyrilRamaphosa .twitter.com/kMwFo4SHA6
– African National Congress (@MYANC) July 7, 2018
The report of 600 pages not only addressed the land, but also made recommendations on all laws pbaded since the ANC in power.As for land, the report recommended the repeal or the Substantial change to the "Ingonyama Trust Act" to protect existing customary tenure rights
The statutory trust controls nearly 30% of KwaZulu -Natal's rural land and was created on the eve of 1994 to ensure the participation of the Inkatha Freedom Party in elections, the KwaZulu government of the Apartheid previously controlled the land.
South Africa is currently involved in an intense and emotional debate over the possibility of amending the Constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation.
African News Agency / ANA
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