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Forner ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya. Photo: Supplied

Ingonyama Trust Board opens criminal case against Jerome Ngwenya for theft

The ITB has also launched civil action to recover R30 million in funds allegedly stolen by the former chairperson and two others

The monarch suspended members of the board and its executives over the December holiday period and appointed a legal firm to take over its running. (Rajesh Jantilal/Getty)

Parliament wants to meet Zulu king over Ingonyama Trust Board crisis

MPs want the monarch to ‘hold back’ in attempts to suspend board members and its executives

King Misuzulu KaZwelithini. (Photo by Gallo) Images/Darren Stewart)

ITB leaders back at work despite ‘suspension’ by Zulu king

The monarch’s lawyer tried to stop board executives from entering the Ingonyama Trust Board premises but failed

Former Ingonyama Trust Board Chairman, Jerome Ngwenya.

Ingonyama Trust Board can’t recover R40m ‘loaned’ to its hijacked investment company

The board has lost control over Ingonyama Holdings, run by its former chairperson, Jerome Ngwenya

Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso has instructed members of the Ingonyama Trust Board to resign or face dissolution over tensions with King MisuZulu kaZwelithini. (Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Land reform minister denies ordering Ingonyama Trust Board members to resign

The Zulu King, who chairs the board, has called for it to be dissolved

Velenkosini Hlabisa, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), during the party’s manifesto launch at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Velenkosini Hlabisa also defended the Ingonyama Trust Act, which he said had been beneficial to black people in KwaZulu-Natal

Former Ingonyama Trust Board chairman, Jerome Ngwenya. Photo: David Harrison

Court battle looms over R71m ‘missing’ from Ingonyama Holdings

The ITB wants Jerome Ngwenya to hand over the financial records of its investment company, but he has refused

King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Zulu king braced for royal battles

MisuZulu ka Zwelithini is set to appeal the ruling overturning his recognition – and it doesn’t end there

MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

ITB wants Prince Mbonisi Zulu to pay costs of withdrawn application

The application is part of a brutal legal fight over control of the Zulu kingdom

King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Royal rumble over Ingonyama Trust heads back to court

The monarch’s uncle wants provincial government to stop his salary and privileges

MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Ingonyama Trust drops residential leases appeal

The board will now have to refund millions of rands it collected from residents of land under the trust’s control

‘Test land tenure in court’

Ingonyama Trust Board bankrolled Zwelithini’s lavish lifestyle

The ITB bought the late Zulu king a R2.9 million BMW, paid his tax bills and legal fees, as well as the royal family’s transport and accommodation

Former Ingonyama Trust Board Chairman, Jerome Ngwenya.

ITB withdraws appeal in residential leases case

The appeal had been brought by its former chairperson Jerome Ngwenya, who was fired by the Zulu king earlier this year

King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Court bid to strip Zulu king of power to name Buthelezi successor

The king’s uncle has moved to cut his legal funding and wants the state to stop his salary

King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Letter firing Ingonyama Trust chairperson is ‘a forgery’

MisuZulu ka Zwelithini wants an investigation into an attempt to create instability in the Zulu kingdom

Party leader: Mangosuthu Buthelezi arrives at the Jabulani stadium in Soweto to address supporters during the Inkatha Freedom Party’s campaign launch in Gauteng ahead of the1999 elections. Photo: Odd Andersen/Getty Images

Buthelezi fought for 50 years to control how his story was told

The founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party’s greatest fear was to be recorded as being on the wrong side of history

Royalty: Mangosuthu Buthelezi (right) confers with the now late King Goodwill Zwelithini. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Buthelezi made the Ingonyama Trust, but lost influence over it in the end

The Zulu traditional prime minister and his king quarrelled over the trust during his final months

Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died

An accomplished orator, historian and custodian of Zulu tradition and culture, Buthelezi was perhaps one of the most contradictory figures in South African politics

Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

Mangosuthu Buthelezi goes home, but no visitors allowed yet

The Inkatha Freedom Party founder had been in hospital since the beginning of August

MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Ingonyama Trust Board may drop residential lease appeal

The board is also considering closing Ingonyama Holdings