The Lion King – Ingonyama Trust Roars Into Parliament

Riyaz Patel

President Cyril Ramaphosa is dispatching a delegation of Cabinet ministers to KwaZulu-Natal amid radical recommendations on the Ingonyama Trust outlined in the presidential advisory panel on land reform report, and growing momentum toward the expropriation of land without compensation. 

The move is in response to a letter from Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini, the custodian of vast swathes of land in the province, Ramaphosa said, responding in Parliament to Inkatha Freedom Party MP Mkhuleko Hlengwa who asked the president if he intends to implement the recommendations of the advisory panel report.

Ramaphosa said Cabinet is still considering the findings and recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture.

“We hope this will dovetail with the work being done by the National Assembly on the land question,” he said.

The Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform and Agriculture, which was established in September 2018 to provide expert advice on the critical task