Question NW505 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
25 March 2024 - NW505
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Whether she has engaged with King Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini and the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform (a) to find solutions to the problems besetting the Ingonyama Trust and (b) about the desirability of King Zwelithini taking the chairpersonship of the Trust?
Reply:
No, the Minister has not engaged with King Misizulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini and the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform because –
a) the administration of the Ingonyama Trust Act rests with the Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, who is in terms of the provisions of the Act, the competent Executive Authority regarding the affairs of the Ingonyama Trust.
b) The Minister is also not a competent authority in relation to the issue of the desirability of the King taking the Chairpersonship of the Trust. The composition of the Board falls within the purview of the Minister for Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.
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