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Fondly remembered: Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu was the King of
the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

A right royal salute: The life and legacy of King Goodwill Zwelithini

Monarch’s nearly five-decade reign bridged apartheid, democracy and modern South Africa, leaving a lasting mark on Zulu cultural identity and traditional leadership

Challenged: IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa

IFP will take to the streets to defend Ithala, says Hlabisa

The SOC will be at the high court on Thursday to oppose an application for its liquidation

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

Ithala SOC Limited chief executive Thulani Vilakazi

‘We are no VBS,’ says Ithala Bank chief executive Thulani Vilakazi

The KwaZulu-Natal state-owned bank is working to overcome its regulatory and legislative issues

Mngwengwe headed the turnaround team deployed to regularise the finances and administration of the ITB before becoming the full-time chief executive of the entity.

Ingonyama Trust Board extends CEO Vela Mngwengwe’s contract despite MisuZulu’s objections

Mngwengwe will remain in the post for another two years

King Misuzulu Zulu praying during his coronation at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on October 29, 2022, during the handover of the official certificate of recognition. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Court bid to curb King MisuZulu’s powers

His uncle, Prince Mbonisi ka Bhekuzulu, has argued in court that Ingonyama Trust funds must be protected pending litigation challenging the king’s accession in the Pretoria high court

Interests: King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini wants his legal firm to appoint service providers to audit the trust, but the board said this might violate the Public Finance Management Act. Photo: Oupa Bopape/Getty Images

Ingonyama Trust Board rejects Zulu king’s proposal that his lawyers audit the land entity

The Ingonyama Trust Board will appoint a lawyer through a public procurement process

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

LISTEN | If voters compel us to work with the EFF we will, says IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa

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

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

Royal battle: Zulu princes Mbonisi, Vulindlela and Mathobisizwe are brothers of the late King Zwelithini KaBhekuzulu. (Photo by Gallo Images/City Press/Tebogo Letsie)

‘Premature’ to talk about withdrawing Zulu king’s benefits, says presidency

No finding was made by the court on the validity of MisuZulu’s claim to the throne

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

‘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