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Rural South Africans fight for Zulu king to return their land

Rural South Africans fight for Zulu king to return their land

KIM HARRISBERG RURAL South Africans took a trust controlled by the Zulu king to court on Wednesday, seeking to cancel agreements which they say forced them to pay rent as tenants on their ancestral lands. The case pits seven informal landholders against the Ingonyama Trust, which manages nearly 3 million hectares (7,413,161 acres) of communally-owned land, and is effectively controlled by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini. Picture: Flickr The Ingonyama Trust could not be reached for comment via phone or email and its lawyers asked for questions to be sent to them via email, which they did…
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