Title:
What landmark KwaZulu-Natal court ruling means for land reform in South Africa
Author:
Ben Cousins
Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Published:
The Conversation, 22 June 2021
From the article:
In a landmark judgment a South African high court has declared that people living on customary land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, notionally held in trust by the Ingonyama (king) of the Zulu people, are the “true and beneficial owners” of that land.
It confirms that the Ingonyama Trust Board is not the real owner of this land. It, therefore, cannot convert the customary land rights of occupiers to rent-paying leases as it has been doing.