ANC KwaZulu-Natal officials have met members of the Ingonyama Trust board after the king promised to use the trust to champion rural development.
The provincial secretary said towns and townships located on land controlled by the trust needed municipalities and the board to align plans and fulfil mandates and responsibilities laid down in law for the benefit of communities.
"In the meeting ... it was agreed legal processes should be speeded up to ensure identified land is handed over to municipalities for development. "Part of the agreement is also to resolve obstructions to the passing of freehold land ownership to persons in former black townships," Mtolo said. He added that this would substantially increase the value of such properties and provide owners with collateral. It would also assist many previously disadvantaged occupants to become active role players in the property market and economy.
The ANC and the board's focus, according to Mtolo, was to ensure the close to 3.3-million hectares of communally owned land was protected in a manner that would not impede access to it for economic development purposes, nor in a manner that would prevent occupants thereof to gain the full benefit of this valuable asset.
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