The amakhosi are worried the ANC-led government will dissolve the Ingonyama Trust
With the general election around the corner, the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is bending over backwards to accommodate traditional leaders after they clashed over the governing party's controversial land expropriation policy.
Allegations against the trust were that the chiefs were using land under their jurisdiction as an informal source of income, charging thousands of rand to sell plots of land. The Zulu king invoked Zulu nationalism, threatening violence against anyone who touched his land and even threatened that KwaZulu-Natal would secede from the rest of SA and become an independent kingdom, similar to eSwatini.assuring him that there was no threat toThe KZN ANC leaders have hadtwo meetings thus far with traditional leaders in the past two months to “iron out differences”.
Chiliza said discussions between the ruling party and traditional leaders had been robust but cordial and the two sides had been able to find common ground. He said the parties also discussed preparation for the upcoming general elections and how peace should be maintained despite political contestations and electioneering by different parties.
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