WATCH | King Misuzulu pushes to rename KZN, amend Ingonyama Trust Act

Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini on Wednesday renewed his call for the province of KwaZulu-Natal to be renamed KwaZulu and signalled plans to seek amendments to the Ingonyama Trust Act to allow him to appoint members of the Ingonyama Trust Board. Speaking during the official opening of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature at Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg, the King announced the appointment of retired Judge Isaac Madondo and Advocate Thembeka Ngcukaitobi to lead the process of renaming the province. It was called KwaZulu.

He said he discovered this province and named it Natal. “I am making a call for this province to be renamed KwaZulu,” the King said. The house has adjourned for the day as the order of the day, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s address, has finished.@WitnessKZNpic.twitter.com/dtFYBW0OCo Turning to the Ingonyama Trust, the King said it was unacceptable that the trust remained under the control of the national government, despite the land belonging to amakhosi of the Zulu nation.

In terms of the Ingonyama Trust Act, members of the Ingonyama Trust Board are appointed by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, while Parliament exercises oversight over the trust. However, the King said he wants the Act amended to allow him to appoint members of the board and for oversight to be transferred to the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature. “It is the KZN Legislature which should exercise oversight on the Ingonyama Trust,” he said. DA KZN Leader and Treasury MEC Francois Rodgers reacts to the Opening of the KZN Legislature address by King Misuzulu kaZwelithini.#kingmisuzulu#KZN#PMBVideo:@PrashalanGovpic.twitter.com/hgz6NhYJcS