The Ingonyama Trust is a corporate entity that was established by the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly in April 1994, days before South Africa's first democratic elections.
[1] The Ingonyama Trust was founded as a repository for the communal land of the Zulu Nation with His Majesty the King as the sole Trustee.
In 1997 the democratic National Parliament of the Republic of South Africa amended this Act, so that it is consistent with modern constitutional order.
This Act established the Trust Board appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development following a consultative process with the KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Executive Council and the KwaZulu - Natal Provincial House of Traditional Leaders.
[3] The Board of the Trust consists of Inkosi Thanduyise Mzimela who is the chairperson of the Board as nominated by His Majesty the King MisuZulu kaZwelithini, and the eight members appointed by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform are as follows: