Top advocate takes charge of critical investigation into Ingonyama Trust Board

ADVOCATE Marumo Moerane SC has been appointed to chair the 11-member commission that will probe the financial and governance affairs of the embattled Ingonyama Trust Board.

- WILLEM PHUNGULA

There has been uncertainty in the operations of the board since it was sacked by King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, acting as the sole trustee, in December last year.

After dissolving the board, the king appointed Van Rensburg Kruger Rakwena Attorneys to conduct a forensic audit into the financial affairs of the Ingonyama Trust and its board.

However, it is not clear what happened to that investigation because, to date, no findings have been publicised.

On Thursday, Parliament portfolio committee chairperson under the Land Reform Department, Mangaqa Mncwango, said his committee, together with the Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso, has appointed a commission that will be led by Advocate Moerane SC to probe the financial and governance breakdown of the board.