The Ingonyama Trust says that giving women access to land it controls will undermine 'African traditions'. In insulting the women of Africa, the trust apparently does not realise that it, too, has its roots in colonialism, as do the positions of some of the chiefs.

With breathtaking arrogance, the chairperson of the Ingonyama Trust Board, Sipho Jerome Ngwenya, declared - in Women's Month - that a bill aimed at giving women access to land should not apply to land it controlled. He was supported by the KwaZulu-Natal House of Traditional Leaders, which agreed that giving land to women undermined "African traditions".

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