Siyathokoza Community Trust (SCT)
The Trust acquired rights in land emanating from the Restitution of Land Rights Act No.22 of 1994 as Amended. It is situated in Maphumulo area and has farms overlapping between Umzinyathi and iLembe District Municipalities.
HISTORY
Siyathokoza Community Trust (SCT) was formed in 2007 as a legal entity established under the Trust Property Control Act No. 57 of 1988 as part of land restitution. The Trust acquired rights in land emanating from the Restitution of Land Rights Act No.22 of 1994 as Amended. Siyathokoza Community Trust is in Maphumulo area and has farms overlapping between Umzinyathi and iLembe District Municipalities.
SCT owns Ikhasi Agri-farming Pty Ltd, a forestry contracting business wholly owned by the Siyathokoza Community Trust. SCT successfully claimed 1 500ha land in Kranskop from Mondi under the land restitution programme in 2008. Mondi’s contract with Ikhasi is a vehicle for skills transfer into the SCT. Through the business and the Trust, community members are exposed to the day-to-day running of a forestry operation as well as general business management. Currently, Siyathokoza Community Trust has 11 trustees.
PARTNERS
The post land claim settlement agreement between Mondi and the Siyathokoza Community Trust (SCT), signed in 2008, was one of the first such agreements to be signed by any forestry company in South Africa. It was a historical agreement in terms of which Mondi was to provide business opportunities to the Trust and members of the community.
