UMgungundlovu, 08 Meyi 2026 — I-Ingonyama Trust kanye ne-Eagle Towers SA baqinise ubudlelwano babo ngokusayina i-Master Lease Agreement ehlose ukusheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda yezokuxhumana ezweni le-Ingonyama Trust.

Isivumelwano sisayinwe ngesikhathi somcimbi obubanjelwe eHhovisi Eliyinhloko le-Ingonyama Trust eMgungundlovu. Lo mcimbi uhlanganise abameleli bezinhlangano zombili ukuze kusayinwe ngokusemthethweni, kulandelwe yi-workshop yamasu okuxoxa ngezinto eziza kuqala ekuqalisweni kanye nendlela eya phambili.

I-Master Lease Agreement isungula uhlaka lapho i-Eagle Towers SA izosebenzisana khona ne-Ingonyama Trust ukuze ihlinzeke ngokuqaliswa kwengqalasizinda yezokuxhumana emiphakathini yasemakhaya. Ubambiswano kulindeleke ukuthi lusekele ukuxhumana okuthuthukisiwe kwe-broadband kanye neselula, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemakhaya nakwezinye izindawo ezinganakekelwa kahle yinethiwekhi yezokuxhumana ekhona.

I-Eagle Towers SA ibilokhu ibambe iqhaza ku-Vodacom Deep Rural Project kusukela ngo-2019 futhi igcine ubudlelwano bokusebenza ne-Ingonyama Trust iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu. Ukusayinwa kwesivumelwano kumele ingqophamlando ebalulekile ekwenzeni lobo budlelwano bube semthethweni kanye nokudala ipulatifomu yokusheshisa ukuqaliswa kwamaphrojekthi okuxhumana ezindaweni zasemakhaya.

Ukuxhumana kwedijithali okuthembekile sekuyinto ebalulekile ekuthuthukisweni komphakathi nakwezomnotho. Ukusabalala kwenethiwekhi okuthuthukisiwe kungasekela ukufinyelela emfundweni, ezempilo, izinsizakalo zikahulumeni, amathuba ebhizinisi, izinsizakalo zezimali zedijithali kanye nokuxhumana okuphuthumayo. Kungenza futhi amabhizinisi asemakhaya ahlanganyele ngempumelelo emnothweni wedijithali.

Ubambiswano luhambisana nomgomo obanzi we-Ingonyama Trust wokuvula amandla okuthuthukiswa komhlaba ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwawo. Ngokwenza kube lula ukutshalwa kwezimali kwengqalasizinda okunesibopho, i-Trust ifuna ukudala amathuba athuthukisa inhlalakahle yezinto ezibonakalayo kanye nenhlalakahle yomphakathi yemiphakathi ezuzayo.

Ukusetshenziswa kwengqalasizinda yezokuxhumana kuzodinga ukubambisana okuqhubekayo namaKhansela Endabuko, imiphakathi, abaqhubi benethiwekhi kanye neziphathimandla ezifanele zokulawula. Ukubonisana komphakathi, izinqubo zokusetshenziswa komhlaba ezifanele kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda okunesibopho kuzohlala kuyizingxenye ezibalulekile zohlelo.

Ngemuva komcimbi wokusayina, abamele i-Ingonyama Trust kanye ne-Eagle Towers SA bahlanganyele emhlanganweni wokucubungula uhlaka lokuqaliswa, izindawo eziza kuqala, izidingo zokubandakanya abathintekayo kanye nezinyathelo zokusebenza ezidingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ubambiswano.

Isivumelwano sibonisa ukuzibophezela okwabiwe ekwandiseni ukufakwa kwedijithali nokuqinisekisa ukuthi imiphakathi yasemakhaya ayikhishwa ngaphandle kwamathuba adalwe yingqalasizinda yezokuxhumana ethuthukisiwe.

Ngokubambisana kwalolu hlobo, i-Ingonyama Trust iyaqhubeka nokubeka umhlaba njengesisusa sokuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nenzuzo yomphakathi esimeme.