INgonyama Trust iphethe ifa eliziqhenyayo eligxile emhlabeni, ebuholini nasemiphakathini. Yasungulwa ngowe-1994 ngenhloso yokugcina nokuphatha umhlaba ukuze uzuze imiphakathi yawo, kuthuthukiswe inhlalakahle yomvelo yamelene ehlala kuwo.
Umnyombo womsebenzi wayo ukuvikela nokuphatha umhlaba womphakathi ngendlela efanele kulo lonke elakwaZulu-Natali. I-Ingonyama Trust iyakuqonda ukuthi umhlaba awuyona nje impahla ebonakalayo kuphela, kodwa uyisisekelo sobuwena, sesithunzi, samagugu, sezindlela zokuziphilisa kanye nokuqhubekiswa kwezizukulwane ezizayo.
Ngomsebenzi wayo wokunakekela umhlaba, i-Ingonyama Trust isebenza ngokubambisana nobuholi bendabuko kanye nemiphakathi yabahlomuli ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umhlaba womphakathi uphethwe ngendlela ehlonipha umlando, eqinisa imiphakathi, futhi eneqhaza ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme kwezindawo zasemakhaya.
Indaba ye-Ingonyama Trust iyindaba yokunakekela umhlaba, ukuzibophezela, kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili ifa lezizukulwane. I-Ingonyama Trust yasungulwa ngenhloso yokuvikela umhlaba osunesikhathi eside uhlobene nabantu, amasiko kanye nezinhlelo zomthetho wesintu saKwaZulu-Natali.
Lo mhlaba uyifa elidluliselwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Uqukethe umlando wemindeni, wemiphakathi kanye nezinhlaka zobuholi bendabuko ezibe neqhaza elikhulu ekwakheni nasekugcineni impilo yasemakhaya eminyakeni eminingi.
Ekuphatheni lo mhlaba, i-Ingonyama Trust izibophezele ekuvikeleni ukubaluleka kwawo, ngesikhathi esifanayo iqinisekisa ukuthi usetshenziswa ngendlela ezuzisa imiphakathi.
Umsebenzi we-Ingonyama Trust uqondiswa ukuzibophezela ekutholeni ibhalansi phakathi kokulondolozwa kwamagugu kanye nokukhuthaza intuthuko. Ihlose ukugcina ukubaluleka kwamasiko nomphakathi okuhambisana nomhlaba, ngesikhathi esifanayo isekele amathuba athuthukisa inhlalakahle yemiphakathi, ukubamba iqhaza kwezomnotho kanye nentuthuko esimeme.