The civil rights organisation AfriForum and representatives of the Office of iNkosi Zwelothando Mabandla discussed cooperation at a meeting at Mqokolweni Great Place near Maclear (Nqanqarhu) in the Eastern Cape. An agreement was reached to cooperate on agricultural development and to establish a recognition and cooperation agreement based on mutual recognition and respect. “Our ancestor, iNkosi Jamangile, was eminent for advancing agriculture, education and Christianity which became the foundational pillars of the royal family,” says iNkosi Zwelothando Mabandla, iNkosi of the AmaBhele kaJamangile Traditional Community. He is also the founder of the Zwelothando Development Trust which aims to bring socio-economic development to the community.