The resort also faces a number of other challenges related to mining in the Pilanesberg area close to the resort‚ roadworks en route to the resort that have been on-going since 2010‚ and the issue of land-use management between traditional authorities‚ the committee said.
However‚ despite these challenges‚ the committee said it was told that the resort has given a lot of attention to developing local entrepreneurs.
“About 70 per cent of the resort’s construction and maintenance budget is spent on local broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) companies in the area‚ while the resort has also given business to two black‚ female-owned companies.”
* Sun City has since the publication of this article issued a statement denying the retrenchments. Read the full statement below.
RESPONSE TO MEDIA ARTICLES LINKING SUN CITY’S PERFORMANCE TO MINING
16 August 2018
We have been made aware of a report in the media linking Sun City to a story about platinum mines in the North West Province. We can confirm that the information was neither issued by Sun International, nor authorised by us. The details are factually incorrect and the numbers quoted are not indicative of Sun City’s performance which is underpinned by its broad market appeal, including international tourism.
Zoleka Skweyiya
Sun International
Group Manager for Communications and Customer Insights