McGluwa tells OFM News his party will conduct an oversight visit to this site on Tuesday. He says the property, worth millions, was to be developed and used as a hotel school after the building was donated by AngloGold Ashanti to the Department of Tourism.

He added that the school was supposed to enroll their first group of students in January 2016, but no student has received any training at this facility.

He bemoaned the unemployment rate in the province, saying it stands at a staggering 43.4% and this situation will only deteriorate if the provincial government does not create job opportunities for the people.

Statistics South Africa late last month revealed in the second quarter of this year, more people were unemployed with 27.2% of them finding it difficult to make ends meet.

The Department of Tourism in the North West acknowledges that the building was donated to them in 2015/16 by AngloGold Ashanti.

The Head of the Department, Neo Sephoti, tells OFM News that the department wanted to establish four hotel schools within the province.

Sephoti says the building has not been evaluated and therefore he cannot confirm what it will cost to renovate.

She further says the building needed to be renovated because it was a men’s hostel and therefore it needed to be turned into a workable school for hospitality.

She further continues to say the building has not yet been transferred to the hotel school. She says this is because the building donated are set on different plots for the conveyors has been appointed by both parties to complete the transaction. They are busy with transferring the property.

OFM News/Thamsanqa Ka'Mkuyane