Some roads in Mpumalanga are nothing more than potholes with tar‚ according to a local businessperson. Oupa Pilane‚ president of the Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism‚ said badly damaged roads were harming tourism‚ the economy and jobs in the province. "We are trying to get fresh money in to try to build the province‚ because you need that money. We keep building malls and everything‚ but for those shopping complexes and everything to be sustainable‚ you need new money." Pilane said the provincial government’s bungling the maintenance of viewing areas was another problem. "They are in a terrible state. Two things that top the concerns of most of the tour operators wherever you go are the public roads and public toilets. There are no public toilets and where there are public toilets‚ you cannot use that toilet." The chamber said the provincial government should fix the roads to attract tourists to Mpumalanga. Pilane singled out the Panorama Route‚ which he called Mpumala...
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