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Illegal tour operator uses gov't as ‘meal ticket’

Mabuasehube game reserve
Mabuasehube game reserve

While most business people go through the trouble of being licensed to comply with the set laws, a certain tour operator has allegedly been operating illegally using the state for his meal ticket.

While in business, the said tour operator has allegedly not been paying required fees and has reportedly been using government resources for at least 10 years.

According to the Auditor General’s report for the financial year ending March 2021, the unnamed operator runs a campsite at Mabuasehube within the Trans Kgalagadi Frontier Park and has not paid anything from 2011 to at least October 2021.

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