I. The Zithabiseni Resort facility was developed in the late 1960 around a hot spring which was used by the Afrikaans community for informal gatherings over weekends. Due to its location on the picturesque ridge it was known as Die Bron. In 1986 the Transvaal Provincial Administration handed it over to the then Kwa-Ndebele government which renamed the facility, Zithabiseni - meaning a place for pleasure and leisure. II. The resort was taken over by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government after the 1994 democratic election and the demarcation of the country. Within the Mpumalanga provincial government the management and control of the resort moved through a series of ownerships from the Mpumalanga Parks Board to the Department of Agriculture, then to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and finally rested with the Department for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism. III. In 2001, the Department of Economic Affairs and Finance attempted to offload the resort through a commercialization processes and the facility was put up for sale, but without success as a buyer or investor or could not be found.