I. Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust was established in 1993 and registered as a Section 21 of Company as a non profit organization, according to the Companies Act (Act No. 61 of 1973) and listed as Schedule 3C of the Public Finance Management Act of 1999. II. MRTT is established as Hospitality and Tourism Academy located between Nelspruit and Ka-Nyamazane in 2005. The Academy contributes towards the development of hospitality and tourism sector within the Mpumalanga province. III. The MRTT reports directly to Mpumalanga Department of Education through a Board of Directors. IV. MRTT is mandated to develop the human resource base of the Mpumalanga Province through the provision of experiential, practical, technical, hospitality, tourism, entrepreneurial and life skills training. V. The main focus is to empower learners, primarily the disadvantaged communities especially the youth, industry workers and government employees, to participate in the broader economic sphere of the province and beyond. VI. It also provides quality customised training interventions, practical workplace training, placement and after-care according to the demands of the market for job creation and poverty alleviation.