| Became Khoroni Hotel Casino Convention Resort.In the late 1970s casinos started operating in the bantustans (the nominally independent areas called homelands) of Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda. Initially, two companies, Holiday Inn and Southern Sunnegotiated Casino contracts with Bantustan Government. Then in 1983, Mr Sol Kerzner, a former minority shareholder in Southern Sun Hotels, founded a new company, Sun International. By the early 1990s, Sun possessed all the 18 homeland licenses.In 1994, when the new democratic government came to power, all forms of gambling were legalised. The bantustans were integrated in South Africa Republic.The National Gambling Act of 1996 made provisions for the regulation of gambling activities and gave definitions how the 40 gambling licenses should be distributed among the provinces and provided information on liability.In 2006 Peermont controlled the interest acquired in Tusk Resorts, including Tusk Mmabatho, Tusk Rio, Tusk Venda, Tusk Taung and Tusk Umfolozi.Tuska Venda was opened in March 1983 . Was refurbished and rebranded as Khoroni Hotel and Convention Resort, wich opened in 2008. |
