South Africa’s museum town has a 132-year-old hotel standing empty because of a worker dispute

• The Royal Hotel in Pilgrim's Rest has been standing empty for years due to a worker dispute
• The provincial government has struggled to find a suitable operator for the hotel due to advertised tender requirements
• The hotel's management has been managed by the provincial government's Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust since 2012, which ran into financial difficulty in 2022