I. High unemployment rate at 30.3 percent in the first quarter of 2012. II. Production focused in sunset industries with no beneficiation; III. HIV and Aids, ailing agricultural sector, value from manufacturing, infrastructure & service delivery, skills shortages and environmental concerns; and IV. The National Tourism Month is expected to be launched in Mpumalanga in September 2012, but due to funding, the province may loose the hosting of the event.