Restaurants may have reopened for sit-down meals, but with the sale of alcohol still prohibited, some may be forced to close again. pretorianews level3lockdown
Pretoria - Restaurants may have reopened for sit-down meals, but with the sale of alcohol still prohibited, some may be forced to close again.
“Our running costs for cold rooms, electricity, staff salaries and of course the full rent is still expected, but we’re not making any money. It would be of great benefit to restaurants if licence fees as well as rates and tariffs were reduced or suspended for businesses, he said. To make matters worse, he said, many restaurants were concerned about the welfare of their staff, following the announcement that the UIF would no longer be making payments.
Matters were not being made any better by the handful of restaurants taking the risk of trading illegally, he said. “Every time we turn away a customer because we are trying to comply with the laws, we are getting more and more calls or comments that so and so is selling. But people are getting desperate.”
Hawer he said they mostly had a minimal number of people inside their shops, and equipment had to be sterilised all the time when dealing with customers.
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