There is a sense of desperation mixed with relief as tourism, hospitality and personal services businesses across KwaZulu-Natal anxiously await a date for re-opening. lockdown IOSNewsSA
Durban - There is a sense of desperation mixed with relief as tourism, hospitality and personal services businesses across KwaZulu-Natal anxiously await a date for re-opening.
“South Africa is in dire, dire straits at the moment. We are close to losing one in five jobs in the private sector,” he said, adding that coastal cities would be particularly hard hit because the tourism industry had been “decimated”. The survey to compile the report was conducted by Edtea, KZN Business Chambers Council and UKZN Graduate School of Business and was conducted between May 15 to June 15 .
But as of yesterday, there was no clarity on when this might happen or what protocols would be required. PWC economist Christie Viljoen said every effort was needed to retain jobs, and when a business closed, another would not necessarily take its place in such a tight economy.
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