While wholesale retailers made a killing in the first week of liquor sales open again with people buying in bulk, for business owners in the townships it was a tough one.
Malome Sebaka, a tavern owner, says he made less money than usual.
"Township residents do not have time to go to Makro during the week, but come weekend, they have time and can get their booze in their neighborhood. Ponono Fakude, a tavern owner in Riverlea, says there was a big rush late Thursday as people came in to stock up for the weekend."Before this pandemic, I used to make about R30,000 a week. I managed to make R6,000 this [past] week. You can see that the difference is high and it's crippling," Sebaka said.
"I am happy that I can trade again. I have been running this business for years so it's all I know. But the hours and days that have been allocated to us make it difficult to make any form of profit. I made about R2,000 this week which is something I make on a peak day [at weekends]," she said.
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