In a Live broadcast at 14h00 this afternoon Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced a significant step forward for the beleaguered restaurant industry, in that the Corona Lockdown Curfew start has been shifted to 22h00, to give restaurants and their customers a full dinner service, as soon as this regulation amendment has been gazetted. The ban on the sale of Alcohol sadly has not yet been lifted.
The Minister also addressed the Leisure accommodation industry, allowing intra-provincial Leisure Travel, permitting the use of open Safari vehicles, as well as presenting an update on Tourism relief payouts. She announced that work is being done on a Tourism Recovery Strategy. She concluded her speech by encouraging a more active participation by women in the Tourism sector, which ‘embraces women as equally capable economic actors’!
This is the first time that the Government has put the Restaurant industry first, in shifting the Curfew time for the benefit of this industry specifically.
Monday 20 April 2020, Day 25 of SA Lockdown, Day 36 of SA Corona Virus 😷