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The government has come under pressure to reintroduce the UIF Temporary Employee Relief Scheme as some sectors battle to keep businesses afloat due to the restrictions placed under Alert Level-3. ....
We can save the industry, says restaurant association as Ramaphosa puts alcohol back on the menu 01 February 2021 - 21:44 Restaurateurs say they will be able to make a living and keep staff in jobs now that they can sell liquor again. Image: 123RF/STAS WALENGA The Restaurant Association of SA (Rasa) on Monday expressed its gratitude at the easing of the lockdown regulations, which had threatened to cripple the industry. “We have an opportunity to save the industry,” said CEO Wendy Alberts shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa s address on Monday night. “Let’s please stand in unity and support each other and do everything to keep our staff and patrons safe. Let’s promise each other to be responsible in our businesses and do everything possible to keep the lifting of the liquor ban,” she said to fellow restaurant owners. ....
Up to 70% of restaurants facing closure if alcohol sales ban continues - Rasa Cape Town restaurant owner Matteo Santini said that he had lost 50% of his earnings since the alcohol sales ban was introduced last month. Picture: 123rf.com 51 days ago CAPE TOWN - The Restaurant Association of South Africa (Rasa) said that up to 70% of restaurants face imminent closure if the alcohol sales ban continued. Government instituted the latest ban on 28 December to help hospitals cope with an influx of COVID-19 cases. The association has been protesting in front of the Union Buildings this week, desperate to have the ban lifted. ....
Job losses in hospitality, alcohol sectors a concern as lockdown grinds on The Restaurant Association of South Africa has urged South Africans to support eateries during these tough times. Members of of the tourism, food and alcohol, and hospitality industries protested in Sandton as part of the #ServeUsPlease movement. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN 78 days ago CAPE TOWN - There s growing concern for severe job losses in the restaurant and alcohol industries due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Under the amended level 3 restrictions, alcohol sales are banned and the curfew has been brought forward to 9pm. This puts restaurants and other licenced venues under severe financial pressure and many have not survived. ....
Restaurants body protests over alcohol ban By Lyse Comins Share Durban - RESTAURANT Association of South Africa (Rasa) chief executive Wendy Alberts is leading a sit-in protest outside the Union Buildings in Tshwane until President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ministers agree to speak to her about the plight of the failing sector. Alberts said that about 4Â 000 restaurants out of 11Â 000 restaurants nationally had closed as a result of the alcohol ban and 9pm curfew imposed in December and an estimated 500Â 000 out of 1 million jobs had been decimated because of the lockdown. Alberts said restaurantsâ financial models relied on turnover from alcohol sales to ensure businesses remained profitable and with no end in sight to the ban, restaurants were being forced to close. ....