Cape party-goers ignoring call to self-isolate despite coronavirus People are ignoring the call to quarantine and continue to party and gamble despite the rapid spread of Covid-19. Covid_19SA CoronaVirusSA
Pay day is coming and police are expecting to have their hands full trying to prevent jovial party-goers congregating following the declaration of a state of disaster in the country.
Police Minister Bheki Cele, in several meetings on Friday and on Saturday, highlighted the fact that even if people buy alcohol within the prescribed time-frames, drinking it outside the set time was still prohibited. And drinking outside the place where you bought it or in any public space is also not allowed.
“Every weekend that place is packed, it’s an outdoor bring-your-own-booze tavern, if I were to describe it, and the people there did not seem to care about the warnings,” said a resident who did not wish to be named. “Spine Road is a big problem. We had one of our neighbourhood watch people call us about that and the issue there is there are people who are simply not getting the message.”
“The authority has stated that enforcement actions will be taken against licence-holders who contravene relevant legislation. The regulations do not criminalise the contravention of the operating hours,” he said.
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