Restaurants set to block roads with tables, chairs in protest on Wednesday

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Restaurants set to block roads with tables, chairs in protest on Wednesday
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The industry wants urgent meeting with the president over the devastating impact of lockdown restrictions on business.

The biggest-ever united protest in the history of South Africa’s restaurant industry is set to take place on Wednesday as hundreds of eateries, coffee shops and takeaway establishments countrywide will be participating in the ‘Million seats on the streets’ protest against Covid-19 restrictions to trade.

The sector has pretty much been closed from the start of the hard lockdown in late March up to the end of May. Since June it has been operating at limited capacity, with lockdown restrictions not allowing for on-site consumption of alcohol. A poster punting the Restaurant Association of SA’s ‘Million seats on the streets’ protest on Wednesday. Image: Supplied

Rasa CEO Wendy Alberts tells Moneyweb that since the campaign was launched on various social media platforms last week, the association has received the backing of hundreds of members as well as tourism and hospitality industry bodies.“We are presenting a united front on this as a broader industry, for the government to take us more seriously.

“South Africa’s restaurant and hospitality industry is in dire straits, but very few in government are actually hearing our appeal for help, or even interacting with the industry around the devastation and hardships we are facing due to Covid-19 restrictions,” says Alberts.

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