LETTER: Everything is stacked against SA’s food industry
The ministry will say employers can apply for exemptions from the bargaining council, but these are notoriously difficult to obtain
21 January 2021 - 17:10
It is common cause that the restaurant, fast-food and catering industry is on its knees. The lockdowns have progressively destroyed this industry, to the extent that probably more than half of such businesses in the country are either insolvent or teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
Everything is stacked against this industry, especially the curfew and the banning of liquor sales. The ostensible motivation is to slow the spread of Covid-19, but one would think it would be a lot more effective to buy and dispense vaccines as quickly as possible...
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