Why Johannesburg restaurants are full of teapots

at an expensive restaurant near Sandton, Johannesburg’s financial district, nothing feels unusual, at least in this age of covid-19. The maître-d’ zaps a temperature gun at patrons’ masked faces and spritzes their hands with sanitiser. Only when ushered into the dining room does something seem odd: every table has a pot of tea.

South Africa banned alcohol sales for the second time this year on July 12th, so as to prevent drunks from taking up precious space in hospitals. But restaurants, which are struggling to stay afloat, are open and customers are thirsty. “Are you serving special teas?” your correspondent hesitantly asks a waiter. “Yes”, he replies, the ripple of a smile just visible from the edges of his mask.

The willingness of South Africans to flout the booze rules is a sign that bans rarely work. It shows that the police are unwilling or unable to enforce them—at least in rich areas. But it also reflects how many South Africans are reluctant to obey laws set by a ruling party that itself shows little respect for propriety.

That’s a old strategy but we are revising it thoroughly

So people can calm down with a sip of tea, and not be aggressive hating life and the world because their lives have been destroyed

Nobody will ever know because the info is behind a paywall 🤷🏽‍♂️

This one again?!

If I go by the tweet headline, this story is outdated and is no longer a novelty since news24 “investigated” something similar which received widespread negative responses.

This is last week's news. Booze ban lifted.

Because people in Johannesburg restaurant like to drink tea

THULA.

Why so loud 🙄

Yeyi I went to the other 'tea-pot” restaurant the other day I was mighty pleased at how this 'tea' really made me happy 😂😂😂but seriously though, there was no need for this post😜 BanTheBan

Yey naze naqina. Kungcono itiye vele into yethu. Hawu kodwa naze nawo bobby ama pet aselokishini 😒🙄

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Wow, snitches get stitches...

Snitches get stitches

South Africans are now Turkish.helang.🙄🙄🙄

This article is a good laugh 🤣🤞🏽

jetmoses21 snitches

Banemona 🙄🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️😂☕

Delete this article now

kgotso_gad KatlegoLesejane 😂

Snitches get stitches!

Yoh hhayi cima!

TonyLeonSA Who are you ppl to tell the Economist to remove this article ? The world must know what nonsense is going on here !

Come see here LeonieWagner 😂😂😂

rujekolbopoto

Remove this rubbish and let the reastuarants be.

😂😂😂 This article NelsonQoboloT MdevaMalebo

Nna ke kwatetse gore y'all are drinking alcohol pretending to drink tea in these restaurants and you don't even tell us.

Tshegoc 😄😄😄. They appear as Misc. (Miscellaneous) on the slip

MsRami2Flourish

Julle is lastig 🙄

Mxm there was ABSOLUTELY NO NEED!!

Why oh why?

Irrelevance

Why

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This was really unnecessary...also please provide pictures to support your article.

Ave nizimpimpi yoooo, yekani abantu bazphuzele itiye labo in peace

Hai la phapha, hale tsebe Beki Cele o jwang🎩

lisanyongo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aargh FFS! You just couldn’t shut up!

Who’s snitching now? We’ve been enjoying our tea in peace and not going to disturb y’all in hospitals moes🥴

Cool_eYB 😂

Report this fake news.

Delete this unnecessary story

Bonbeezzy

This is totally unnecessary

You need to relax

The are many things you can write about but you chose a teapot? A fucken teapot? Please delete this.

Let’s all report this

cecemarule 😅

Izimpimpi 😡

The tea came disguised as sanitiser in 25l containers

evem427

🚩🚩 delete please

Here is the tea guys.

bathong le unnecessary

Banger, don't delete!

Snitches get stitches...and in prison, they become bitches.

Delete this.

Don't do this.

GOOD PEOPLE DISOBEY BAD LAWS. This is happening everywhere in South Africa.

Oh please - this is happening everywhere in South Africa, not just Joburg.

Bathong

Snitch😣

Oh, is this why _MandlaM said I must take my flusk to resturants 😅😅😅😅

thee_unmissable wozobheka la 🤣

Lulubel_hlela PusoMotidi hi guys 🤣😂

Delete this shit

Delete this

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There was no need for this article! None.

Snitches

I can´t believe this is some news to read. South Africans traditionally drink tea. I´d say some do it daily. This is what I experienced there in 1985 and 1987. Even during the hot summer.

Guess they like tea very much.

Green Tea has natural flouride.

Drink tea while joking !

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