"Monday to Friday, after 6pm, people can only purchase food at restaurants. When it comes to alcohol, 6pm is the shut down. You will be able to consume alcohol in your own house. Anyone that sells alcohol or consumes alcohol outside of their home, will be issued a fine," he said.
When the Mercury visited Florida Road in Durban on Thursday night, businesses in the usually busy road had already started complying with the regulations.Some business owners said they would close at 6pm while others said they would only serve food and non-alcoholic drinks after 6pm. There were notices placed at the entrances of some businesses to notify customer of the new regulations and changes to their business hours or serving options.
“Most of the businesses here operate until 1am in the morning selling alcohol. We can't be operating until that time serving food, we will close maybe around 9pm because no one wants to eat after that,” said the business owner. "The minister and advisors should have consulted with the hospitality industry prior to the imposition of restrictions so that a workable solution could be found to save jobs while at the same time preventing the spread of the virus. In my opinion, on consumption places should have been allowed to sell alcohol from 12 midday to midnight - this way we would have saved thousands of jobs," Kruger said.
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