South Africa: Restaurant lobby group teams up with Fedhasa for better representation

A cornerstone of South Africa’s economy and a major employer, the restaurant industry has virtually endured the 10 plagues of Egypt: economic instability, job-killing pandemic restrictions during Covid-19, a shortage of workers, El Niño, restaurant closures, bird flu, power cuts, water shortages, food inflation, rising crime. The list goes on.

Nedbank Commercial Banking reports that the economic fallout from Covid led to the closure of roughly 3,000 businesses, including many…