Gansbaai businesses join in protest

Writer: Hardus Botha.

Several restaurants in Gansbaai set their tables outside on the pavement as part of the nationwide ‘One Million Seats on the Streets’ peaceful protest initiated by the Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA) on Wednesday, between 12:00 and 14:00.

Staff members from The Great White House and Marine Dynamics in Kleinbaai making their voices heard during the silent protest.

Other businesses, including the owners and staff members of Gansbaai’s guesthouses, tourism organisations, shops, wineries and restaurants, staged another protest against the devastating impact of the lockdown regulations on Friday between 10:00 and 12:00. With many community members joining in, they formed a human chain (with distances between them) on the pavement along Gansbaai’s Main Road between Voortrekker and Fabriek Streets.

The owner of Kuslangs Restaurant in Franskraal, Manny Paiva, does not have a pavement next to his restaurant. So he set two tables in Rosseau Street that motorists had to drive around, all of them hooting and waving to show their support. With Manny is restaurant manager, Elma Stassen.

Trevor and Sanmarie from Lomond Wine Estate joined the peaceful protest in Gansbaai on Friday.

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