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Prime Minister Oscar Mabuyane’s spokesman, Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha, was asked the same question about the blanket ban in the province.
“We ask for the levels of risk,” he replied.
However, Pakati stressed that those in the hospitality and tourism sectors must be assured that their operations in coastal areas will not be affected.
Remember, hotels and restaurants are open. People don’t come to swim.
“Our main problem is people swimming in large numbers and recklessly gathering in open spaces, so the hospitality and tourism sector will not be affected by this.”
The Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape, another Covid-19 hotspot, is not taking the beach ban in the region.
On Tuesday, he and regional stakeholders pledged to challenge the ban.
DA MPL Jane Cowley said a ban on Eastern Cape beaches would decimate the province’s fragile tourism industry.
Businesses hoping the December break will bring a much-needed cash injection after the disastrous first round of shutdown measures are desperate.
“Cancellations have already started to come in as visitors take their business elsewhere,” he said.
“These new draconian measures are, for many, the final death sentence for their businesses and the end of thousands of jobs in the tourism sector along the Eastern Cape coast.”
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