Cape Town restaurants hope to win court battle seeking to lift alcohol ban
(World News South Africa)

Cape Town - With more than 50 restaurants in Cape Town permanently closing their doors, the battle to save the industry and force the government to lift the alcohol ban has gone to court. The Western Cape High Court case between a group of restaurants and the government was expected to be heard but was postponed for two weeks. Restaurant owner Liam Tomlin said: “So far, this lockdown has resulted in over 53 restaurants permanently closing its doors and people are really struggling. What I can`t understand is how the government expects us to survive based on a tourism fund.” Tomlin is the owner of Chef Warehouse. Tomlin and 10 other restaurants have launched an urgent court bid to lift the...