The South African Events Council and the Association of African Exhibition Organisers have forecast a bleak future for the events and entertainment industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The South African Events Council Spokesperson and Chairperson, Projeni Pather, says dozens of small businesses face closure because of the continuing COVID-19 lockdown.
She says many enterprises have already collapsed and thousands of jobs have been lost.
Pather says smaller operators have no chance of survival if the large Sasol Pension Fund could not even sustain the Ticketpro Dome in Northgate that closed earlier this week.
Pather has appealed to the government to take heed of their phased re-opening proposal to save the sector.
South African Events Council and the Association of African Exhibition Organisers
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation on Sunday evening on developments in South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ramaphosa is expected to provide an update on the vaccination roll-out and the relaxation of the lockdown regulations to allow more businesses to operate.
