“I was supposed to host the Mamphoza birthday celebration on March 28 which is an annual event, the kokota ma-africa winter session annual event on June 27 and Ma-africa spring show annual event on September 5 ,” he said.
Covid- 19 affected my businesses with several closing down due to government regulations, no income and no government funding. Mohlathedi said he had to focus on his other businesses such as his internet café and tuck shop that he runs in order to feed his family. Tebatso Maboane who runs a pub in Mamelodi said the past couple of months had been a huge struggle and the lockdown has affected the business badly. He said the move to level one took longer than anticipated and almost cost him the business.
He said the 50% venue capacity would be practical and he was glad that they would be able to service more customers. Under normal circumstances this would be the time when many events would have taken place after the spring season kicked in.