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"Cinemas remain a safe indoor venue with no infections traced back to cinema globally", says the cinema chain. In 2020 South Africa's total box office revenue at cinemas plunged by a massive R1.2 billion to a measly R214 million compared to 2019 – the lowest in over a decade – according to a recent industry report.Cinema chains like Cine Centre, Nu Metro and Ster-Kinekor are struggling immensely, with Ster-Kinekor that entered voluntary business rescue at the beginning of 2021.
Cinema-goers in Kenya and Nigeria, Africa's largest markets besides South Africa, are set to see various Hollywood films during July, with their scheduled premiere dates that are not affected since cinemas elsewhere across the continent are remaining open despite the dramatic rise in Delta-variant cases and deaths.
TVwithThinus I was planning to go back, then level 4 happened.