and the long mid-year school break — is usually a lucrative time of year and the second busiest after the year-end holidays.of the Covid-19 lockdown, and spiralling rental debts generated during
“This is normally our second busiest time of the year, with a lot of foreign tourists. This year again we will have to depend on whichever locals we get.” The Janse van Rensburgs and the rest of the tenants have struggled to get out from under the five months of rental arrears they accrued during the hard lockdown.
“I know that many people have lost everything and that we are lucky, but every night we go to bed not knowing if we are going to be evicted the next morning.”, said that while he had tried to adapt and continue doing business, the drop-off in tourism meant the situation was “tough”.