{"id":39131,"date":"2021-04-24T19:33:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=39131"},"modified":"2021-04-24T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T15:44:00","slug":"zrp-warns-bars-beer-halls-restaurants-operating-illegally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-warns-bars-beer-halls-restaurants-operating-illegally","title":{"rendered":"ZRP Warns Bars, Beer Halls, Restaurants Operating Illegally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed grave concern over the new trend of bars and restaurants that are now selling beer to patrons totally disregarding COVID-19 regulations.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as health experts are warning authorities of a potential third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with winter fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi warned those businesses operating in violation of COVID-19 regulations that the long arm of the law will catch up with them. Said Asst Comm Nyathi:<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police has noted with concern the proliferation of bars, beer-halls, and restaurants that are openly defying the Governments\u2019 COVID-19 regulations by operating with clients drinking beer whilst closed inside.<\/p>\n<p>Some are even drinking whilst parking vehicles at the premises. In some cases, loud music is being played as the revellers play hide and seek with the Police.<\/p>\n<p>The Police remind the public that the threat of a third wave of the pandemic is still imminent according to medical experts.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore the Zimbabwe Republic Police will arrest all operators who are not complying with the Government\u2019s directive to remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner-General of Police has directed Officer Commanding Provinces to take action and ensure modalities to allow the Government\u2019s relevant Ministry to withdraw licences or permits are followed now.<\/p>\n<p>Asst Comm Nyathi also pleaded with members of the public to report to the police all bars, beer halls, and restaurants operating illegally. He said:<\/p>\n<p>The Public is implored to continue reporting bars, beer-halls, or restaurants operating illegally to the Police on National Complaints Desk number (0242) 703631 WhatsApp 0712 800 197 or Harare Operations number (0242) 748836 or Bulawayo Operations number (09) 73547.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Cabinet had directed that bars and night clubs should remain closed indefinitely. She said:<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet remains cognisant of the need to fully open all economic activities. However, in the face of the threat of a Third Wave, Cabinet has deferred consideration of the opening of bars and night clubs until further notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed grave concern over the new trend of bars and restaurants that are now selling beer to patrons totally disregarding COVID-19 regulations. This comes as health experts are warning authorities of a potential third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with winter fast approaching. In a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,4400,4398,4399,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-39131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-bars","14":"tag-night-clubs","15":"tag-restaurants","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ZRP Warns Bars, Beer Halls, Restaurants Operating Illegally - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed grave concern over the new trend of bars and restaurants that are now s ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-warns-bars-beer-halls-restaurants-operating-illegally\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZRP Warns Bars, Beer Halls, Restaurants Operating Illegally\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed grave concern over the new trend of bars and restaurants that are now s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-warns-bars-beer-halls-restaurants-operating-illegally\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-24T17:33:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-24T15:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/img-60843c9d9b691.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-warns-bars-beer-halls-restaurants-operating-illegally\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zrp-warns-bars-beer-halls-restaurants-operating-illegally\",\"name\":\"ZRP Warns Bars, Beer Halls, Restaurants Operating Illegally - 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