IN PICS | Black Friday fails to kick off

By sowetanlive - 27 November 2020 - 11:58

Black Friday early birds were disappointed that the stores at Mall of Africa were not open early.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi/Sunday TImes

Black Friday started off particularly slowly across SA as store managers waited for customers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. When they arrived, many shoppers signalled they were cash-strapped.

Here are some of the pictures below:

A relatively quiet start to the morning, on Black Friday, in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Black Friday is billed as one of the more hectic shopping days on the retail calendar
Image: Alon Skuy

Early birds arrive at the Mall of Africa
Image: Thapelo Morebudi

Shoppers were few on Black Friday at Canal Walk in Cape Town amid the Covid 19 pandemic. Date: November 27, 2020.
Image: Esa Alexander

A woman shops alone in an empty aisle, shops are usually packed in Cape Town on Black Friday
Image: Esa Alexander

Long queues at Woodmead shopping centre. Shoppers arrived to buy name brand sneakers and clothes during the black Friday sale.
Image: Thapelo Morebudi