RASA POLICIES

The Restaurant Association of South Africa has, along with key specialists in the industry, developed a number of policies with clear and measurable guidelines to assist the industry in self-regulation and standardisation. Restaurants that comply with the guidelines for the various policies may display the relevant accreditation on their premises.

Properties that adhere to the RASA policies are allowed to display a specially adapted version of South African Tourism’s Welcome logo and will be listed as an accredited restaurant on www.southafrica.net, the official website of South African Tourism,Listings on this website will also carry the various RASA policy endorsements and will be plotted on the SA Tourism GPS database which is supplied to various role players in the digital mapping and navigation arena.
Creating awareness and educating the public on the minimum standards that should be expected from the restaurant industry is a key element to the RASA policies programme

SIT SAFE

Restaurant clientele have the right to feel safe within the restaurant environment. From having visible security guards and CCTV, to putting control measures in place to prevent credit card fraud, this policy partners with a number of anticrime and tourism safety initiatives to maximise its reach.

Partners in the RASA SitSafe policy are: ADT, the Tourism Safety Initiative (TSI), the Violent Organised Crime Work Group (VOC), Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA), Business Against Crime (BAC) and Visible Policing (VP). The RASA SitSafe policy also takes into account staff verification through REDB, the RASA
Employee Database.