'It's time for my parents to rest'

"There were times when we could open at Sam and then close at 6pm, but now we can’t do that anymore. We had an armed robbery outside the butchery over three years ago, so we have to be more vigilant when working in the area," she said.

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Ms Moosa said the reason they are closing is that both she and her husband are 78 and they want to spend more time with their family.

“We don’t want to be working at the age of 80, we want to spend time with our grandchildren,” she said, adding that they will be selling the entire building.

Even their daughter, Rezana Moosa, who now lives in Johannesburg with her family, spent much of her childhood at the butchery.

“I used to serve customers, fetch food for the employees, and even slept at the desk. I grew up in the butchery,” she said.