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Trading Requirements
You need to apply for a business licence if you –
- conduct a business selling or supplying consumers with any food in the form of meals for consumption on or off the business premises or any perishable food;
- provide or operate certain health services and facilities; or
- operate a place of entertainment.
Examples of businesses required to have a business licence
(Please note that the list is not comprehensive.)
Food Industry |
Health and Entertainment Sector |
Accommodation establishment (guest house) |
Turkish baths, saunas or other health baths |
Butchery |
Providing massages or infrared treatment |
Fishmonger or fish fryer |
Making the services of an escort, whether male or female, available to any other person |
Fruit and vegetable grocer |
Keeping three or more mechanical, electronic or electrical contrivances, instruments, apparatus or devices which are designed or used for the purpose of the playing of any game or for the purpose of recreation or amusement, and the operation of which involves the payment of any valuable consideration, either by the insertion of a coin, token or disc therein or in an appliance attached thereto or in any other manner |
General dealer |
Keeping three or more snooker or billiard tables |
Milk shop |
Keeping or conducting a night club or discotheque |
Restaurant |
Keeping or conducting a cinema or theatre |
Bakery |
Conducting adult premises, as referred to in Section 24 of the Films and Publication Act, 1996 (Act 65 of 1996) |
Café |
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Food manufacturer |
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Vegetable and plant dealer |
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Tuck shop |
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Miller |
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Home enterprise |