29 August 2022
Business licenses: everything you need to know
If you are operating any of the following businesses in the Langeberg municipal area, you must be in possession of a Business License, in terms of the Business Act, 1991 (Act 71 of 1991)
Formal Businesses • Any business providing meals for on, or off the premises consumption (for example: hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, wraps, breakfast and sit-down meals) • Any business trading in perishable foodstuffs (for example: milk, meat, fish and fish products) • Any facility providing Turkish baths, saunas, and health baths • Any facility providing massages, or infra-red treatment • Any business making the provision of escort services of males and/or females available • Any business keeping 3, or more mechanical, electronic, or electrical devices for recreation or amusement (for example: slot machines, Pin Ball machines) • Any business keeping of 3, or more snooker or billiard tables • Any business operating a night club, or discotheque • Any business operating a cinema, or theatre • Any business conducting an adult premises in terms of Section 24 of the Films and Publications Act, 1996.
Informal Businesses • Any business selling foodstuffs in the form of meals, or perishable foodstuffs which is conveyed from place to place by vehicle, or from a movable structure (for example: a food truck or trailer, a temporary structure at an event, or a market, or from an approved informal trading area)
Formal Businesses • Any business providing meals for on, or off the premises consumption (for example: hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, wraps, breakfast and sit-down meals) • Any business trading in perishable foodstuffs (for example: milk, meat, fish and fish products) • Any facility providing Turkish baths, saunas, and health baths • Any facility providing massages, or infra-red treatment • Any business making the provision of escort services of males and/or females available • Any business keeping 3, or more mechanical, electronic, or electrical devices for recreation or amusement (for example: slot machines, Pin Ball machines) • Any business keeping of 3, or more snooker or billiard tables • Any business operating a night club, or discotheque • Any business operating a cinema, or theatre • Any business conducting an adult premises in terms of Section 24 of the Films and Publications Act, 1996.
Informal Businesses • Any business selling foodstuffs in the form of meals, or perishable foodstuffs which is conveyed from place to place by vehicle, or from a movable structure (for example: a food truck or trailer, a temporary structure at an event, or a market, or from an approved informal trading area)
The following businesses are exempt from obtaining a business license: • Business operated by the state or municipality (e.g.: municipal canteen) • Business operated by a charitable, religious, educational, or cultural institution, agricultural organization, only if all the profits are solely devoted to the purposes of that organization (e.g., school tuck shop, church bazaar) • Informal traders selling clothing, flowers, haberdashery, fruit, and vegetables from an approved informal trading area. • All other formal and informal businesses not mentioned above.
Before any formal business license can be considered, all businesses must: • be conducted from an approved structure/building, • comply with the Langeberg Municipal Zoning Scheme, • comply with fire and health requirements, and • in some cases, get SAPS approval.
Food premises will also need to obtain a Certificate of Acceptability from the Cape Winelands District Municipality. This is to ensure that the premises comply with health standards. Enquiries can be made to Ms S Grootboom on 023 626 8305 or