Comments on: Liquor licensing: How sluggish application processing is crippling restaurants

By: Eat Out

Eat Out — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:45:18 +0000

In reply to VUSI.

Unfortunately we can’t help, Vusi. You’ll have to contact the licensing board: http://www.kznlqa.co.za/Pages/Home.aspx

By: VUSI

VUSI — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:54:54 +0000

DOES A TEMPORALY LIQUOR LICENCE OPARATES IN KZN

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:05:38 +0000

Good day Readers.

I am in the process of opening a 3 / 4 month pop up restuarant mostly seasonal times. how do i go about gettin a temporary license? I will also be moving around a lot as ita a pop up restuarant so it won’t be on the same location all the time.
one way when I’m established enough to afford a building I would obviously apply for a permanent liquor license.
I am aware of a food/ health certificate that I will also get as a temp a long with noise certificate etc my main concern right now is how do I go about getting a temp license for liquor.
Any suggestions or assistance please…..
Tx Jen

By: Themba

Themba — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:19:23 +0000

I applied for liquor license since 2013,on November I received a letter confirming that I should come and pay in order for my license to be issued,I was told to deposit R1500 at FNB and bring the deposit slip back at their offices which I did and was told that the remaining amount of R1.500 will be paid when they issue license certificate,I was also told I will get a call after a week to let me know when to come and collect it,I waited for the whole of December but nothing was heard from them,I decided to call them 2nd week of January to find out why hadn’t I heard anything from them and was told that all the licenses have been sent to the minister and that they were waiting for the minister’s signature,up to now still waiting

By: jack gasparre

jack gasparre — Sun, 31 May 2015 10:45:19 +0000

My biggest concern is when signing a new lease.
How on earth is one expected to fork out all that money when opening a new restaurant only to be told you cannot sell liquor until such time as you are granted a license! also what were to happen if for some reason you were not given the liquor license at all! what does the liquor board think? do they feel we have so much money to throw away? maybe some do but I speak for myself and I do not have that kind of money to play with, especially in these difficult times.

By: Ronnie Dick

Ronnie Dick — Sun, 31 May 2015 10:43:11 +0000

When a liquor Licence application is made a temporary Licence should be issued which could be withdrawn if at at the end of the process all criteria are not met

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 29 May 2015 17:53:09 +0000

Been a nightmare. Applied in February 2014 and we are still waiting – we have used every avenue possible to speed things up and although it should be coming through shortly, it has been a struggle. We moved here from another country to KZN and if we had known, we would have definitely considered other options. Starting up your business with these extra, unnecessary obstacles in South Africa, can seriously hurt your chances of survival in this industry.