A business must have a licence if it has anything to do with:

• Making or selling food which can go off
• Health or entertainment activities, such as a business involving sauna, massage, snooker, billiards, slot machines, a night club, disco or showing films
• Selling alcohol

For example, Lotando has a spaza shop, which sells only dry goods like tea, washing powder, coke and so on. He sells no fresh foods so he doesn’t need a licence. Patrick sells fruit and vegetables. Joyce has a stand next to the road where she makes hotdogs and fishcakes. The things Patrick and Joyce sell can go off and so they need a licence. But no licence is necessary if:

• The person makes and sells the food from their home
• The trader has a hawker’s licence