The successful and expedient application for a permanent Retail Liquor Licence in South Africa is an expensive and time consuming undertaking only advised to business or people who intend to operate a permanent business that will sell liquor to the public.
In the case of a business or individual who only requires permissions to sell liquor to the public for a short period of time (during an school fete, music festival, public market or similar), the Regional Boards have made provision by issuing Occasional or Temporary Liquor Licences.
Temporary Liquor Licences only allow the holder to sell liquor to the public during the specific dates applied for and laid out on the licence and only on the premises and specific areas applied for and laid out on the licence.
Failure to ensure the granting of a Temporary Liquor Licence for your event could result in a raid by the SAPS and the confiscation of all liquor at the event.