Food licence lookup / Frances Baard

Certificate of Acceptability in the Frances Baard District

Food businesses in the 4 local municipalities of the Frances Baard District apply for their Certificate of Acceptability at the district’s environmental health office, not at their local municipality.

Frances Baard District Municipality

District · Northern Cape

Apply to this district’s environmental health office for your Certificate of Acceptability.

053 838 0970 / 053 838 0911

053 838 0970 reaches the environmental health manager; 053 838 0911 is the switchboard.

51 Drakensberg Avenue, Carters Glen, Kimberley, 8301

Cost: Not published. Ask the office when you call.

Covers: Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Dikgatlong Local Municipality, Magareng Local Municipality, Phokwane Local Municipality

Last verified July 2026. Details changed? Let us know.

Towns this office serves

Wherever you are in these municipalities, Frances Baard is your Certificate of Acceptability office:

  • Dikgatlong: Barkly West, Delportshoop, Windsorton
  • Magareng: Warrenton
  • Phokwane: Hartswater, Jan Kempdorp, Pampierstad
  • Sol Plaatje: Kimberley, Ritchie

How to apply in the Frances Baard District

  1. Contact the office using the details above and ask for the Certificate of Acceptability application form.
  2. Submit it with a certified copy of the ID of the person in charge and a simple layout plan of the premises. Confirm the exact document list when you get the form.
  3. An Environmental Health Practitioner inspects the premises. If something falls short, you get a list to fix and a re-visit.
  4. Display the certificate on the premises once it is issued.

The certificate is not a licence to trade: if you prepare meals or sell perishable food you usually also need a business licence and zoning approval from your local municipality. The food licence lookup explains all three.

Selling food without a registered company?

Most municipalities ask for your business details on the application, and suppliers and landlords will too. Govchain registers your company online for R950, usually within a few days.

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