Food licence lookup / King Cetshwayo
Certificate of Acceptability in the King Cetshwayo District
Food businesses in the 5 local municipalities of the King Cetshwayo District apply for their Certificate of Acceptability at the district’s environmental health office, not at their local municipality.
King Cetshwayo District Municipality
Apply to this district’s environmental health office for your Certificate of Acceptability.
035 799 2739 / 035 799 2500 / 0800 111 258
035 799 2739 is the Community Services department (home of Municipal Health Services); 035 799 2500 the switchboard, 0800 111 258 toll-free.
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi House, Kruger Rand, Richards Bay Central Business District, 3900
Cost: Not published. Ask the office when you call.
Covers: City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality, uMlalazi Local Municipality, uMfolozi Local Municipality, Mthonjaneni Local Municipality, Nkandla Local Municipality
Last verified July 2026. Details changed? Let us know.
Towns this office serves
Wherever you are in these municipalities, King Cetshwayo is your Certificate of Acceptability office:
- City of uMhlathuze: Richards Bay, Empangeni, Esikhaleni, Ngwelezane, Felixton
- Mthonjaneni: Melmoth
- Nkandla: Nkandla
- uMfolozi: KwaMbonambi
- uMlalazi: Eshowe, Mtunzini, Gingindlovu
How to apply in the King Cetshwayo District
- Contact the office using the details above and ask for the Certificate of Acceptability application form.
- 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.
- An Environmental Health Practitioner inspects the premises. If something falls short, you get a list to fix and a re-visit.
- 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.