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Certificate of Acceptability in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District

Food businesses in the 6 local municipalities of the Thabo Mofutsanyana District apply for their Certificate of Acceptability at the district’s environmental health office, not at their local municipality.

Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality

District · Free State

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

058 718 1000 / 058 713 4485

Switchboard. Ask for Municipal Health Services.

Old Parliament Building, 1 Mampoi Street, Phuthaditjhaba, 9869

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

Covers: Setsoto Local Municipality, Dihlabeng Local Municipality, Nketoana Local Municipality, Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality, Phumelela Local Municipality, Mantsopa Local Municipality

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

Towns this office serves

Wherever you are in these municipalities, Thabo Mofutsanyana is your Certificate of Acceptability office:

  • Dihlabeng: Bethlehem, Clarens, Fouriesburg, Paul Roux, Rosendal
  • Maluti-a-Phofung: Phuthaditjhaba, QwaQwa, Harrismith, Kestell, Witsieshoek
  • Mantsopa: Ladybrand, Tweespruit, Hobhouse, Excelsior
  • Nketoana: Reitz, Lindley, Petrus Steyn, Arlington
  • Phumelela: Vrede, Memel, Warden
  • Setsoto: Ficksburg, Senekal, Clocolan, Marquard

How to apply in the Thabo Mofutsanyana 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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