REMINDER FOR THE RENEWAL OF LIQUOR LICENSES BETWEEN 01 OCTOBER AND 31 DECEMBER 2023

Media Release

For Immediate Release

26 September 2023

REMINDER FOR THE RENEWAL OF LIQUOR LICENSES BETWEEN 01 OCTOBER AND 31 DECEMBER 2023

Eastern Cape Liquor Board wishes to remind all licensed liquor traders to renew their liquor licenses in the period between 1 October and 31 December 2023.

Liquor traders who miss this deadline can still renew their licenses in the months of January and February of the following year. However, those who renew in January are charged a 50% late registration fee of the normal registration fee; and those who register in February are charged 100%.

The implication for those liquor traders who fail to renew their licenses is that their liquor outlets will be deregistered, and should they wish to trade again, they will be required to undergo the same process of attaining a liquor license. It is important to note that those who have not renewed their liquor licenses and continue to trade will be contravening the law, and necessary steps will be taken.

Currently we have 7510 active liquor licenses which we expect all of them to renew their licenses. In 2022/2023 renewal period 7209 liquor traders renewed their licenses. The failure to renew licenses has a debilitating effect on ECLB’s fight against the mushrooming illegal taverns in the province as most of these liquor traders revert to illegal trading.

To avoid the de-registration of their liquor licenses, liquor traders must ensure that they renew their liquor licenses.

For more information contact Mgwebi Msiya @060 5016418/ 043 700 0900 /This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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