Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections to assist Micro and Small Businesses Trading during COVID-19 Lockdown11. Application for Business Licences or Trading Permits |
| 11.1 | The Informal, micro and small businesses which are required to possess trading permits or business licences and which are currently trading without permits, must apply for temporary permits to continue trading. |
| 11.2 | In the case of non-South African citizens, the business owner must— |
| (a) | have been lawfully admitted into the Republic and must hold a valid passport with a visa issued by the Department of Home Affairs in terms of section 10 of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No.13 of 2002), authorising him or her to operate a business; or |
| (b) | alternatively, hold an asylum seeker's permit issued in terms of section 22 of the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998), which allows him or her to work. |
| 11.3 | Permission to operate the business will be linked to the period covered by the asylum seeker's permit. |