Step 1

What's the event called?

The name that appears on your posters and tickets. It goes on the licence, so use the public name.

Please enter the event name.
Step 2

Where is it happening?

Search for the venue, then drag the pin to the exact spot where liquor will be sold and consumed.

Start typing and pick the closest match — you can fine-tune with the pin.
Pin: drop or drag the pin to set the exact spot
Please set the venue location on the map.
Step 3

When is it?

The days liquor will actually be sold — not set-up or breakdown days.

Please choose the first day (and a last day on or after it).
Step 3b

Your application is late

You can still apply — but the law adds two costs, and we need a reason for the delay.

Lodgement deadline has passed

An application must reach the WCLA 40 days before the first day of the event. Yours is 0 day(s) past that date.

Late applications are accepted at the WCLA's discretion. They are usually granted, but nobody can promise it.

What being late adds

Late penalty — R570 per day × 0R 0
Condonation applicationR 2 860
Added to your costsR 0

A condonation application is a formal request asking the Authority to accept a late lodgement. We draft and lodge it with your application.

Plain facts are best — a venue confirmed late, a date that moved, a supplier who pulled out.
Please tell us briefly why the application is late.
Step 4

How many bars?

Every separate point where liquor is sold counts as a bar — including a single trestle table.

Please enter at least one bar.

Each bar needs its own floor plan with measurements, showing the sales, consumption and storage areas. We'll ask for those later — a rough sketch is fine to start with.

Step 5

Is the venue on school property?

This includes school halls, sports fields and church halls that form part of a school.

No

Ordinary venue — nothing extra needed.

Yes, it's school property

The principal must obtain WCED authorisation, and no liquor may be sold or consumed during school hours.

Step 6

What it will cost

Authority fees for your event, based on what you've told us.

These are the Western Cape Liquor Authority fees only. Our consulting fee is quoted separately. The deadline shown is the last day your application can reach the Authority without a penalty.

Step 7

Payment

Pay now to start the clock, or carry on filling in your application and pay later.

Pay by EFT

Use your application reference so we can match the payment.

Account name—
Bank—
Account number—
Reference—
Amount—

Card payments are coming — for now it's EFT only.

You don't have to pay yet

You can keep adding information to your application and pay when you're ready. We only start work once payment is confirmed.

Saved

Your application has been started

Here's what we have so far.

Next: the rest of the application — applicant details, the venue owner, your managers, and the documents we need. That part is being built.