Deadline looms for festive season event applications
If you are planning to hold an event in the City over the festive season, you have only three days left to submit your applications.
RESIDENTS have three more days left to make their submissions to host events in the City from the period December 1 – January 31, 2027.
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The eThekwini Municipality’s Festive Season Management Committee (Fesmac) are still accepting applications as it allows the City to monitor and control the functioning of events during the festive season for the public’s safety.
The municipality also noted that stage performances at bathing beaches are prohibited on the following dates: December 16, 25, 26 and 31 as well as January 1-3, 2027.
How to apply
Application forms must be collected and returned to the Events Management Office, The Platform, Lion Match Complex, Entrance No 1 (892 Umngeni Road, Durban) or emailed to archel.somaroo@durban.gov.za.
The municipality also noted that applying for a permit does not guarantee that permission will be granted.
Deadline for applications
The cut-off date for application is November 6 at 16:00. The municipality reserves the right to cancel an event should it be deemed non-compliant.
For further details contact Archel Somaroo on 031 311 4720.
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