Accredited food safety training in Kimberley, Northern Cape.
Food safety training for Kimberley premises inspected by Frances Baard District
Kimberley sits inside Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, but the Certificate of Acceptability is not a Sol Plaatje function. Municipal health services, including food control, belong to Frances Baard District Municipality, whose environmental health practitioners work from 51 Drakensberg Avenue in Carters Glen and cover Sol Plaatje, Dikgatlong, Magareng and Phokwane. The district gazetted a new Municipal Health Services By-law on 29 June 2026 (Diamond Fields Advertiser, 3 August 2026).
Kimberley’s food economy is beef, with the Beefmaster abattoir in Kimdustria the city’s biggest private employer, plus the franchise kitchens of Diamond Pavilion and the Big Hole precinct, government and hospital catering, the municipal fresh produce market and the spaza trade of Galeshewe and Roodepan. All are inspected against R638 by a district practitioner.
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Pick your situation. Each one goes straight to the right course and price.
A Certificate of Acceptability for my premisesPersons in Charge · R1 699 · 16h A food handler certificate for workFood Handlers · R899 · 6h A spaza shop, tuck shop or market stallInformal Traders and Spaza Shops · R999 · 6h HACCP or GMP training for my teamThree HACCP levels from R1 195 · group pricing FSSC 22000, ISO 22000 or BRCGS certificationIntroduction, transition and implementation On-site or group training in KimberleyBulk enrolment, one invoice, manager dashboardCertificate of Acceptability in Kimberley
Who issues it, what the inspector checks, and the training you must show.
Read the full Certificate of Acceptability guide and the city by city R638 guide.
In Kimberley the Certificate of Acceptability is issued through the district: municipal health services for Galeshewe and the surrounding towns sit with the Frances Baard District Municipality (Municipal Health (a district function; Sol Plaatje is the local municipality)). Environmental health practitioners from the district inspect the premises and recommend the certificate, and some day-to-day functions are delegated to the local municipality. Official page: Frances Baard District Municipality.
Whoever issues it, the inspection follows the same regulation. R638 requires the person in charge to be trained (regulation 10(1)(d)) and to keep a record that every food handler has been trained, and the inspector can ask for those records at any visit. Certificates from ASC show the accreditation details and a QR code, so the record is verifiable on the spot.
Kimberley is the Northern Cape capital and the service centre for the Vaalharts irrigation scheme, one of the largest in the country, whose pecan, grape, maize and lucerne producers and the region’s abattoirs, dairies and game processors sell into retail and export chains that audit food safety training. Industrial and food-manufacturing areas we train in include Fabricia, Kimdustria, Squarehill Park and the N12 corridor.
- Persons in Charge for the owner or manager named on the certificate
- Food Handlers for every person who touches food, drink or packaging
- Records: training register, illness reports, cleaning, temperature and pest control (regulation 10)
- Documents: the R638 toolkit gives you the policies, forms and registers, 15% off with a course
Where to apply in Kimberley
Where and how to apply for a Certificate of Acceptability in Kimberley.
Frances Baard District Municipality, Municipal Health Services, for Kimberley (Sol Plaatje), Dikgatlong, Magareng and Phokwane. Contact details below were checked against the municipality’s own website on 6 September 2026; phone before you travel, because offices, hours and numbers change.
Offices and contacts
| Office | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Frances Baard District Municipality head office | 51 Drakensberg Avenue, Carters Glen, Kimberley | 053 838 0911 |
Email info@francesbaard.gov.za; alternative numbers 053 838 0912 and 053 838 0996.
Official pages and forms
How to apply
- Contact Municipal Health Services at the district head office and request the application form; there is no online process.
- Submit the form with the documents; an environmental health practitioner inspects the premises.
- The certificate is issued in the name of the person in charge and must be displayed.
- Milking sheds and dairies in the district also need a certificate under the 2025 by-law.
Documents to prepare
- Identity document of the person in charge and company registration where applicable
- Proof of the premises address and owner or landlord consent
- A layout plan of the premises
- Trading licence documents from Sol Plaatje Municipality where meals are prepared
Fee and turnaround
No fee published at the time of checking; confirm with the district. Not published.
What the inspector checks
Structure, hand-wash facilities, water and waste, temperature control, pest control, personal hygiene and training records under R638 and the district by-law.
The Frances Baard Municipal Health By-law 2025 adopts the R638 definition of the certificate and applies it to food premises and milking sheds across the district.
Local detail, verified September 2026
What is different about Kimberley
- District, not local, issues the certificate. Under section 32 of the National Health Act municipal health services sit with district and metropolitan municipalities. Kimberley is not a metro, so the Certificate of Acceptability comes from Frances Baard District Municipality, whose listed functions include food control and evaluation of food premises. Sol Plaatje Local Municipality handles zoning and business licensing, not the health inspection.
- One district office for four municipalities. Frances Baard’s environmental health practitioners are based at the district head office, 51 Drakensberg Avenue, Carters Glen, Kimberley (switchboard 053 838 0911), and serve Sol Plaatje (Kimberley, Ritchie), Dikgatlong (Barkly West, Delportshoop, Windsorton), Magareng (Warrenton) and Phokwane (Hartswater, Jan Kempdorp, Pampierstad).
- New by-law, 2026. The Frances Baard Municipal Health Services By-law, 2025 was published as Municipal Notice 328 in the Northern Cape Provincial Gazette on 29 June 2026. It defines the Certificate of Acceptability by reference to Regulation 3 of R638, sets requirements for food premises and caterers, and regulates street trading and vending carts.
- No published fee yet. The by-law refers to a prescribed fee, but the district has said the accompanying tariff policy goes through public participation in 2026/27 with council adoption expected in May 2027. Until then no Certificate of Acceptability fee is published; confirm with the office when you apply. Applications are walk-in on a paper form with a certified ID of the person in charge and a layout plan; turnaround is not published.
- Spaza registration in the Northern Cape. In December 2024 the Northern Cape MEC for COGHSTA told municipalities to speed up verification, environmental health inspection and compliance checks after spaza registration applications were lodged, and warned that a shop that missed the window may not trade. A district inspection and training record are part of that check.
- Beef and irrigation, not diamonds. The Beefmaster abattoir and deboning plant in Kimdustria can process up to 800 cattle a day and is Kimberley’s largest private employer with over 1 000 staff across the group; north of the city the Vaalharts irrigation scheme around Jan Kempdorp and Hartswater waters 39 820 hectares and feeds packhouses and processors inside the same district.
- Retail and tourism nodes. Diamond Pavilion (about 100 shops, 38 615 m2, with Wimpy, Mugg and Bean, Roman’s Pizza and other food outlets), the Big Hole museum precinct and the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre concentrate the franchise and events kitchens; the Sol Plaatje municipal fresh produce market supplies hawkers and small shops.
- Training arrangement. ASC has no branch in Kimberley. Group and on-site training is arranged on request, with an ASC trainer travelling from Gqeberha or Johannesburg, or delivered online with one manager dashboard. ASC is a SAATCA registered provider, TC 065, for the R638 Persons in Charge course.
Sources
- Frances Baard District Municipality, about us
- Frances Baard Municipal Health Services By-law 2025 (PDF)
- Diamond Fields Advertiser, 3 August 2026
- Municipalities of South Africa, Frances Baard contacts
- Govchain, Frances Baard food licence lookup
- OFM, Northern Cape spaza registration
- Farmer’s Weekly, Beefmaster
- Food For Mzansi, Beefmaster upgrades
- Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme
- Diamond Pavilion
- Agribook, fresh produce markets
- DBSA review of municipal health services (PDF)
Courses Kimberley businesses buy most
Six courses cover almost every food premises in Kimberley.
- Food Safety Practices for Persons in Charge of Food Premises ★ 4.77 (101) R1 699 Enrol
- Basic Food Safety Practices for Food Handlers ★ 4.76 (58) R899 Enrol
- Basic Food Hygiene Awareness for Food Handlers ★ 4.86 (21) R420 Enrol
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Food Safety Practices for Informal Traders and Spaza Shops
★ 4.88 (8)
R1 195R999 Enrol - Implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices ★ 5.00 (3) R1 950 Enrol
- Introduction to HACCP ★ 4.90 (10) R1 195 Enrol
- Basic Food Safety Document Templates Toolkit Templates Documents R699 View toolkit
Prices are the price you pay; no VAT is charged. The Basic Food Safety Bundle covers Persons in Charge, Food Handlers and Hygiene Awareness together at R2 264. HACCP for Supervisors and Advanced HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, BRCGS and GLOBALG.A.P. are on the Enrol page.
Who trains with ASC in Kimberley
Written for the food businesses that operate in Kimberley
Beefmaster’s Kimdustria plant, its factory shop and the butcheries it supplies run on GMP and HACCP as well as R638. Floor staff take Food Handlers (R899); supervisors and QA staff add Introduction to HACCP (R1 195) before the next customer or DAFF audit.
Diamond Pavilion, North Cape Mall, the Big Hole precinct and the guesthouses that serve N12 traffic and conference visitors at Mittah Seperepere hold most of Kimberley’s franchise and hotel kitchens. The manager named on the Certificate of Acceptability takes Persons in Charge (R1 699).
The Frances Baard by-law requires written municipal approval for street food trading and a Certificate of Acceptability for every food premises. The Informal Traders and Spaza Shops (R999) course walks through the inspection points a district practitioner checks.
As the provincial capital, Kimberley carries a large public sector catering load: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital, provincial departments, Sol Plaatje University residences and school nutrition kitchens. Basic Food Hygiene Awareness (R420) is the entry level for new kitchen staff.
On-site and in-house training
Train a Kimberley kitchen, plant or franchise group on one dashboard.
ASC has no branch in Kimberley; group and on-site training is arranged on request, delivered by an ASC trainer travelling to site or online.
- Send the learner countWhatsApp or the contact form. Quote within one working day, one invoice, no VAT.
- Learners train online or on sitePhone, tablet or laptop, self-paced for the R638 courses. On-site sessions through the Cape Town branch.
- Manager dashboardSee who has finished, download certificates, and hand the inspector a training record for every site.
Add the documents. The Basic Food Safety Document Templates Toolkit (R699, 40+ editable Word and Excel policies, procedures, forms and checklists aligned to R638) is 15% off when you buy it with any R638 course. Tell us on WhatsApp +27 61 483 0381 or the contact form which course you are enrolling in, and we invoice both with the discount applied.
Questions from Kimberley
What Kimberley food businesses ask before they enrol.
Anything else, message us on WhatsApp during office hours or use the support page.
Who issues the Certificate of Acceptability in Kimberley?
Frances Baard District Municipality, through its environmental health practitioners at 51 Drakensberg Avenue, Carters Glen. Sol Plaatje Local Municipality does not run municipal health services; it handles zoning and business licensing. Under section 32 of the National Health Act food control is a district function outside the metros.
Is there a fee for the Certificate of Acceptability in Frances Baard?
No fee is published at present. The Municipal Health Services By-law gazetted on 29 June 2026 provides for a prescribed fee, and the district has said the tariff policy will go through public participation in 2026/27 with adoption expected in May 2027. Ask the office when you apply.
What happens at the Frances Baard inspection?
You lodge the application form with a certified ID of the person in charge and a layout plan, and a district environmental health practitioner inspects the premises against Regulation R638: structure and finishes, hand-wash facilities, water and waste, temperature control, pest control, personal hygiene and the training record for every food handler under regulation 10. If something falls short you get a list to fix and a re-visit.
Will the district practitioner accept an online certificate?
R638 requires training and a record of it; it does not prescribe classroom delivery. ASC certificates carry the provider details and a QR code the practitioner can scan to confirm the learner and the course. ASC is a SAATCA registered provider, TC 065, for the R638 Persons in Charge course.
Can ASC train a team on site in Kimberley?
Yes, on request. There is no ASC branch in Kimberley, so a trainer travels from Gqeberha or Johannesburg for on-site sessions, or the group trains online with one invoice and a manager dashboard that shows who has finished. Send the learner count on WhatsApp or the contact form for a quote.
Also serving
Food safety training near Kimberley.
This page serves Kimberley, Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie and the rest of Frances Baard District: Barkly West, Delportshoop, Windsorton, Warrenton, Hartswater, Jan Kempdorp and Pampierstad. Upington and the Orange River wine and raisin belt fall under ZF Mgcawu District, Kuruman and Kathu under John Taolo Gaetsewe, and De Aar under Pixley ka Seme; all train online through this page, and on-site sessions anywhere in the Northern Cape are quoted on request with a trainer travelling from Gqeberha or Johannesburg.