A Honeydew bed and breakfast won a High Court battle against the Gauteng Liquor Board over a temporary liquor licence.
The Gauteng Liquor Board has lost its bid to appeal a February High Court ruling that forced it to issue a temporary liquor licence to a Johannesburg-based bed and breakfast, with the court criticising the board’s delays and arguments against the order.
In a judgment handed down in the Gauteng High Court, Judge AJ Millar dismissed both the board’s application for condonation and its application for leave to appeal after finding the delay in filing the appeal application was inadequately explained.
The dispute centres on Golden Candle Bed & Breakfast, which secured a court order in February compelling the Gauteng Liquor Board to issue it with a temporary liquor licence pending a review of the board’s earlier refusal of its licence application.
Golden Candle Bed & Breakfast’s bid to sell alcohol dates back to 22 December 2025, when the Gauteng Liquor Board refused Golden Candle’s liquor licence application, prompting the establishment to launch review proceedings in the High Court.
