{"id":24546,"date":"2022-02-02T14:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/business-registrations-are-you-providing-an-essential-service\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:24:01","slug":"business-registrations-are-you-providing-an-essential-service","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/business-registrations-are-you-providing-an-essential-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Business registrations: Are you providing an essential service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information as to what is considered an essential service by South African Government.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Businesses can only apply if they belong to this list of essential services categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"410\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"411\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Health, Medical, Laboratory and medical services<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"412\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"413\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Emergency services, Disaster, Fire, EMS<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"414\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"415\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Finance, Banking, JSE\/exchangers, insurance<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"416\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"417\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Production and sale Category A regulations goods<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"418\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"419\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Grocery stores, Spaza shops<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"420\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"421\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Electricity, water, gas, fuel supply and maintain<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"422\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"423\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Care services, social relief of distressed<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"424\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"425\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Funeral service, mortuaries<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"426\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"427\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Wildlife, anti-poaching, animal care, veterinary<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"428\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"429\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Newspaper, broadcasting, telecommunications<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"430\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"431\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Hygiene chemicals, medical, pharmaceutical<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"432\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre;\" data-identifyelement=\"433\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;\">Cleaning, sanitation, sewerage, waste removal<\/span><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3838; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" data-identifyelement=\"434\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif, 'arial narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; 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