Licences lapse because nobody was watching the date
It is the one everybody assumed somebody else was watching. Put the date on the record with a name against it and the record does the watching — through the month-end rush, through the branch manager leaving, through the year you forgot it existed. A renewal stays open until the replacement document is on the record.
- Every obligation carries one named owner, never “the office”
- Daily, weekly, quarterly or on demand — the cadence sits on the record
- An overdue item is an exception with a name on it, not a quiet gap
- Trading hours letter · MsasaR. Moyo · Lapsed 02 AugOverdue
- Food handler medicals · 4 staffN. Gumbo · 30 SepDue soon
- Fire certificate · warehouseB. Moto · 05 SepCurrent
- Scale verification · SC-04K. Dube · 18 SepCurrent
- Shop licence · AvondaleT. Mutasa · 14 Jun 27Current
Every line has an owner. An obligation nobody owns is the one that lapses.





