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News and Speeches for Department of Transport and Public Works

Results of Provincial Traffic Services traffic operations for 7 - 10 August 2020

11 August 2020

Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services implemented a total of 75 integrated roadblocks, vehicle checkpoint and speed control operations across the province on the weekend of 7 to 10 August 2020, and 7 786 vehicles were stopped and checked. Read More

GMT Regional Hub opens in George

10 August 2020

Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works Bonginkosi Madikizela opened the Government Motor Transport (GMT) Regional Hub in George on Monday, 10 August 2020. Read More

Making a difference in COVID-19 hotspots

10 August 2020

The Western Cape Government (WCG) provides daily updates on COVID-19 cases to inform an evidence-based approach to tackling the pandemic. These figures are spatially disaggregated so that hotspots – densely populated areas where there are high... Read More

Minister Madikizela to assess Covid-19 compliance in the Garden Route

6 August 2020

Western Cape Transport and Public Works Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela will visit the Garden Route District over the long weekend to assess compliance with COVID-19 regulations in long distance transport and taxi ranks. Read More

One Chief Director retires, another takes his place

5 August 2020

On Friday 31 July 2020 Kenneth Africa, Chief Director: Traffic Management, retired after 46 years of public service. Read More

Department of Transport and Public Works responds to PPE Procurement

4 August 2020

The Western Cape Government (WCG) Provincial Treasury chose to issue the Procurement Disclosure Report (PDR) Read More

Notice of road closures on the N2 at Somerset West

30 July 2020

A temporary closure of both carriageways of the N2 between Victoria Road Intersection and Broadway Boulevard Intersection will take place on Saturday 15 August 2020 between 7 pm and 6 am on Sunday 16 August 2020. No traffic will be permitted on the... Read More

Taxi murders: Minister Madikizela meets taxi industry leaders to find solutions

23 July 2020

I met with the leadership of the Western Cape Branch of the SA National Taxi Council (SANTACO), as well as 'motherbodies' Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations (CODETA) and Cape Amalgamated Taxi Associations (CATA) taxi associations again this... Read More

Minister Madikizela and SANTACO to sanitise Mitchells Plain taxi rank

22 July 2020

As a continued drive to raise awareness in relation to public transport, Western Cape Transport and Public Works Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela will tomorrow, Thursday 23 July 2020, join SANTACO at the Mitchells Plain taxi ran Read More

Alert Level 3: Curfew must not apply to long distance public transport

19 July 2020

Media Release by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Results of Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services traffic operations

16 July 2020

Media Release by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Replacement school for Woodlands Primary update

15 July 2020

The Department of Transport and Public Works achieved completion on Section 1 (majority of the building work) on a  R47 million project to build the new Woodlands Primary Schoo Read More

Minister Madikizela and SANTACO condemn taxi related murders

8 July 2020

Media Release by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Taxi murders: Minister Madikizela meets taxi industry to resolve impasse

6 July 2020

Media Release by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works I met with the leadership of the taxi industry this afternoon to resolve the ongoing taxi related murders that have flared up in the Western Cape. Read More

More people occupy quarantine and isolation facilities

1 July 2020

Media Release by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Minister Madikizela to visit Masiphumelele taxi rank

1 July 2020

As part of Western Cape Government’s COVID-19 awareness campaign, the Western Cape Transport and Public Works Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela, will tomorrow, Thursday 2 July 2020, visit Masiphumelele taxi rank near Fish Hoek and Kommetjie. Read More

Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services make R5.5 million abalone arrest

23 June 2020

Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services arrested two men and confiscated abalone worth R5 682 000 at a strategically located roadblock over the weekend. Read More

No taxi fare increases in the Western Cape

22 June 2020

Media Release by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works This morning in Khayelitsha I met with the representatives of the Western Cape South SA National Taxi Council (SANTACO) regarding the proposed taxi fare... Read More

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