News and Speeches for Provincial Treasury
Western Cape youth win big at national skills competition
28 February 2019The Western Cape bagged 21 medals, including five golds, at the World Skills SA competition held in Durban. Read More
Department of Agriculture embraces 4IR with cutting edge technology
26 February 2019The Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape is at the forefront of using technology to enhance sustainable farming, and as part of its initiative to embrace the fourth industrial revolution, has introduced Sentinel-2 earth observation... Read More
Drought support stepped up in the West Coast District
21 February 2019Drought support to farmers in the West Coast District, Matzikama and Cederberg will be intensified, while in Swartland, farmers do not require fodder support, the annual summer season veld assessment has revealed. Read More
Minister of Economic Opportunities, Beverley Schäfer responds to the 2019 budget
21 February 2019Finance Minister Tito Mobweni’s budget speech yesterday did nothing to outline how this country intends to grow employment and was non-committal on major issues facing the economy. Read More
Minister Schäfer congratulates WC winners in international entrepreneur awards
18 February 2019Two Western Cape women in agriculture have been named among the world’s top women entrepreneurs in the 2019 Enterprising Women Awards. Read More
Official opening of the first solar powered desalination plant in South Africa
15 February 2019The first solar powered desalination plant in South Africa was officially launched on Monday the 11th February 2019 at Witsand, Hessequa Municipality, in the Western Cape. Read More
72% of land reform projects supported by the Department of Agriculture a succes
14 February 2019Minister of Economic Opportunities, Beverley Schäfer today released the results of an independent evaluation done to determine the success of agricultural land reform projects in the province which receive support from the Department of Agriculture... Read More
AgriProtein makes 2019 Global Cleantech 100 list
11 February 2019Cape Town based company Agriprotein has been named among just two companies hailing from Africa in the Global Cleantech 100, a list of the 100 companies best positioned to solve the future’s clean-tech challenges and make an impact on the market... Read More
Statement by Minister Beverley Schäfer on the Total gas discovery
8 February 2019The Western Cape Government welcomes the announcement from Total on their gas condensate discovery in Block 11B/12B on the southern coast of South Africa. Read More
DEDAT support helps agri-processing SMMEs grow
6 February 2019The Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT)’s Agri-Processing Support Program has helped small businesses in the province grow their sales. profitability, increase cash flow and create new jobs. Read More
Cape Town has most job opportunities and Western Cape has highest paying jobs
4 February 2019Jobs search engine Adzuna has found that Cape Town is the city with the most job opportunities, with 14 023 jobs advertised on the site in January 2018. The finding is based on an analysis of 140 000 vacancies advertised over this period. Read More
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