Premier to open multi-million rand imaging department at the Red Cross Hospital Read More
WCG to initiate intergovernmental dispute about harbours Read More
A regular news items at this time of the year is the Auditor-General’s announcement of provincial audit outcomes. Read More
Tomorrow, Tuesday, 18 August 2015, Premier Helen Zille will brief the Western Cape fishing community on the ‘State of the Harbours’ in the Province. Read More
Tomorrow, 14 August 2015, Premier Helen Zille will open the Khayelitsha Policing Needs and Priorities (PNP) consultation workshop. The workshop will result in a practical and implementable safety plan. In the case of this community, the plan will... Read More
On 25 August, it will be exactly a year since Judge Kate O’Regan and Advocate Vusi Pikoli handed me the 500-page report compiled, after months of hearings, which included both written submissions and testimony from over 100 witnesses, in the... Read More
In August 2012, the Premier established the O’Regan Commission of Inquiry into allegations of police inefficiency in Khayelitsha. On 25 August 2014, the Commission completed its work, and a copy of the report was handed to the Western Cape... Read More
Tomorrow, 7 August 2015, Premier Helen Zille and Minister of Community Safety Dan Plato will brief the media on progress relating to the implementation of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations. Read More
Some people are only happy when they’re unhappy, the saying goes. And some are only satisfied if they’re complaining -- preferably to “the government”. If they look hard enough, they’ll find a cloud for every silver lining. Read More
The government has announced historic plans for upgrading and investment in Manenberg, with a view to urban transformation in the suburb as a whole. Manenberg has been identified as a priority area for upliftment by the Province and the City, given... Read More
Tomorrow, 22 July 2015, Premier Zille and Mayor De Lille will unveil ground-breaking plans for socio-economic development initiatives in Manenberg. Read More
One of the challenges of daily life in government is the weekly avalanche of documents that must be read, analysed and commented on. Among them are draft Policy papers, Bills, Regulations, “Instructions” and other documents from national government... Read More
The highlight of my week was a newspaper article about the launch of a community campaign to shut down 1,400 illegal taverns (shebeens) in Khayelitsha. Read More
Government is a complex beast. It can only do what the law specifically allows it to do, not what people (or the Premier) think it should do. Read More
On Tuesday 12 May 2015, Premier Helen Zille will be holding discussions with farmers, farm workers and various other stakeholders in the Wellington area. Read More
Statement by Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape It gives me great pleasure to announce that Ms Anroux Marais will fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr Theuns Botha as Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport. Read More
On Tuesday 14 April 2015, Premier Zille will open the first special needs children's hospice. Read More
Tomorrow, Friday 10 April 2015, Premier Helen Zille will officially launch the 2015 Premier’s Advancement of Youth (PAY) Project. Read More
Media statement by Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape Read More
Premier Helen Zille and Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, will on Wednesday 18 March 2015, officially launch the Barn Khayelitsha. The initiative will deliver an economic boost for local tech entrepreneurs and residents in Khayelitsha... Read More