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Minister Fritz to report political interference to Public Protector

31 October 2019

Today, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, will hold a press briefing outside the office of the Public Protector before delivering an affidavit to report political interference in the process of appointing a Provincial Commissioner. Read More

Minister Fritz to meet with Old Mutual on safety solutions

31 October 2019

Tomorrow, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, will deliver the keynote speech at a collaborative stakeholder engagement breakfast at Old Mutual. The Focus of the event will be on how crime affects safety, and creating strategic... Read More

Minister Fritz reports political interference to Public Protector

31 October 2019

Today, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, delivered an affidavit to the Office of the Public Protector alleging possible political interference in the recruitment process of the Western Cape Provincial Commissioner of Police.  Read More

Minister Madikizela to open multi-million rand traffic circle in Saldanha Bay

30 October 2019

Tomorrow, Thursday 31 October 2019, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works, Bonginkosi Madikizela will officially open the newly constructed traffic circle in Saldanha Bay. Read More

MTBPS2019: We will fight potential deep provincial budget cuts to bailout SOEs

29 October 2019

The full horror of national government’s mismanagement of the economy, mismanagement of the public finances and mismanagement of state-owned enterprises will be revealed when the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, tables the Medium-Term Budget... Read More

Minister Fritz calls for innovative use of technology to prevent prison crime

29 October 2019

The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, condemns in the strongest terms an attempt of drug smuggling at Voorberg Prison in Porterville, Stellenbosch, on Saturday. Read More

DSD strongly condemns armed robbery at Crossroads Youth Café

29 October 2019

A case of armed robbery has been registered at the Nyanga police station, and anyone with information is asked to report it to the police. Read More

Congratulations to the winners of the Journey to Service Excellence Awards

28 October 2019

The Journey to Service Excellence (J2SE) Awards, held at the Nelson Wine Estate on Thursday, 24 October, recognised and rewarded those who work passionately and with pride to deliver service excellence to those visiting Paarl and Wellington.  Read More

SAPS must work with and support local neighbourhood watch structures

24 October 2019

The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, is calling on the South African Police Service to work more closely with local Neighbourhood Watch (NHW Read More

New Heritage WC Council to be inaugurated by Premier Winde and Minister Marais

23 October 2019

MEDIA ALERT:  NEW HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE COUNCIL TO BE INAUGURATED BY PREMIER WINDE AND MINISTER MARAIS   Read More

DSD achieves 7th consecutive clean audit

23 October 2019

Today, 23 October 2019, the Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Sharna Fernandez, tabled the department’s annual report for the 2018/19 financial year at the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. The Department has obtained a clean audit for... Read More

R50 million emergency funding for drought stricken farms in the Western Cape

23 October 2019

On Tuesday, the Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Minister David Maynier, authorised the release of R50 million in emergency drought relief in terms of section 25 of the Public Finance Management Act (Act 6 of 2000). Read More

Year-on-year decrease in conviction of kidnappers a threat to safety

22 October 2019

On 13 September 2019, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, received a written question from Member of Provincial Legislature, Mireille Wenger, on the number of kidnappings recorded, which included children. Read More

Minister Fritz launches Central Karoo safety forum

22 October 2019

Today, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, launched the Central Karoo District Municipality’s Safety Forum in Prince Albert. This follows the Determination of Policing Needs and Priorities (PNP) and safety plan review.  Read More

DSD to present annual report for the 2018/19 financial year

22 October 2019

On Wednesday, 23 October 2019, the Minister of Social Development, Sharna Fernandez, will be briefing the Standing Committee on the Development’s Annual Report for the 2018/19 financial year. Read More

Speedy resolution of flight delays at CT International Airport anticipated

22 October 2019

[Joint statement by David Maynier and James Vos] Earlier today we were informed of the delay of flights at Cape Town International airport due to the grounding of several aircraft by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA). Read More

Minister Madikizela's meeting with City and SANTACO

22 October 2019

After my meeting with the leadership of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) yesterday, I scheduled an urgent meeting with the MMC for Transport Ald Felicity Purchase and MMC for Safety and Security JP Smith today. Read More

Minister Fritz to meet with Central Karoo safety stakeholders

21 October 2019

Tomorrow, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, will launch the Central Karoo District Municipalities’ Community Safety Forum. The launch will include: Read More

Minister Fritz welcomes WCPO report on police resources and inefficiencies

17 October 2019

The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, welcomes the Western Cape Police Ombudsman's 2018/19 Annual Report and its report on policing in the Overstrand region which were delivered in the Standing Committee on Community Safety today. Read More

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