News and Speeches for Western Cape Government
Shoprite among the first to donate care packs to Brackengate facility
14 July 2020The Shoprite Group answered the call for donations to the newly completed Brackengate field hospital, part of the Hospital of Hope, by making available 330 care packs containing blankets and toiletries for COVID-19 patients. Read More
R3.5 million allocated to NHW project to stop spread of Covid-19
13 July 2020On 11 July 2020, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, launched the Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) Safety Improvement Volunteers Project with Covid-19 relief measures in Khayelitsha. This was marked by the hand over 15 starter kits to NHW... Read More
NHW Safety Improvement Volunteers Project Launch
13 July 2020SPEECH BY ALBERT FRITZ WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY Saturday, 11 July 2020 NHW Safety Improvement Volunteers Project Launch Read More
Chrysalis Academy welcomes first students for 2020/21
13 July 2020On Saturday 11 July 2020, the Chrysalis Academy enrolled 78 students into 20-ALPHA, the first male course for the 2020/21 financial year. The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, welcomes the intake as it marks the first course and intake... Read More
Western Cape Health COVID-19 Platform status update - 10 July
13 July 2020The health platform, whilst under some pressure, is coping with the cases requiring admission. Hospitalisation Read More
Tourism sector dealt a severe blow
13 July 2020The tourism sector has been dealt a severe blow with the publishing of the amended regulations for Alert Level 3 last night (12 July 2020). Read More
DSD offers services for people living with disabilities amidst COVID-19 pandemic
13 July 2020The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) has continued to prioritise delivering services to people living with disabilities, their families and/ or caregivers, and the communities in which they live, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Minister Fritz condemns shooting of 6-year-old Kraaifontein girl
13 July 2020WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY Date: 13 July 2020 Read More
First-hand account of a healthcare worker losing her husband due to COVID-19
12 July 2020– Sister Sarah Willemse, Operational Manager of the Labour Ward at Mowbray Maternity Hospital, shares her inner feelings at losing her husband. Read More
Flip flop by Presidency on accommodation for leisure unacceptable
11 July 2020Last night, (10 July 2020) the Presidency of South Africa confirmed on Twitter that accommodation for leisure is open for travel within provinces under Alert Level 3. Read More
Garden Route health staff member shares his Covid-19 experience
11 July 2020Etienne Engelbrecht (39) works at Kuyasa Clinic and is one of the more than 70 000 people in the Western Cape who contracted COVID-19. Read More
Minister Fritz Launches NHW project to reduce spread of Covid-19
10 July 2020Tomorrow, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, will hand over 15 starter kits to Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) structures, signaling the beginning of the NHW Safety Improvement Volunteers Project with Covid-19 relief measures in Khayelitsha. Read More
Minister Simmers receives quarterly Rental Housing Tribunal report
10 July 2020On Wednesday, the Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers and the Head of Department Jacqui Samson met with the Rental Housing Tribunal (RHT) Chairperson Lionel Esterhuizen. Read More
WC DSD prioritises safety of 12 000 essential workers during COVID-19 Lockdown
10 July 2020The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) has provided 12 000 essential workers with personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 lockdown. Read More
Confirmed! Accommodation for leisure is open for travel within provinces
10 July 2020Note: There is an important update to this statement which you can read here: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/news/flip-flop-presidency-accommodation-leisure-unacceptable Read More
Groote Schuur Hospital sees FIVE patients discharged from ICU on one day
9 July 2020Successful high-flow nasal oxygen treatment at Groote Schuur Hospital sees FIVE patients discharged from ICU on one day Read More
Court interdict group who sought to disrupt Forest Village development
9 July 2020I welcome the Western Cape High Court’s finding today that the Ward 16 Business Forum and 9 other respondents have been interdicted and restrained from continuing their unlawful activities at our Forest Village Housing Development in Eersteriver. Read More
Minister Simmers condemns those denying Joe Slovo residents to move
8 July 2020It is a complete disgrace that yesterday, a small group of unruly Joe Slovo informal settlement community members, in Langa, denied 56 other residents from the same community the opportunity to move to their homes in Forest Village. Read More
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