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Overberg Arts Week

20 October 2010

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Backing the Most Important Team of 2010

19 October 2010

Good afternoonI am delighted to have this opportunity to address our Grade twelve (12) learners before the official start of the final National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations next Monday. Read More

Media Alert: MEC De Lille To Address Khayelitsha Residents at OR Tambo Sports Complex Tomorrow Morning

19 October 2010

Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille, will tomorrow address the Khayelitsha community in the OR Tambo Sports Complex, about the progress of the Department's Community Nutrition and Development Centres (CNDCs) strategy for the area. Read More

Cape Peninsula University of Technology Students Donate Ten Thousand Rand to Khayelitsha Community Health Centre

19 October 2010

On Wednesday, 20 October 2010, a group of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) donated ten thousand rand (R10 000) to the Khayelitsha Site B Community Health Centre. Read More

Western Cape Government Releases Strategic Plan on Integrating Service Delivery for Maximum Impact

18 October 2010

The only way for people and communities to receive tangible and real service delivery is through the effective coordination of all three spheres of government. Read More

Media Alert: Thousands of Grade Twelve Learners to be Beamed Matric Message of Support via Satellite

18 October 2010

Tomorrow, Western Cape Education Minister will be addressing thousands of learners at various schools across the province through a live satellite transmission. (Please see virtual classroom map attached) Read More

MEC De Lille Releases Findings of Investigation Into Pinelands Partial Care Facility

17 October 2010

Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille, has today released the findings of a departmental investigation into the registration status of Aunty Dawn's Day Care (a Partial Care facility) in Pinelands. Read More

Safely Home Operations Arrest Truck Driver with Twenty Nine Bags of Dagga on Route to Cape Town

16 October 2010

Provincial traffic stopped a truck coming from Eastern Cape Province on route to Cape Town, in the early hours of Sunday (17/10/2010). Read More

Until We Change Driver Behaviour, Road Fatalities will Continue

15 October 2010

In the early hours of this morning, eleven (11) people lost their lives in a head-on collision between two (2) minibus taxis. The tragic accident happened between Laingsburg and Beaufort West when a driver took a reckless decision to overtake in the... Read More

Working Together to Improve Education Outcomes in Khayelitsha

14 October 2010

Extract of a speech by Minister Donald Grant at the 7th Khayelitsha Development Conference - Charles Morkels Hall, Strand. Read More

Heart Transplant Patient Turns 80

14 October 2010

Margaret Dickson had a heart transplant in 1993 at Groote Schuur Hospital. The hospital is proud that seventeen (17) years later, on Friday 15th October 2010, Mrs Dickson is able to celebrate her eightieth (80th) birthday. Read More

MEC Patricia de Lille confirms department investigation into death of 5 month old baby at Pinelands Daycare centre

14 October 2010

Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille has ordered a departmental investigation into the death of a 5 month old baby at a Daycare centre in Pinelands. Read More

Occupational Therapists Celebrated at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

14 October 2010

This year, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH) will host the annual Metro Occupational Therapists in Health forum at the Staff Education Centre on Friday October 15. Read More

MEC Patricia De Lille's Challenge to Fathers after Baby Dumpings

14 October 2010

Minister Patricia de Lille has this morning challenged neglectful fathers in the Western Cape 'to restore their dignity by taking responsibility for their children.' Read More

Media Alert: Community Safety MEC Hands Over New Cars to Provincial Traffic Officers

13 October 2010

Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz will tomorrow hand over the first batch of Provincial Traffic Law Enforcement vehicles to officers at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell. Read More

Official Opening of New Forensic Pathology and Emergency Medical Service Premises

13 October 2010

The official opening today of the Western Cape Forensic Pathology Services head office and Metro Emergency Medical Services Northern District, marks a new era in the history of Tygerberg Hospital. Read More

Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Takes a Stand Against Fraudulent Fundraising

13 October 2010

It has been brought to hospital management's attention that a number of people have been fundraising fraudulently under the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital name - some of them from as far away as KwaZulu-Natal. Read More

Education MEC Confirms Delivery of Desks and Chairs to Zisukhanyo Secondary School

13 October 2010

I am pleased to announce that the highly regrettable shortage of chairs and desks at Zisukhanyo Secondary School has been resolved. Read More

MEC Patricia De Lille's New Social Development Atlantis Office Launch Speech Notes

13 October 2010

Officially opening the doors of the new Atlantis Social Development office is a very proud moment for all of usAtlantis is a priority area for the Western Cape Government and this development is in line with a number of important Strategic... Read More

Media Alert: Premier Zille to Present Paper at the Democracy Development Programme's Sixth Annual Conference

12 October 2010

Tomorrow, 14 October, Premier Helen Zille will present a paper at the Democracy Development Programme's sixth Annual Conference in Durban. Read More

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