News and Speeches for Western Cape Government
One Year to Go to 2010 FIFA World Cup Celebrations and FANJOL
11 June 2009To celebrate the long awaited kick-off of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport will be hosting a FANJOL in Plettenberg Bay on Sunday, 14 June 2009. Live screenings of the Confederations Cup opening ceremony... Read More
MEC Sakkie Jenner Hand Over Kits to 2010 Football Ambassadors
11 June 2009As part of the nation wide One Year to go to 2010 celebrations, Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation, Sakkie Jenner, will be honouring the valuable role played by the province's 2010 Football Ambassadors in developing... Read More
Provincial Department of Health Needs Doctors - Apply Now for Vacancies
4 June 2009The Western Cape Provincial Department of Health urgently needs doctors (medical officers). The department is currently experiencing major service pressures in child health, obstetric care and emergency care. Read More
MEC of Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation to Welcome Iraqi Soccer Team
4 June 2009The Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation, Mr Sakkie Jenner together with the Iraqi ambassador to South Africa, Mr Rasheed Alawsy; will on Saturday 6 June 2009 welcome the Iraqi soccer team, when they arrive at Cape Town... Read More
World No Tobacco Day 2009
28 May 2009In South Africa, more than 43 000 people die every year from diseases directly and indirectly related to tobacco smoke. Tobacco smoke contains at least 4 000 chemicals of which many can cause cancer. Read More
World No Tobacco Day Seminar
28 May 2009In South Africa more than 43 000 people die every year from diseases directly and indirectly related to tobacco smoke. To raise awareness, the Western Cape Department of Health will host a seminar to celebrate World No Tobacco Day. Read More
Western Cape Mind Games 2009
27 May 2009The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, in partnership with the City of Cape Town and the Western Province Sport Council will be hosting the Western Cape Mind Games on Saturday, 30 May 2009 at the Bellville Velodrome. Read More
Standing Committees of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament
26 May 2009Please view: Media Release Read More
Africa Day Celebrations 2009
20 May 2009The 25th of May marks the formation of the Africa Union, the predecessor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). But the day is not only about commemorating the OAU. It's also about celebrating the ideals behind it - equality, justice and the... Read More
Doctors? Salaries Held Up at National Government Since Last Year
19 May 2009New Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, undertook to discuss doctors' Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) as a matter of urgency with the National Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi. He also requested Premier Helen Zille to take up the... Read More
New Somerset Hospital Celebrates 150 Years
19 May 2009On 16 May 2009, the Department of Health's Somerset Hospital, along with the hospital's facility board hosted a horse racing event at the Kenilworth Race Course as part of the 150th celebrations of the New Somerset Hospital. Read More
The Influenza A (H1N1) Virus - Swine Flu
19 May 2009The global spread of the dreaded swine flu virus is fast becoming an epidemic of disastrous proportion, with reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) classifying it as a level 6 alert on the worldwide warning system. Read More
Western Cape Girls win Schools' Confederation Cup Challenge
18 May 2009The Western Cape Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation MEC Sakkie Jenner, has learned with delight that the Provinces' under 18 Girls' soccer team has been crowned winners of the Schools' Confederation Cup Challenge. Read More
My 2010 School Adventure Schools Confederations Cup
18 May 2009The newly appointed MEC for Cultural Affairs & Sport, Mr Sakkie Jenner, today formally handed over 80 sport kits to the 4 teams that will represent the Western Cape at the Schools Confederation Cup Final to be held in Johannesburg this weekend. Read More
MEC Sakkie Jenner Saddened by the Death of Stage and Film Icon - Shaun Arnolds
13 May 2009The newly appointed MEC for Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation, Sakkie Jenner, today expressed his sadness at the death of legendary stage and TV actor, Shaun Arnolds. Read More
Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport will Continue to Curb Sport Violence
13 May 2009Riaan Loots, a young man with a promise of a bright sporting future lost his life in a fatal incident on a Rawsonville rugby field in 2006. This was during a period where a wave of violent sport incidents had engulfed the sport fraternity. Read More
Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport to Celebrate National Archives Week from 18-22 May 2009
13 May 2009MEC Sakkie Jenner, MEC for Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), proudly invite learners, students, researchers and all interested people to visit and tour the facilities of the Western Cape Archives to celebrate the role of the Archive in the Western... Read More
Appointment of the Western Cape Provincial Cabinet
7 May 2009Today a new cabinet for the Western Cape Provincial Government will be sworn in by Judge Yvonne Mokgoro of the Constitutional Court. I have appointed this cabinet in terms of my delegated responsibilities in Section 42 (2) of the Constitution of... Read More
Premier Helen Zille Announces her Cabinet
6 May 2009Western Cape Premier Helen Zille will tomorrow, 8 May 2009, announce her Cabinet at a press conference. The announcement will be followed by the swearing in of the cabinet by a Constitutional Court Judge, Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, and press... Read More
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