News and Speeches Archive
MEDIA ALERT: Minister Plato launches 16 Days of Activism campaign
24 November 2017MEDIA ALERT: Minister Plato attends Chrysalis Graduation in Tokai and launches 16 Days of Activism Campaign - “SPEAK OUT – BE THE VOICE OF COURAGE” in Marikana Read More
Premier Zille visits provincial disaster management centre
24 November 2017The Provincial Government has completed the equipping of boreholes in Beaufort West, with supply projects in Kynsna and Kannaland expected to reach completion by the end of January. These municipalities are amongst those with the highest risk of... Read More
Media Alert: Oudtshoorn Youth To Be Honoured By Minister Anroux Marais
24 November 2017MEDIA ALERT: OUDTSHOORN YOUTH TO BE HONOURED BY MINISTER MARAIS Tomorrow, 25 November 2017, Minister Anroux Marais will attend the Oudtshoorn Christian Youth Forum’s annual awards ceremony. Read More
Western Cape Treasury hosts #EnoughIsEnough photo art exhibition
23 November 2017Enough Is Enough Photo Art Exhibition I Every Scar Tells a Story Women Writing Retreat/ Workshop Read More
Liquor outlets must obey the law on Black Friday
23 November 2017With Black Friday sales attracting thousands of shoppers tomorrow 24 November 2017, Premier Helen Zille has called on all liquor outlets to remain vigilant in upholding the law and not to sell alcohol to minors. Read More
WCED compensates 96.5% of fee paying schools for over 80 000 learners
23 November 2017Tough economic times are leading to a growing number of parents who simply cannot afford to pay school fees. This puts a massive financial strain on fee-paying schools relying on the collection of fees to sustain their daily running costs. Read More
Media Alert: SS Mendi travelling exhibition to be launched by Minister Marais
23 November 2017As the centenary of the sinking of the SS Mendi draws to a close, Minister Anroux Marais will officially launch the travelling exhibition, “We die like brothers: The Read More
Qualification For After School Programme Practitioners Launched
21 November 2017On Sunday 19 November 2017, the Western Cape Government, in partnership with Stellenbosch University (SU), Community Chest and Rutgers University-Newark (USA), proudly launched the Extended Education Practitioners Training Programme. Read More
DCAS takes Oral History project to Tankwa Karoo
21 November 2017The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), in partnership with the Witzenberg Municipality, launched the Oral History Initiative in the picturesque area of Tankwa Karoo on 20 N Read More
Section of N7 closed due to bridge repair
20 November 2017The northbound carriageway of Trunk Road 11/7 (N7) near the Refinery Interchange Bridge (No. B4247) will be closed on 25 November 2017 between 5am and 4pm for emergency bridge work. Read More
Western Cape Treasury hosts SCM Indaba
20 November 2017The Western Cape Provincial Treasury in collaboration with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism and the Cape Winelands District Municipality is hosting a Local Government Supply Chain Management Indaba on sustainable procurement on 20... Read More
Seven people killed on Western Cape roads this weekend
20 November 2017A preliminary report from Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services indicates that seven people died on the province’s roads over the weekend. Read More
Western Cape Government Congratulates Paxton Fielies
20 November 2017STATEMENT BY WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT Date: 20 November 2017 Release: Immediate WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT CONGRATULATES PAXTON FIELIES Read More
George Gogo (101) Receives House From Minister Madikizela
20 November 2017Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela delivered an early Christmas present to Ms Johanna Carolus, 101, when he handed over a new house in Blanco, George today. Read More
Lives lost on our roads remembered on UN World Day of Remembrance
20 November 2017Below is a speech delivered this morning (20 November 2017) by the Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant, at a World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event hosted by South Africans Read More
Development programme for emerging contractors begins
16 November 2017This week, 55 small Western Cape construction business owners began the 10-month Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) Contractor De Read More
Swartberg Pass open to traffic
16 November 2017From Friday, 17 November 2017, traffic will once again be allowed to use the Swartberg Pass (R328 in the Central Karoo), but under certain conditions. Repair work is continuing, and stop/go controls will be in place at times. Read More
Province’s commercial poultry farms reach one month infection-free mark
16 November 2017Today (16 November 2017), Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, provided an update on avian influenza during a sitting of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. This was in response to a parliamentary question on the status of the... Read More
Media Release : Significant reduction in waiting times of Muslim bodies
15 November 2017Follow-up meeting held with MJC shows significant reduction in waiting times of Muslim bodies Read More
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