News and Speeches
MEC Encouraged by Schools Offering Extra Teaching during School Holidays
1 June 2010It is most encouraging that a significant number of our schools, both primary and secondary, have elected to shorten the holiday period by closing their doors two weeks later then the official start of the holiday, opening their doors during the... Read More
City Attends First World Congress on Adaptation to Climate Change
31 May 2010The City of Cape Town attended the first World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change held in Bonn, Germany from 28 - 30 May 2010. Read More
Progress Report: Demolition of Athlone Cooling Towers
31 May 2010The City will be releasing regular progress reports to keep the public informed, via the media, on the progress of the planned implosion of the Athlone cooling towers. The implosion date will be announced as soon as the information becomes available. Read More
Red Cross Partners with City of Cape Town for International Children's Day
31 May 2010Wally 107, the big, blue telephone handset mascot for the City of Cape Town's emergency services, entertained patients, parents and staff at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital on International Children's Day, June 1, 2010. Read More
Relocated Grand Parade Traders Get Ready for the World Cup
31 May 2010The Grand Parade, boasting probably the country's oldest market, is getting ready to host the FIFA Fan Fest™ from 11 June 2010 and sell proudly South African arts and crafts, as well as soccer merchandise, to the thousands of foreign visitors set to... Read More
Media Alert: MEC to Release Safely Home Back-to-Basics Results
31 May 2010Tomorrow, (Wednesday 2 June, 2010) Western Cape Community Safety MEC, Lennit Max, will release the results of the Safely Home Back-to-Basics focus on cellular phone and seatbelt offences by provincial and city authorities since the launch of the... Read More
Cape Town Welcomes the World
30 May 2010The City of Cape Town has arranged a spectacular street festival to 'welcome the world to the Mother City', on the eve of the Fifa 2010 World Cup kick-off. Read More
Safely Home Weekend Blitz: Sixty four (64) Drunk Drivers Arrested
29 May 2010The Integrated Safely Home traffic blitz on provincial roads saw sixty four (64) people arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, pushing the total number of those arrested for the offence to one hundred and ninety three (193) at the end... Read More
Groundbreaking Ceremony at New Westlake Primary School
27 May 2010This morning, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant, attended a sod-turning ceremony at the site of the new Westlake Primary School. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Grant to Attend Official Opening of Construction Site for the New Westlake Primary School
27 May 2010Tomorrow, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant, will be attending the official opening of the construction site for the new Westlake Primary School. Read More
Unroadworthy Buses Entering Western Cape: MEC writes to Northern Cape Counterpart
26 May 2010Western Cape Community Safety MEC, Lennit Max today wrote to the Northern Cape MEC for Transport, Safety and Liaison, Patrick Mabilo, to address the seemingly slack law enforcement by that province's traffic officials which directly impacts on road... Read More
MEC to Present President's Award for Youth Empowerment
26 May 2010Tonight (Thursday 27 May 2010) Community Safety MEC, Lennit Max, will present eighty (80) young people from eleven (11) community youth groups and residential youth care facilities across the Western Cape with the President's Award for Youth... Read More
Media Alert: Official Opening of the Contruction Site for New Westlake Primary
26 May 2010Tomorrow, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant will be attending the official opening of the construction site for the new Westlake Primary School. Read More
Minister Grant Visits Phoenix Secondary After Fatal Stabbing
25 May 2010This morning, Western Cape Minister for Education Donald Grant visited Phoenix Secondary School in Manenberg to offer his condolences and lend his support to the school after the brutal and senseless killing of Keenan Van Wyk yesterday. Read More
Official Launch of the HIV Councelling and Testing (HCT) Campaign
25 May 2010The Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, today (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) launched the provincial HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign at the Michael Mapongwana Community Health Centre in Khayelitsha. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Grant to Visit Phoenix Secondary After School Stabbing
25 May 2010Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant will today visit Phoenix Secondary to express his condolences, offer his support and help stabilise the school after the senseless killing of Keenan Van Wyk yesterday.Where: Silverstreamweg, Manenberg Read More
Media Alert: MEC Max to Addess 10111 Call Centre in Pinelands
24 May 2010Tomorrow (Wednesday, 26 May 2010) Western Cape Community Safety MEC, Lennit Max, will visit the 10111 call centre in Pinelands to assess the centre's current capacity and readiness to handle the expected influx of emergency and crime reporting calls... Read More
Western Cape Implements De-Worming Campaign for Children
24 May 2010This week, with the continuation of the mass polio immunisation campaign at schools and crèches, the Western Cape is capitalising on the opportunity and added the administration of vitamin A drops and de-worming tablets to its health services regime. Read More
Minister Grant Condemns Senseless Death of Learner
24 May 2010Minister for Education in the Western Cape, Donald Grant, has condemned the stabbing and subsequent death of a Grade 12 learner at Phoenix Secondary in Manenberg this morning. Read More
Media Alert: Official Launch of the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) Campaign
24 May 2010On Wednesday 26 May 2010, The Western Cape Department of Health, Premier Helen Zille and the Provincial MEC for Health Theuns Botha, will officially launch the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign at Michael Mapongwana Community Health Centre... Read More
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