News and Speeches
The Learning Cape Hosts Workshop for Winners of Music Competition
12 January 2009The Learning Cape Festival, an annual event since 2002 aims to promote a culture of lifelong learning. In 2008, the focus was on 'inspiring learning' through various creative and innovative means. Read More
Restructuring of Department Cultural Affairs and Sport Taking Shape
1 September 2008Restructuring of Department Cultural Affairs and Sport starting to take shape - Statement by MEC Cameron Dugmore Read More
Relocation of Displaced People to Resume at Weekend
1 September 2008Joint Media Release - Provincial Government and City of Cape TownThe relocation of displaced people from community halls and two safety sites will resume on Saturday, 6 September. Read More
City Disaster Response Teams Busy Following Heavy Rain and Wind
30 August 2008The Disaster Response Teams of the City of Cape Town are busy with mopping-up operations across the city. The two frontal systems which passed through the Cape Peninsula over the weekend resulted in widespread rain which caused localised... Read More
Restoration of Electricity Supply in Progress
30 August 2008The gale force winds over this weekend have wreaked havoc with the electricity supply across the city where falling trees and branches have damaged overhead power lines. The increased demand for electricity as a result of the cold and wet... Read More
Transfer of Displaced People Begins
27 August 2008Joint Notice: Western Cape Provincial Government and the City of Cape TownThe transfer of displaced people from City of Cape Town community halls to three safety sites has kicked off this morning in Bothasig. Read More
New Electricity Cables Provide Power for 2010
26 August 2008City of Cape Town Electricity Services has started installing high voltage underground cables in the CBD and Green Point. The 132kV cables will provide increased capacity and security of electricity supply to the area and will also supply power to... Read More
Moving Displaced People from Community Halls - Joint Media Briefing by Provincial Government and City of Cape Town
26 August 2008From Thursday, some 1 000 displaced people will be moved out of 11 community halls across Cape Town, as well as from Soetwater and Silwerstroom. They can return to their communities or be relocated to Blue Waters or Harmony Park. Youngsfield will... Read More
Minister Skweyiya Announces Changes to Means Test to Allow More People to Apply for Social Grants
23 August 2008The Minister of Social Development, Dr. Zola Skweyiya, has announced today the new regulations which will allow more people to apply for social grants. This means that just over a million people who were excluded before, will now be in a position... Read More
New Regulations for Access to Social Grants
23 August 2008The Minister of Social Development, Dr. Zola Skweyiya, has announced today the new regulations which will allow more people to apply for social grants. This means that just over a million people who were excluded before, will now be in a position to... Read More
Media Alert: News from Khanya: Western Cape Education Department
21 August 2008Dear Members of the Press Read More
City Neighbourhood Watch Workshop the first step toward a unified Community Crime Watch Forum
17 August 2008Executive Mayor Helen Zille, Cllr Dumisani Ximbi, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, senior officials from Metro Police, SAPS and the Provincial Government Department of Safety and Security also attended the workshop. Read More
Copperheads Nab Railway Thieves with Lightning Speed
17 August 2008In a matter of days, the City of Cape Town's cable theft task team has successfully nailed members of a syndicate involved in the theft of railway equipment which severely 'derailed' Cape Town's rail commuter services on Friday, August 15. Read More
Joint Statement on Violence in School Rugby
13 August 2008Joint statement after a meeting today between Western Cape Cultural Affairs And Sport Mec Cameron Dugmore, WP Rugby, WP Schools Rugby And Boland Rugby Union on the issue of violence in sport. Read More
City Guidelines for Property Boundaries Subject to Public Comment
12 August 2008The City of Cape Town would like to assure the public that the proposed guidelines for walls and fences on property boundaries, as reported in the media, (following a Planning Portfolio Committee Meeting) will be subject to public comment, and the... Read More
Nomination Closing Date for Language Board Members Extended
12 August 2008Western Cape Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Cameron Dugmore has today announced that the closing date for nominations for Board Members for the Western Cape Language Committee has been extended to 21 August 2008, to provide more time for... Read More
Traffic Centres Tackle Licence Testing Backlogs
12 August 2008State of the art electronic booking systems, which will fast-track appointments for learner's and driving tests, have been introduced in Cape Town as one of only two pilot projects in South Africa. Read More
MEC Dugmore begins to Reposition Cultural Affairs and Sport
12 August 2008"We need to reposition the Western Cape as the creative and wellness capital of South Africa, Africa and the World," says newly appointed Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Cameron Dugmore.Speaking after a two day strategy and planning retreat with the... Read More
Khanya Launches First Solar Powered Computer Laboratory
7 August 2008Yousuf Gabru, MEC for Education in the Western Cape, opened the first solar-powered school computer laboratory in the province today (Friday, 8 August 2008). Read More
Media Alert: Khanya Makes History
4 August 2008You are cordially invited to the opening of the first solar powered computer laboratory in the Western Cape. Date: 8th August 2008 Time: 11h00 Venue: Bernadino Heights Secondary School (directions attached) Read More
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