News and Speeches
South African Equine Export Industry and African Horse Sickness
10 March 2008Statement by Cobus Dowry Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape Read More
Premier Joins Home Affairs Minister at 'ID Yourself' Campaign Launch
5 March 2008Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool will tomorrow (Fri) join the 'ID Yourself' campaign, to be launched by Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in Gugulethu, Cape Town, in a bid to get young people to apply for an Identity Document. The... Read More
Education Minister Responds to Provincial Legislature Questions
3 March 2008We all have a duty to ensure the security of our schools, said Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore today in reply to a question in the Provincial Legislature when he revealed that the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) spent R642,000.00... Read More
Western Cape Minister for Agriculture Visits First Carbon Neutral Wine Estate
27 February 2008The Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape, Cobus Dowry will visit Backsberg Wine Estate this afternoon at 16h00 to observe the activities on Backsberg which is the first Wine Estate in South Africa to obtain Carbon Neutral status. Read More
Mec Dyantyi Meets Residents of Mfuleni
25 February 2008MEDIA ALERT JANUARY 30, 2008 Mec Dyantyi Meets Residents of Mfuleni Read More
Western Cape Farmers Urged to Cooperate with Regard to Ovine Johne's Disease
21 February 2008PRESS RELEASE 22 February 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STATEMENT BY COBUS DOWRY - MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE WESTERN CAPE Ovine Johne's Disease (OJD) - Proposed control policy options Read More
Masakh'iSizwe Bursary Awards Ceremony 2008
20 February 2008MZIGISI A KA NA SHWA: KODUMELA MOEPATHUTSE GA GO LEHUMO LE LETSWANG KGAUSWI Speech by Dr Mamphela Ramphele at the Masakh' iSizwe Centre of Excellence Bursary Awards Ceremony. Read More
Joint Agriculture/Eskom Task Team Meets
20 February 2008The task team consisting of representatives from Agriculture and ESKOM had its first meeting this morning in order to address the effect of load shedding on Agriculture and to determine the way forward in finding an amicable solution with the... Read More
Biodiversity Specialist Appointed Chair of CapeNature
31 January 2008Today in Cape Town, Tasneem Essop, the Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, said that Mark Botha, a current CapeNature board member and Director of Conservation at the Botanical Society of SA, had been appointed... Read More
Western Cape Energy Committee Re-activated
24 January 2008Last night, Tasneem Essop, the Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, announced that the provincial Energy Risk Management Committee (ERMC), which was started by Premier Ebrahim Rasool in 2006, had been re-activated... Read More
Investigation Launched into Masibambisane School Stabbing
23 January 2008Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has reacted with shock and anger after a young man was stabbed to death when five alleged gang members invaded the school premises and robbed learners of valuables. Read More
Minister Essop to re-activate Energy Risk Management Plan
22 January 2008Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, will be convening an urgent meeting with Eskom, the City, the private sector, organised labour and civil society on Thursday (24th January) to re-activate the Energy... Read More
Land Deal Generates Funds for Western Cape Education Department
21 January 2008Statement by Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore I am pleased to announce that Jan van Riebeeck High School has agreed to the sale of underutilised land with a value of about R60-million, in the interests of improving the quality of... Read More
WCED Probes Claim of Withholding Report
19 January 2008The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will investigate any report of schools withholding school reports because parents have not paid school fees. Schools may hold parents to account, but may not prejudice learners in any way to ensure... Read More
Municipal Strike Action 21 January 2008
17 January 2008The City of Cape Town has made plans to minimise the disruption of strike action by municipal staff from Monday, 21 January onwards. It is not clear at this stage what form the strike action will take. Read More
Eden District to be declared as a Local Disaster Area
16 January 2008MEDIA STATEMENT- MEC FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING January 16, 2008 THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PROVINCE TO DECLARE THE EDEN DISTRICT AS A LOCAL DISASTER. Read More
Premier Rasool and Education MEC Dugmore Host Press Conference on First Day of School
15 January 2008Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will host a press conference to report back on the first day of school in the Western Cape. The press conference will take place during the Premier's visit to a new school in... Read More
Incorrect Warning of City-Wide Electricity Shut Down on Wednesday Night Causes Undue Panic
14 January 2008Residents of Cape Town are informed that an e-mail message containing a warning of a city-wide electricity shutdown starting at 21:00 on Wednesday (16th January) night is incorrect. Read More
Ministers Fransman and Dugmore Inspect Six New Schools
13 January 2008Transport and Public Works MEC Marius Fransman and Education MEC Cameron Dumore will inspect six newly built schools in Khayelitsha and Delft today (Monday 14 January). Read More
The Western Cape Musicians Association Launches Benevolent Fund
10 January 2008During 2005 the Cape Town cultural sector, in particular the jazz community was taken aback when legendary jazzman and saxophonist Robbie Jansen became seriously ill. Family, friends, fans, promoters, deejays, radio personalities, night club owners... Read More
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