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Community Safety host successful Rural Safety Summit in Central Karoo

On 30 January 2023, the Department of Community Safety hosted yet another successful Rural Safety Summit and Policing Needs and Priorities...

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Closure of Clarence Drive (R44) for emergency repairs

View the road notice Clarence Drive (the R44) between the Grill Shack (km 53.5) and Steenbras Dam Mountain Pass (km 56.5) will be closed...

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Nurses on wheels bring healthcare to rural doorsteps

Simonè Louw is 23 years old. She lives at the Kuiperskraal Farm, a rural community outside of Durbanville. Like many other residents in her...

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New round of boosters to fight COVID-19 subvariant

COVID-19 is not gone. The highly contagious omicron offshoot XBB.1.5 is leading to increased COVID-19 infections across the world...

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Minister Marais encourages reading to children for World Read Aloud day

World Read Aloud day is celebrated on 01 February and Anroux Marais, the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, encourages all people to...

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Excitement brewing among Prince Albert youth

Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Sharna Fernandez, joined dozens of young people from Prince Albert, Leeu Gamka, and Klaarstroom...

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Providing emergency medical care to all who need it

It was a busy weekend for the Western Cape Department of Health’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) where their interventions in critical...

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Minister Anroux Marais: Arts and Culture funding applications now open

On Monday, 30 January 2023, the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) announced the opening of applications for arts...

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Premier to request meeting with President over energy crisis

Premier Alan Winde convened another meeting of the Western Cape Energy Council on Friday to receive an update on efforts to reduce the...

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R88.8 million in emergency funding to mitigate impact of loadshedding

Joint media release: R88.8 million in emergency funding to mitigate impact of loadshedding in local municipalities. At the first provincial...

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