Deidré Baartman

Local governments are the engine rooms of a functioning province

Honourable Speaker, Local governments are the engine rooms of any functioning province. They maintain our sanitation services, and keep our...

Honourable Speaker, The 1976 generation, not only rejected the oppression and atrocities meted out by the apartheid regime, they also...

Good morning, Members of the Provincial Executive, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Heads of Departments, Mayors, Academia, Leaders of the...

Honourable Speaker, The Western Cape Government welcomes the scrapping of the VAT increase hike. It is not a neutral policy. It is...

Honourable Speaker, Premier and Cabinet Colleagues, Members of this House, Officials of the Provincial Treasury, Residents of Western Cape...

Honourable Speaker, Our Premier called on our Government, Members of this House and the people of the Western Cape to ‘Step Up’ and the 2025...

On 27 March 2025, the Western Cape Minister of Finance, Deidré Baartman, tabled a R269.524 billion budget for the 2025 Medium-Term...

Speech by Deidré Baartman Minister of Finance Vote 3: Adjustment Budget Debate Western Cape Provincial Parliament Cape Town 06 December 2024...

Honourable Speaker, On Tuesday, 26 November 2024, I tabled the Western Cape’s 2024/25 Adjustments Budget. This Budget is tabled in the...