Department of Economic Development and Tourism

With the country experiencing ongoing power outages for years, the Western Cape Government (WCG) has worked swiftly to implement innovative...

According to Dr Ivan Meyer, provincial Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, the Western Cape is set for another bumper...

Since 2020, the Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Experiential Learning programme has helped approximately 12 420 young, unemployed South...

Joint Media Release: Western Cape maintains the lowest unemployment rate in SA, with 82,000 more people employed year-on-year. According to...

Joint Media Release: Western Cape leads with the biggest decrease in unemployment year-on-year According to the Quarterly Labour Force...

Hotel occupancy in the Western Cape in December 2023 stood at 73.4%, up from 71.6% in December 2022, compared to 62.4% for South Africa in...

“We are heading into an export crisis in the Western Cape at the end of the year. With the good rains we have experienced, our agricultural...

Between January and September of 2023, more than 6.8 million two-way international and domestic passengers passed through our award-winning...

In 2022, between January and December, the Western Cape passed building plans worth R 37.0 billion, more than any other province in South...

The provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Mireille Wenger, hosted her second annual ‘Summer Tourism Readiness Dialogue’...