News and Speeches for Department of Transport and Public Works
Twenty-Four Arrested for Drinking and Driving This Weekend
13 July 2015Five people died on Western Cape roads this weekend in two separate crashes. A man and his female passenger died in a crash in George on Sunday (12 July 2015). A man and his two male passengers died in a crash on the Stellenbosch Arterial Road on... Read More
Department Approves 201 Metered Taxi Operating Licence Applications
9 July 2015Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More
Provincial Traffic Makes R800 000 Abalone Bust in Grabouw
8 July 2015Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More
Twenty-three Arrested for Drinking and Driving This Weekend
6 July 2015Three pedestrians were killed on Western Cape roads this weekend. Two drivers and one passenger were also killed in separate crashes. The pedestrians were all male. One died near Bothasig in Cape Town, one in Darling and one near Worcester. Read More
Ongoing repairs on Chapman’s Peak Drive
3 July 2015Good progress is being made with repairing infrastructure on Chapman’s Peak Drive after the wildfires that devastated the Cape Peninsula in March 2015. Read More
New officers to improve Western Cape traffic safety
3 July 2015The Western Cape’s provincial traffic service was strengthened on 2 July 2015 when 29 new traffic officers graduated from a year-long training course at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell. Read More
Accredited Training for Emerging Building Contractors in the Western Cape
3 July 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works will soon be providing accredited training to 60 emerging contractor-owners from across the province on how to run their construction businesses more effectively. Read More
Committed to Fair Adjudication of All Operating Licence Applications
2 July 2015Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More
Road Construction on R101 and R304 for Next Two Years
1 July 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has started with rehabilitation of the R101 and R304 between Old Paarl Road and Bloekombos. Read More
Improving Commuter Safety with Rail Safety Pilot Project
1 July 2015Joint Media Release by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works, Dan Plato, Minister of Community Safety and Richard Walker, Metrorail Regional Manager Read More
Traffic Students to Graduate from Gene Louw Traffic College
1 July 2015A total of 35 traffic officers will graduate from the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell on Thursday, 2 July 2015. Twenty-nine are from the Western Cape and six from KwaZulu-Natal. Read More
Construction on R310 near Stellenbosch Almost Complete
30 June 2015A R215 million road works project on the R310 between Vlaeberg Road and Vlottenberg Road near Stellenbosch will be completed at the end of July 2015, two years after it started. Over 14 000 motorists use the road every day. Read More
Ministers to Conduct Oversight Visit to Pilot Safety Project
30 June 2015Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works and Dan Plato, Minister of Community Safety together with Richard Walker, Read More
Department Approves Abnormal Load Application for 37 Ton Yacht
29 June 2015Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More
Sixteen Killed on Western Cape Roads This Weekend
29 June 2015Sixteen people died on Western Cape roads in different crashes this weekend. Forty-one people were arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. Three others were arrested for false documents, reckless and negligent driving. Read More
Karl Bremer Hospital Awards Strengthen WC Government’s “Green is Smart" Strategy
28 June 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works project to build a brand new office block at Karl Bremer Hospital in Cape Town and to go Read More
New Railway Footbridge to Improve Pedestrian Safety
26 June 2015A new footbridge at the Lynedoch station near Stellenbosch will improve pedestrian safety and provide a legal way to cross the railway line. After two years of construction, the footbridge will be in operation from the beginning of July 2015. Read More
Update: Road Works on R27 from Milnerton to Melkbosstrand
26 June 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works is making progress with the patching and resurfacing of trunk road 77 (TR 77) section 1 on the R27 from Milnerton to Melkbosstrand. Read More
Upgraded Facilities to Improve Training and Enhance Traffic Safety
25 June 2015Better facilities at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell will improve Western Cape traffic safety and facilit Read More
Resealing of Route 316 between Caledon and Bredasdorp
24 June 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has started with the resealing of Trunk Road 2901 on the Route 316 between Caledon and Bredasdorp. Read More
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