News and Speeches for Provincial Cabinet
Media Alert: Provincial Health Minister to Award Employees with 40 Years of Service
15 September 2010Tomorrow, Western Cape Health Minister, Theuns Botha, will award 235 of the 28 067 employees of the Western Cape Department of Health for 20, 30 and 40 years of service respectively. Six of the employees to receive award certificates have worked at... Read More
Western Cape Education to Continue with Literacy and Numeracy Tests
14 September 2010Given the impact of the recent industrial action the National Department of Basic Education recently announced that it has decided to postpone the Annual National Assessments for Grade 3, 6 and 9 which was scheduled to take place in November. Read More
First Day on the Job Takes Me Back to Where I Started
13 September 2010Today marked my first day in office as the Western Cape Minister of Community Safety. Read More
MEC of Education Confirms Western Cape Catch-Up Plan
9 September 2010The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has noted Minister for Basic Education Angie Motshekga's announcement on the recovery plans for schools following the recent public service strike. Read More
Minister Botha: Alcohol Abuse is Absorbing Government's Poverty-Fighting Money
8 September 2010The prevention and treatment of substance abuse is a pressing matter for Western Cape government, with research revealing that one out of ten children in the most affected rural areas in the Western Cape suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), and... Read More
Western Cape Celebrates International Literacy Day
7 September 2010United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) proclaimed 8 September International Literacy Day on 17 November 1965. The aim of the day is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Read More
Education MEC Welcomes the Suspension of the Strike
6 September 2010The announcement yesterday that the public sector strike has been suspended is very welcomed news for education in the Western Cape; however it is important that a final resolution to the current dispute is arrived at as soon as possible. Read More
Review of Effects of Today's Industrial Action - 06 September 2010
5 September 2010Management arrangements by the Western Cape Education Department to monitor attendance of educators during today's industrial strike action indicate that there has been a marginal increase in school closures and teacher absenteeism since Friday. Read More
Review of Effects of Today's Industrial Action - 3 September 2010
2 September 2010Management arrangements by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) to monitor attendance of educators during today's industrial strike action indicate that there had been a decrease in school closures and teacher absenteeism since yesterday. Read More
Strike Update: Western Cape Department of Health - 3 September 2010
2 September 2010Only sixty (60) out of twenty eight thousand and sixty seven (28 067) (0.2 %) employees of the Western Cape Department of Health were on strike on Friday, 3 September. Read More
MEC of Education Provides an Update on the September Exams
2 September 2010Yesterday's disruption of examinations at the Good Hope Campus of False Bay Further Education and Training College (FET) in Khayelitsha is a grim reminder of the seriousness of the current situation facing education in South Africa. Read More
Protestors Disrupt Further Education and Training College Exams
1 September 2010A large group of protestors disrupted examinations at the Good Hope Campus of the False Bay Further Education and Training (FET) College in Khayelitsha this morning (Thursday, 2 September 2010). Read More
Review of Effects of Today's Industrial Action - 2 September 2010
1 September 2010Management arrangements by the Western Cape Education Department to monitor attendance of educators during today's industrial strike action indicate that there had been a marginal increase in school closures and teacher absenteeism since yesterday. Read More
Strike Update: Western Cape Department of Health - 2 September 2010
1 September 2010One hundred and thirty three (133) out of twenty eight thousand and sixty seven (28 067) (0.4 %) employees of the Western Cape Department of Health were on strike on Thursday, 2 September. Read More
Radie Kotze Hospital, Piketberg, Transferred to Province's Portfolio
1 September 2010Western Cape Health Minister, Theuns Botha, today welcomed the health care workers at Piketberg's Radie Kotze Hospital as employees of the provincial Department of Health. Read More
Review of Effect of Today's Industrial Action - 1 September 2010
31 August 2010Management arrangements by the Western Cape Education Department to monitor attendance of educators during today's industrial strike action indicate that there had been a marginal increase in school closures and teacher absenteeism since yesterday. Read More
Media Alert: Provincialisation of the Radie Kotzé
31 August 2010The Western Cape Department of Health will host the official provincialisation launch of Radie Kotzé Hospital in Piketberg. Read More
Review of Effects of Today's Industrial Action - 31 August 2010
30 August 2010Management arrangements by the Western Cape Education Department to monitor attendance of educators during today's industrial strike action indicate that there has been a further decrease in school closures and teacher absenteeism since yesterday. Read More
Education MEC Announces an Additional Five Hundred and Ninety Nine Teaching Post for 2010
30 August 2010The statutory process pertaining to the basket of posts for 2011 has now been completed. I am pleased to announce that after very careful deliberation and consultation, five hundred and ninety nine (599) additional teaching posts have been allocated... Read More
Eighteen Million Rand Upgrades to Transform Grassy Park Day-Care Centre into a Clinic
30 August 2010Construction work is in progress at the current Grassy Park Community Day-care Centre, which will upgrade the day-care centre to a clinic that will see one hundred and fifty (150) more patients per day. Read More
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