Temperatures in the Western Cape have risen to dangerous levels and everyone should be aware of the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.Babies and the elderly are particularly at risk as are people working or exercising in a hot environment. Read More
American Baseballer, CJ Wilson, who is a pitcher for the Texas Rangers, visited patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital during his holiday in Cape Town. Read More
Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle joined the rest of the province in congratulating the Western Cape Matric Class of 2010 for their resounding success. Read More
I am pleased to announce that the Western Cape government has reversed a six year decline in the matric pass rate in this province. Read More
Tomorrow, Minister Grant and Head of the provincial education department, Penny Vinjevold will be briefing media on the provincial outcomes of the 2010 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations. Read More
The City of Cape Town appeals to the public to exercise caution, after the South African Weather Services predicted a heat wave and gale-force South-Easterly winds in the Cape metropole for the greater part of this week. Read More
"The fact that music can express the invisible; the ineffable makes it a particularly rich form of creativity - this mysterious and unique capacity to express. What other art forms cannot do gives it both endless potential and an intense sensitivity. Read More
On Thursday 6 January 2010, over 45 000 young people from the Western Cape will receive their National Senior Certificate (NSC) results. For these young people who wrote the examinations, the results can enhance or limit their life chances. Read More
At 00:41 this morning, Tuesday, 4 January 2011, a fire destroyed 31 shacks at Site five, Doornbach Informal Settlement, Potsdam Outspan. Read More
Thus far, clinics and hospitals have reported that 42 babies have been born in the Western Cape on New Year's Day. There were 22 boys born and 20 girls. Read More
The earliest baby born on New Year's Day, 2011, was born at 00:20am at Macassar Midwives Obstretics Unit. The baby girl weighed 3 360 g.Another baby girl was born at George Hospital. She weighed 3 440 g. Read More
City of Cape Town Traffic Services has assessed Operation Exodus, and the results show it was a great success. Read More
The total number of children born yesterday on Christmas in the Western Cape is 110 of which 64 are boys and 46 girls. Read More
The Western Cape Department of Health is proud to announce that the first babies to be born on Christmas, is Babies Gordon (girl) and Davids (boy) at Paarl Hospital and Bishop Lavis Midwife Obstetrics Unit (MOU). Both babies were born at 12:20 and... Read More
Lilitha Gazi nearly lost the use of her right hand when it was crushed in an accident. But thanks to the quick intervention of the plastic surgery department at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital the five-year-old should have almost complete... Read More
The majority of incidents that Western Cape Emergency Medical Services had to respond to since the start of the 2010 festive season are traffic and violence related, originating from alcohol abuse. Read More
On 20 December, Anton Bredell, Minister of Local Government, concluded the signing of Outcome nine with all the executive mayors in the Western Cape Province. Outcome nine is one of the 12 outcomes agreed on by National Government as the key focus... Read More
The Metro Police Substance Abuse Unit and Dog Unit partnered with the South African Police Services to execute search warrants in the Belhar and Ravensmead areas on Tuesday, 21 December 2010. Read More
The Provincial Government of the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town have appealed to minstrel troupe captains to work with government to make the annual road march through the streets of Cape Town a resounding success. Read More
The City of Cape Town services seventy-two (72) beaches along Cape Town's three hundred and seven kilometres (307 km) coastline, from Silwerstroom Beach near Atlantis, to Kogel Bay near Gordon's Bay. Read More