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Invitation to Signing Ceremony for Gabriel Road Land Restitution Claimants

22 March 2007

The City of Cape Town and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights will celebrate the settling of a major land claim in Gabriel Road Circle in Plumstead at 10:00 on Saturday, 24 March. All media are welcome to attend this important event. Read More

City Hosts Workshop on Housing for People with Special Needs

22 March 2007

The City of Cape Town's Directorate of Integrated Human Settlement Services will hold a workshop on Social Housing for People with Special Needs at the Woodstock Community Hall on Tuesday 27 March. This one day workshop will begin at 9:00. All... Read More

Sanitation for Informal Areas is Focus of City Event in Khayelitsha

22 March 2007

The City of Cape Town's first Sanitation Week event takes place at 10:00 on Monday, 26 March at the Andile Msizi Hall in Site B, Khayelitsha. Read More

Valuations: Time for Objections Running Out

22 March 2007

The City of Cape Town's Valuations Department today issued a strong reminder to residents that the deadline for objections to property valuations expires on Saturday, 24 March. It said there would be no extension to this date. Read More

Cape Town Cleanest City In South Africa

22 March 2007

The City of Cape Town has been declared the cleanest city in South Africa, winning the Metro Category of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism's Annual Cleanest Town/Cleanest Metro 2006/2007 awards at a prestigious ceremony in Gauteng... Read More

Gang Violence Forces Closure of Manenberg Housing Office

22 March 2007

Gang violence - and the threat it poses to staff - has forced the temporary closure of the Manenberg Housing Estate office, from Monday 26 March. Read More

Sod-Turning Ceremony For The New Green Point Stadium

21 March 2007

A combined sod-turning and blessing of the soil ceremony will take place at 12:30 tomorrow, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 on the Metropolitan Golf Club site on Green Point Common where the new Green Point stadium is to be built. Read More

Valuations: Time for Objections Running Out

21 March 2007

The City of Cape Town's Valuations Department today issued a strong reminder to residents that the deadline for objections to property valuations expires on Saturday, 24 March. It said there would be no extension to this date. Read More

WCED Workshop on Assessment Standards and Qualifications in Schools

21 March 2007

About 250 teachers, principals, union representatives, tertiary institutions, curriculum experts and senior education officials will meet this weekend to deliberate on protocols for assessment standards and qualifications in the new Further... Read More

Dugmore Joins Call for "Bike to Work" Day

21 March 2007

In support of the call by the Pedal Power Association (PPA) and the Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) for "Bike to Work" day, Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will be riding in tandem with representatives of the two organizations to... Read More

WCED Celebrates ABET Achievements

21 March 2007

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will be acknowledging and rewarding the achievements of adult learners this evening (Thursday 22 March 2007, 19h00) at a presentation ceremony at the Cape Teaching Institute (former teacher training... Read More

Resource Poor Farmers Benefit from Water Sector Transformation

19 March 2007

Water is a constitutional right and the National Water Act of 1998, guides the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to provide water more equitably to all races, creed and gender. Read More

City's "Water/Sanitation Weeks" Extended Throughout March 2007

18 March 2007

Water Week is usually a time when water shortages and other water issues are highlighted more than at any other time during the year, yet Cape Town has many such awareness-raising events throughout the year. Read More

City Celebrates Library Week

18 March 2007

A host of interesting programmes and events will be incorporated into SA Library Week 2007, which will be celebrated at all public library facilities within the City of Cape Town from 19-24 March 2007. Read More

City Celebrates Water Week With A "Big Dunes Day" At Macassar

18 March 2007

The City of Cape Town has invited the media to attend a special "Big Dunes Day" at Macassar on Tuesday, 20 March as part of Water Week. Two hundred school children from Macassar and Khayelitsha will be attending the event, to be held at Macassar... Read More

Water Quality Testing Events: Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain

18 March 2007

As part of the Cape Town Water Week and Sanitation Week programme, two Water Quality Testing events have been planned for tomorrow (20 March). Read More

Wordwise: Hook Up to the Global Power of Poetry!

18 March 2007

The City’s Arts and Culture Department – along with partners Iziko Museums, New Moon Ventures and Cape Town Festival - will be hosting “WordWise” poetry day at the Slave Lodge on 21 March 2007 from 10:00 to 16:00. Read More

Performance Agreements to be Linked to School Targets

18 March 2007

Performance agreements of education officials must be linked to the successful meeting of academic targets in schools. Read More

Masakh'iSizwe Bursary Awards Ceremony Speech 2007

16 March 2007

Facing the Ghosts of Apartheid's Racist LegacyIntroduction Read More

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