News and Speeches
Siyabulela Deliverables Campaign - Training of 900 Pre-school Teachers
10 August 2006The training of 900 pre-school teachers throughout the province will lead to significant improvement in the quality of early childhood development (ECD), and boost the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. Read More
Awareness Campaign on the Usage of Female Condoms
8 August 2006"Your sexual health are now in your own hands," Minister Uys said today at the launch of a awareness campaign on the usage of female condoms. The event coincide with National Womens Day. Minister Uys said through this initiative the Department of... Read More
MEC Answers Questions on School Safety and Teacher Development
7 August 2006Infrastructural measures can assist with crime control, but they are not the ultimate solutions. We need to develop sustained crime prevention structures and strategies as well as improve the socio-economic conditions in the high risk school... Read More
Mitchells Plain Honours Sports Stars on Women's Day
7 August 2006Local sports stars and administrators such as marathon athletes, Gawa Mentoors and Ursula Frans, will be honoured at a Women's Day function presented by the Mitchells Plain Sub Council. Read More
West Coast Citizens to Visit Western Cape Provincial Parliament
6 August 2006Interest groups of women, youth, elderly and the disabled from the West Coast will for the first time visit their provincial parliament in Cape Town tomorrow. Read More
Immunisation Awareness Week: 6-12 August 2006
3 August 2006Introduction Every year, a week is allocated on the health promotion calendar to raise awareness around immunization. Read More
Breastfeeding Awareness Week: 2006
2 August 2006Press release by Minister Pierre Uys, Minister of Health in the Western Cape on Breastfeeding Awareness Week : 1-7 August 2006 The theme for World Breastfeeding Week is: Code Watch 25 Years of protecting Breastfeeding Read More
Breastfeeding Awareness Week: 2006
2 August 2006Press release by Minister Pierre Uys, Minister of Health in the Western Cape on Breastfeeding Awareness Week : 1-7 August 2006 The theme for World Breastfeeding Week is: Code Watch 25 Years of protecting Breastfeeding Read More
WCED Working With Engineering Industry to Support Teachers
2 August 2006The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is working with various role-players in the engineering industry, to develop in-service training programmes for teachers who teach mathematics, science, technology and related subjects in Grades 10 to 12. Read More
Western Cape Schools Excel in National Computer Olympiad
1 August 2006Out of a record number of 31,926 students from 433 schools around the country, no less than eight of the 15 finalists for this year's National Computer Olympiad are from the Western Cape - of which three each from Rondebosch and Stellenberg high... Read More
Joint press Release (Premier and Health Ministry) on Reaching Target for Cervical Cancer Screening
31 July 2006Cervical cancer is a disease which is preventable and curable if discovered in time through a pap smear, Premier Rasool said at the start of National Womens month. Read More
Cervical Cancer Awareness
31 July 2006"Cervical cancer is a disease which is preventable and curable if discovered in time through a pap smear, " Premier Rasool said at the start of National Womens month today. Read More
Sponsorship for Bellville South High School
31 July 2006Six learners from Bellville South High jetted off to China on 1 August 2006 (Tuesday) to represent South Africa in an international youth entrepreneurial competition. Read More
Western Cape Provincial Parliament Supports Good Governance and Peace
30 July 2006Mr Shaun Byneveldt, Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP), leads a multiparty delegation of Western Cape parliamentarians to a conference hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). Read More
Ban of Ostrich Movement Lifted
27 July 2006The ostriches infected with the H5N2 Avian Influenza virus, as well as the high risk contact animals, in the Riversdale district have been culled during the last ten days. Read More
New Cardiac Catherisation Laboratory for Groote Schuur Hospital
26 July 2006Minister Uys opened a new R12 million Cardiac Catheterisation "Cath" Laboratory at Groote Schuur Hospital today. The DG Murray Trust has generously funded the purchase of the new lab, which will make a huge difference to the clinical services at the... Read More
Special Provincial Government Awards at SAFA Commemorative Dinner
26 July 2006The South African Football Association, in conjunction with the Provincial Government of the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town, will host a Commemorative dinner that seeks to unite Capetonians towards the 2010 World Cup and market Cape Town and... Read More
Killing of Five Langa Youngsters
24 July 2006The killing of the five youngsters last night was a dastardly act, and we urge the police to act swiftly to prevent further bloodshed. Read More
Grade 10 June Exams
24 July 2006The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is monitoring the results of Grade 10 June exams to assess how schools are adapting to the new curriculum for Grades 10 to 12. Read More
Introduction to Members of the Interim Western Cape Musicians' Association
24 July 2006The Minister of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport: and Recreation, Mr. Whitey Jacobs, cordially invites you to an information session for musicians or relevant persons in the music industry. Read More
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