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Metro Police Equestrian Unit Visits School as part of Reaching Out to the Community

14 September 2009

The City of Cape Town Metro Police Equestrian Unit will be visiting the Trevor Manuel School in Durbanville as part of its community outreach programme. Read More

Mayor's Outreach Programme is Taking the City to the People

14 September 2009

The Executive Mayor Dan Plato will today embark on a community outreach programme, "Taking the City to the People", where he aims to hear what residents feel are their most important service delivery needs. Read More

Grade Seven Learners to Participate in Reading Competition

14 September 2009

The City of Cape Town's Library and Information Services Department, in partnership with Eskom, is to host a Reading Competition for Grade Seven learners. Fifteen libraries and 24 primary schools have entered. Read More

Security Guards Assist Cable Thieves

14 September 2009

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who guards the guards? Read More

Maccassar Dunes Nature Reserve to Host Heritage Week Programme

14 September 2009

A Heritage Week programme will be hosted by Macassar Dunes Nature Reserve and its partners at the reserve from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 September 2009. Read More

Traffic Officers Arrest 66 Drunk Drivers at Road Blocks

14 September 2009

City of Cape Town Traffic Officers intensified their efforts to reduce the number of road accidents involving drunk drivers by holding roadblocks until the early hours of the morning in Khayelitsha, Gordon's Bay and Bishop Lavis this past weekend. Read More

Address to Public Liaison and Call Centre Staff on First Day of Presidential Hotline

13 September 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to meet you today, on this historic occasion as we launch the call centre to staff in the Presidency, from national departments and provinces. Read More

Greenmarket Square Upgrading

13 September 2009

Greenmarket Square, which celebrates its 300th anniversary in March next year, is being upgraded to enhance its role as a special, active and people-friendly space. Read More

Interruption of Water Supply to Philippi Area

13 September 2009

The City of Cape Town's Water and Sanitation Department will be installing a pressure management system on the water supply network feeding the Philippi East and Philippi Island areas between 22:00 on Tuesday, 15 September 2009 and 06:00 on... Read More

World Economic Forum Provides Useful Guidelines for Future City Policies

13 September 2009

The visit by Executive Mayor Dan Plato and a delegation of City of Cape Town officials to the World Economic Forum meeting in China is providing useful guidelines for the future development of Cape Town. Read More

Power Outage at a Substation near Kenilworth Centre

13 September 2009

Claremont, Kenilworth, Rondebosch, Rondebosch East, Kenwyn and parts of Lansdowne were left without electricity at 07:20 this morning after a circuit breaker faulted at a substation near the Kenilworth Centre. Read More

Upgrading of Greenmarket Square Progressing Well

13 September 2009

Greenmarket Square, which celebrates its 300th anniversary in March next year, is being upgraded to enhance its role as a special, active and people-friendly space. Read More

MEC Max Calls for Urgent Meeting with Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) after Shooting of Member

13 September 2009

The Minister of Community Safety, Adv. Lennit Max, has called for an urgent meeting with the Mitchells Plain Commmunity Policing Forum (CPF), after a forum member, Mr. Vincent Naidoo, was gunned down by unidentified suspects on Friday night. Read More

Launch of Safety Plans in 24 Priority Areas in the Western Cape

13 September 2009

The Department of Community Safety have pleasure in announcing that Safety Plans for the Western Cape will be launched tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 September 2009). Plans will be disclosed of various multi disciplinary safety structures that will be... Read More

Youth in Housing Launch in Knysna

13 September 2009

Today we are sending a strong signal to the people of this province that young people are the leaders of tomorrow. We must nurture them and invest in them. Read More

City of Cape Town Libraries gives free Access to World online's Three Encyclopaedic Databases

13 September 2009

The City of Cape Town's 100 libraries have become the first in Africa to give the public free access to World Book Online's three encyclopaedic databases which provide an outstanding learning facility to students from primary school to university... Read More

MEC Max Condemns Reckless Driving after Collision on R27

10 September 2009

The Minister for Community Safety, Adv. Lennit Max, regrets the death of a female driver who died in a head on collision with a bus carrying more than 40 police students on the R27 on Friday. Read More

City Of Cape Town Provides a Single Emergency Number

10 September 2009

The City of Cape Town supports the concept of a single national call centre number for all emergencies. Ideally, this would enable community access to a multi-disciplinary emergency centre by phoning a single three digit emergency number on any... Read More

Bus Accident on R27

10 September 2009

The Western Cape Department of Health's Metro Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is currently at an accident scene on the R27 between the Atlantis and Melkbosstrand turnoff. A South African Police Services (SAPS) Bus and VW Jetta were involved in this... Read More

Opportunities to be Created for a Self-Reliant Society

9 September 2009

Mr Programme Director Honourable Mayor Jonas and Councillors The District Manager, Mr Mongezi Pike and Staff members Representatives of the Stakeholder fraternity Ladies & Gentleman Read More

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