News and Speeches
WCG officially celebrates 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Bianca Buitendag
6 September 2021This morning, 6 September 2021, Premier Alan Winde and Minister Anroux Marais officially celebrated Bianca Buitendag on bringing home the silver medal in Women’s Surfing from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Read More
Help protect our children: Sign up to be a Safety Parent
6 September 2021The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's nutrition, health, learning, and safety are far-reaching. Read More
Our vaccination programme enters exciting new times
4 September 2021This week the Department once again managed to administer more than 200 000 vaccines to the citizens of the Western Cape. Read More
Groote Schuur Hospital provides life-saving organ transplant service
3 September 2021Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) prides itself in improving the quality of the lives of its patients. Over the years, hundreds of patients have benefited from the transplant service provided by the hospital; and some have even been able to have children. Read More
Western Cape Human settlements ensuring homes for people with disabilities
3 September 2021As we commemorate “Casual Day” today, which highlights the needs of persons living with disabilities, it is important to highlight the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements’ (WCDoHS) provision of housing opportunities to persons living with a... Read More
Media alert: National Teaching Awards – Western Cape Provincial Awards Ceremony
3 September 2021This evening, 3 September 2021, Premier Alan Winde will join the provincial Minister of Education, Debbie Schäfer, and the Head: Education, Brent Walters, in announcing the provincial winners of the 2021 National Teaching Awards. Read More
Minister Schäfer celebrates the provincial winners of the NTA
3 September 2021This evening I was joined by the Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, as the WCED announced the provincial winners of the 2021 National Teaching Awards. They will go on to represent us in the national competition next month. Read More
Fund launched to support municipalities to prepare for renewable energy projects
2 September 2021I am pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Western Cape Municipal Energy Resilience Fund. This fund will make available almost R13 million to qualifying municipalities for research and planning to determine the requirements and... Read More
Minister Fritz welcomes arrest in drug bust in Tafelsig, Hanover Park
2 September 2021On Tuesday, 31 August 2021, LEAP Officers arrested a suspect in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, for possession of drugs, in a joint operation with the SAPS. Read More
Drive-through service makes getting vaccinated a drive in the park
2 September 2021Two weeks after opening the Athlone Vaccination Centre of Hope, the site will receive its first drive-through clients on 2 September via a test-run and then officially open to the public on Friday, 3 September. Read More
Minister Simmers visits informal settlements in the Garden Route
2 September 2021Kwanonqaba in Mossel Bay. These visits were to ascertain how the Informal Settlements Support Programme has improved these living standards of the informal dwellers. Read More
Procurement Disclosure Report reveals R214 million spent on Covid-19 in 2021/22
1 September 2021We are pleased to publish the fourteenth edition of our monthly Procurement Disclosure Report by Provincial Treasury which affirms our commitment to transparency and clean government in the Western Cape. Read More
Tourism Month 2021: Time to ease restrictions to support tourism recovery in WC
1 September 2021Tourism Month 2021 marks the start of what will hopefully be a period of welcome relief for the tourism and hospitality sector, however the success of our summer season remains dependant on the opening of the economy in the Western Cape. Read More
Human Settlements to open a framework for majority female owned contractors
1 September 2021As we come to the end of Women’s Month, I am delighted to announce that before the end of 2021, the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS) will open a contractors framework that will be geared towards attracting construction companies... Read More
900 Pets vaccinated against rabies - no further cases reports
31 August 2021Following the last week’s announcement that two rabies cases have been confirmed in Khayelitsha, no further cases have been detected. Read More
Observatory Forensic Pathology Institute (OFPI) project update
31 August 2021The Western Cape Government Health’s joint venture with the Department of Transport and Public Works, and other stakeholders will reach construction completion by the end of 2021, if everything goes according to plan. Read More
Minister Fritz hosts YSAP Women’s Leadership Conference
31 August 2021Today, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, will welcome 50 women who are currently serving on the Youth Safety Ambassador Programme (YSAP) from outside of the Metro to a Leadership Conference organized by the Department of Community... Read More
Covid-19 vaccination card gets free access to affiliated Western Cape museums
31 August 2021As we kick off Heritage Month in the Western Cape, Minister Anroux Marais is happy to announce free access to our affiliated museums for those presenting vaccination cards, both fully and partially vaccinated. Read More
Department of Local Government recognises inspirational women
31 August 2021‘Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo' (you strike the women, you strike the rock) Read More
Minister Fernandez calls on society to prioritise women, 365 days of the year
31 August 2021“As Women's Month draws to a close, I call upon all citizens to act swiftly in addressing the many concerns and injustices women face in this Province and South Africa, 365 days of the year! Read More
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