News and Speeches
Participants bring their A-Game to Metro Better Together Games
30 October 2017The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) hosted the last of a series of Better Together games in the Cape Metropole on 27 October 2017 at the Blue Downs Stadium. Read More
African Horse Sickness vaccination season ends tomorrow
30 October 2017The African Horse Sickness vaccination season ends tomorrow. Tomorrow (31 October 2017), the AHS vaccination season within the AHS controlled area in the Western Cape comes to an end. Read More
Grabouw school gets new junior traffic training centre
27 October 2017The Department of Transport of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) and Theewaterskloof Municipality are confident that the new junior traffic training centre at the Kathleen Murray Primary School in Grabouw will help to reduce ch Read More
Curbing gang violence requires a 'whole of society approach'
27 October 2017Recently there has been an increase in violence in communities within Cape Town as a result of ongoing gang warfare. This has had a direct impact on our schools. Read More
MEDIA ALERT: Weekend Safety Diary
27 October 2017MEDIA ALERT: Weekend Safety Diary – Minister Plato takes youth outreach to Hangberg, meets religious leaders in Marikana and joins AfriForum for a press briefing on farm murders Read More
Diep River Child Abuse: Department intervenes in alleged child sexual exploitati
27 October 2017Child Protection social workers from the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) have acted to place a 5 year old Diep River girl into temporary safe care. Read More
R 4 million maintenance plan at Clanwilliam Dam canals stem water losses
26 October 2017In the current drought conditions, a R4 million maintenance programme to bolster the Clanwilliam Dam canal system to stem unnecessary losses has resulted in a more sustainable water supply to the agriculture sector. Read More
Upgraded R304 million R399 Piketberg Road officially opened
26 October 2017Statement by Donald Grant, Ministers of Transport and Public Works Read More
DCAS Introduces Students To Library Core Business
25 October 2017On Friday, 20 October 2017, students from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), accompanied by their lecturer, visited the Western Cape Library Service. Read More
Speech of Minister Anroux Marais at Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) Congress
25 October 2017SPEECH OF WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT, ANROUX MARAIS AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTS MEDICINE ASSOCIATION (SASMA) CONGRESS 2017 25 OCTOBER 2017 Good morning, goeiemôre, molweni nonke. Read More
Low water consumption in award-winning Green Building
25 October 2017Earlier today (25 October 2017), Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille and officials of the Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) conducted a site Read More
Judge Ian Farlam concludes mediation in minibus taxi dispute
25 October 2017Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Last week, retired Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) Judge, Ian Farlam, concluded the two-week long mediation process which began immediately after his appointment on 2 October 2017. Read More
Minister Grant to officially open R304 million upgraded R399 Piketberg Road
25 October 2017Tomorrow, 26 October 2017, Minister of Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant, and Executive Mayor of the West Coast District Municipality, Alderman JH Cleophas, will officially open the newly upgraded R304.6 million Velddrif Read More
Incidence and Prevalence of Stroke a Growing Concern - Mbombo
25 October 2017Advances in stroke rehabilitation in the Western Cape have reduced severe disability and the need for institutionalisation; however the incidence and prevalence of stroke victims is still increasing and remains the third leading cause of death in... Read More
N2 roadworks to be completed by early December
24 October 2017A Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) project to rehabilitate 7 km of the N2 between Borcherds Quarry Rd and the R300, and to add a third lane in both directions, is nearing completion. Read More
Minister Anroux Marais' speech at South Africa Museum Association Conference
24 October 2017WESTERN CAPE MINISTER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND SPORT, ANROUX MARAIS SPEECH AT SOUTH AFRIC MUSEUM ASSOCIATION (SAMA) CONFERENCE AT THE SANLAM HEAD OFFICE IN BELLVILLE 24 October 2017 Read More
Media Alert: 2017 SASMA Congress To Officially Be Opened By Minister Marais
24 October 2017Tomorrow, 25 October 2017, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport Anroux Marais will deliver the welcoming address at the official opening of the 2017 South African Sport Medicine Association (SASMA) Read More
Western Cape Health Minister – help is available for matriculants
24 October 2017Western Cape Health Minister, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo – help is available for matriculants Read More
81st SAMA Conference Explores Our Multi-Layered History
24 October 2017On 24 October 2017 the Western Cape Minister for Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, officiated at the 81st South African Museums Association (SAMA) Conference in Bellville. Read More
Statement by Minister Dan Plato - Crime Stats 2017
24 October 2017Statement by Dan Plato, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety Crime Stats 2017 – Almost a quarter of all crime reported in the country occurs in the Western Cape Date: 24 October 2016 Read More
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