News and Speeches
“We will do whatever it takes to make the province safer for all”
30 March 2021Today, the Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, presented the Department of Community Safety’s budget for the 2021/22 financial year. In Minister Fritz’s speech, he highlighted that the Western Cape Government “will do whatever it takes to... Read More
Travel safe and support businesses over the Easter weekend
30 March 2021The tourism and hospitality industry has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and so we encourage those who can afford to do so, to head out over the long weekend and safely support businesses, especially small businesses in the Western Cape. Read More
Minister Madikizela to launch Easter Road Safety Plan
30 March 2021As part of Western Cape Government’s COVID-19 awareness and road safety enforcement campaign, the Western Cape Transport and Public Works Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela, will tomorrow, Wednesday 31 March 2021, launch the provincial road safety plan... Read More
R80 million funding to help address Tuberculosis over three years
30 March 2021The Western Cape Government, the City of Cape Town, and its partners are proud to announce that they have secured R80 million in funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to drive the Tuberculosis (TB) response over the next three years. Read More
Western Cape cabinet gives conditional go ahead for initiation practice
29 March 2021The Cabinet of the Western Cape has in its meeting on the 24th March 2021 taken a decision to lift the suspension on initiation practice in the Western Cape as from 1 June 2021, subject to the following: The status of the COVID-19 pandemic and Read More
Minister Fernandez launches new GBV shelter
29 March 2021On Friday, 26 March 2021, the Western Cape Minister for Social Development, Sharna Fernandez, launched the newly established Marigold Safehouse in the Central Karoo. Read More
Vote 10 Budget Vote Speech
29 March 2021Speech by Bonginkosi Madikizela, Western Cape Minister of Transport and Public Works 29 March 2021 The following speech was tabled by Minister Bonginkosi Madikizela on the occasion of Vote 10, in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament today. Read More
Minister Fritz welcomes arrest of 10 suspects for kidnapping
29 March 2021Minister Fritz welcomes arrest of 10 suspects for kidnapping of Bellville businessman Read More
Statement on health budget vote by Dr Nomafrench Mbombo
29 March 2021Today Minister Dr Nomafrench Mbombo delivered her budget vote speech in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. The following statement sets out a summary of her address. Introduction: Read More
Health Budget 2021/22 - Budget of Hope
29 March 2021Dr Nomafrench Mbombo 2021/22 Department of Health Budget Speech Speaker Honourable Premier, Alan Winde Read More
Western Cape Agriculture Budget 2021 - "A budget to support economic recovery"
29 March 2021Today I tabled the Western Cape Agriculture Budget 2021 in the Provincial Parliament. I announced a total budget of R909.086 million. This budget facilitates the critical role that the Agricultural Sector plays to drive the economy and create jobs... Read More
Department of Local Government Budget Speech 2021
29 March 2021Honorable Speaker Honorable Premier of the Western Cape Provincial Cabinet Colleagues and members of the Legislature The Head of the Department Ladies and Gentlemen Good Morning Read More
HPV vaccination for girls can take us closer to eliminating cervical cancer
29 March 2021Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) significantly increases the risk of developing cervical cancer later in life. Read More
Malgas Pont has been reopened
26 March 2021The Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) is pleased to announce that the new motorised pont on the Breede River at Malgas is fully operational. Read More
Minister Fritz welcomes 9 arrests for public violence amid protest action
26 March 2021The Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, welcomes the nine arrests made on Thursday, 25 March 2021 and Wednesday, 24 March 2021, in connection with the spate of violent protest action seen in Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein, Delft and surrounds. Read More
School admission process for 2022 extended until 1 April 2021
26 March 2021In recent days the WCED has noticed an upsurge in website activity on the online application system. We have also received a number of requests from parents to accommodate an extension to allow parents to complete the last few applications. Read More
Alien Clearing Projects create 1000 jobs per annum
26 March 2021Earlier today, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, visited the Western Cape Department of Agriculture's (WCDoA) alien clearing project at Zonquasdrift located downstream of the Berg River in the Drakenstein Municipality, Cape... Read More
Healthcare worker vaccination update
26 March 2021The vaccination of healthcare workers as part of Phase 1 of Johnson & Johnson Sisonke implementation study has steadily been picking up speed with more healthcare workers being vaccinated daily during the past week. Vaccination Progress (... Read More
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