News and Speeches
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
Minister Simmers to conduct sod-turning for Qolweni housing project
30 August 2021Today, Monday, 30 August 2021, Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers will conduct a sod-turning for the Qolweni Phase 3A 169 Housing project in Plettenberg Bay. Read More
Minister Fritz welcomes the progress being made in the establishment of ABT
30 August 2021Minister Fritz welcomes the progress being made in the establishment of Area-Based Teams Read More
Qolweni sod-turning is the start of improved living conditions
30 August 2021Today, Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers conducted a sod-turning to officially launch the Qolweni 169 Phase 3A Project in the Plettenberg Bay community. Read More
Uniondale learners receive Construction Toolkits as part of Youth Programme
30 August 2021On Sunday, 29 August 2021, the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements handed over Construction Toolkits to 8 learners in Uniondale, within the George municipal area. Read More
Final Call for ECD Stimulus Employment Relief Fund Verification
30 August 2021The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) wishes to remind all Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres that applied for the ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund, to verify their details that have been captured on Government’s database... Read More
Uniondale learners to receive construction toolkits as part of Youth Empowerment
29 August 2021On Sunday, 29 August 2021, the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements will hand over Construction Toolkits to 8 learners in Uniondale, within the George municipal area. Read More
Minister Fernandez launches two GBV shelters in Garden Route
29 August 2021On Friday, 27 August 2021, the Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Sharna Fernandez, launched two newly established safe houses: Protea House for Women and Peonies House for Women. Read More
FLISP in Western Cape ensures youth home ownership
27 August 2021There was great joy today, when the Western Cape Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers handed over 6 Financed Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) homes to beneficiaries who recently acquired their properties in the Conifers/Malibu... Read More
Red Cross associate professor shares her experiences in the emergency room
26 August 2021“It’s always a huge relief in the emergency room when the patients stabilise and we can send them on to the next ward or ICU knowing that they’ve turned the corner and will continue to get better,” confides Associate Professor Heloise Buys, head of... Read More
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