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Minister Fritz to Paint with Disabled Youths for Charity

4 July 2014

Minister Fritz will visit Sterreweg, a centre providing care for children and youth who are disabled and have special needs. The facility runs the Paint a Future initiative. Read More

Premier Zille Highlights the Need for More Organ Donors

4 July 2014

The Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, was the honorary guest at a media conference to highlight the need for more donors in the Western Cape and specifically the desperate need of children on the transplant waiting list who need life-saving... Read More

Heideveld Emergency Centre Preparing To Open On Monday

3 July 2014

The new Heideveld Emergency Centre at the Heideveld Community Day Centre will open on Monday, 7 July. Read More

Media Alert: Premier Helen Zille to Participate in Organ Donor Drive

3 July 2014

Premier Helen Zille, in collaboration with the Organ Donation Foundation, will tomorrow, 4 July 2014, participate in the launch of the Organ Donor Drive in the Western Cape. Read More

Strengthen The Arts With National Arts Council Funding

3 July 2014

The National Arts Council (NAC) has limited funding available to support 6-8 Special Projects of national significance that strengthen the arts and meets the enhanced strategic goals of the NAC for the period 2014-2018. Read More

Capacity-building Initiatives for Municipalities

2 July 2014

The lack of capacity in municipal Budget and Treasury Offices (BTO) is a critical governance issue that if left unattended will impact on sound financial management, audit outcomes and sustainable service delivery. Read More

Cabinet Extends its Condolences to the Families of the Murdered SAPS Officers

2 July 2014

The Western Cape Government send it's deepest condolences to the families of the slain police officers. Read More

Three Police Officers Killed in Western Cape

1 July 2014

Statement by Dan Plato, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety Read More

Media Alert: Minister Schafer to Visit Grade 12 Holiday Programme at Oval North

1 July 2014

Western Cape Education Minister Debbie Schafer, will today visit Oval North High School in Mitchells Plain. Read More

Community Choirs in Hessequa to Come Forward

1 July 2014

Community choirs from the Hessequa municipal area are invited to attend special choir workshops, presented by Artscape in co-operation with the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DC Read More

Mediclinic Donates Almost 500 Skin Staplers to Khayelitsha Hospital

1 July 2014

Mediclinic Southern Africa donated 490 disposable skin staplers worth R40 000 to Khayelitsha Hospital, the state hospital with the busiest emergency centre in the Western Cape. Read More

Minister Schafer’s Visit to Grade 12 Winter School Programme at Oval North High

1 July 2014

Western Cape Minister of Education, Debbie Schafer, visited Oval North High School in Mitchells Plain today. Read More

Excellence at Oudtshoorn Sport Festival

30 June 2014

Sport teams representing various sport codes are participating in the Oudtshoorn Sport Festival, taking place from 26 June to 5 July 2014. This Festival, hosted for the 4th time, is supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS),... Read More

Media Alert: Minister Debbie Schafer to attend "Maths Solutions" Conference

30 June 2014

Today, Minister Debbie Schafer will attend the ‘Maths Solutions’ Conference presented by the Cape Teaching Leadership Institute.  Read More

New public library opened in KwaNonqaba

30 June 2014

The Mossel Bay Municipality partnered with the national Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) and the community to officially open the public library in KwaNonqaba, Mossel Bay on 27 June 2014. Read More

Twenty-six Drink Driving Arrests over First Weekend of School Holidays

30 June 2014

Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Premier Zille Expresses Condolences to Family of Late Russel Botman

28 June 2014

On behalf of the Western Cape Government I would like to express my condolences to the family and friends of Stellenbosch University Rector, Professor Russel Botman, who passed away earlier today. Read More

Dove Club 50th Anniversary: A Beacon of Light to the Elderly

28 June 2014

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,I feel so privileged to be standing here in front of you today. The Dove Club is today celebrating a major milestone in its existence, and can I take this particular moment to thank Mr. G. Wakefield for having... Read More

Minister Mbombo's Address at the Opening of the kwaNonqaba Library

27 June 2014

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, A special welcome to the National Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, The Mayor of Mossel Bay Municipality, Alderlady Ferreira, Read More

Taxi Violence a Concern to the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Government

26 June 2014

The Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town will jointly respond to the issues arising regarding the incidents of violent crime in the taxi industry across Cape Town areas. Read More

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