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Minister Carlisle Addresses Taxi Industry in Delft Civic Centre

26 October 2011

"After agriculture you are the second biggest industry and employer in the Western Cape," Minister Carlisle tells the taxi industry. Read More

Media Alert: Western Cape Teaching Awards

26 October 2011

Tomorrow, 28 October 2011, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will be announcing the top teachers of the Western Cape in a gala function at Kelvin Grove. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Grant to Visit COSAT in Khayelitsha

26 October 2011

On Friday, 28 October 2011, NSC candidates will be writing the highly anticipated Mathematics paper. Minister Donald Grant will be visiting the school to ask learners how they felt about the examination. Read More

Media Alert: Ministers Grant and Botha to Officially Open the New Brooklyn Chest Hospital School

26 October 2011

Minister Grant and Minister Botha will officially open the new Brooklyn Chest Hospital School on Friday, 28 October 2011. Read More

Media Alert: Annual Provincial Cecilia Makiwane Nurses' Recognition Awards Ceremony

26 October 2011

Western Cape Government Health is hosting its annual Provincial Cecilia Makiwane Nurses' Recognition Awards Ceremony tomorrow evening. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Carlisle to Meet Mfuleni Community Members Who Witnessed Accident

26 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape will tomorrow evening meet with the guardians and community of an 11-year-old boy that was struck down and killed by an allegedly drunk driver, a little more than a week... Read More

Media Alert: Opening of New R1.1 Million Brooklyn Chest Hospital School

25 October 2011

The Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, and Western Cape Minister of Education, Donald Grant, will officially open the new Brooklyn Chest Hospital School on 28 October 2011. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Meyer to Visit MOD Centre at Isikhokelo Primary School in Khayelitsha

25 October 2011

On Wednesday, 26 October 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, will visit one of the Western Cape Government's Sport MOD (mass participation, opportunity and development) centres at Isikhokelo Primary... Read More

Cape Town Awarded World Design Capital 2014

25 October 2011

Cape Town has been named World Design Capital for the year 2014, ahead of fellow short-listed cities, Dublin and Bilbao. The sought-after accolade was awarded to the Mother City this morning at the International Design Alliance (IDA) Congress in... Read More

Cape Town Celebrates World Design Capital Win as Mayor Accepts Accolade in Taipei

25 October 2011

Capetonians today celebrated their city being named World Design Capital for the year 2014 at the International Design Alliance (IDA) Congress in Taipei, ahead of fellow short-listed cities, Dublin and Bilbao. News that Cape Town won the sought-... Read More

New Dermatology Clinic in Mitchell's Plain is One of a Kind

24 October 2011

The Western Cape has 40 of the 153 trained dermatology nurses on the African continent, the provincial Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, said in his address at the opening of the new Dermatology Clinic at Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre... Read More

Minister Carlisle Reacts to Minister Ndebele's Halting of Toll Road Projects

24 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, said he supported National Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele's announcement that he had halted toll road projects in the Western Cape. Read More

Minister Carlisle: Killing of Five Joggers an "Appalling Crime"

23 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, the Western Cape Minister for Transport, has called the killing of five joggers in Johannesburg on Saturday morning an "appalling crime". Read More

WCCN Post-Basic/Post-Registration Nursing Graduation Ceremony

23 October 2011

The shortage of nurses continuously threatens the provision of quality care in health facilities. Read More

Majority of Western Cape Candidates Sit Down to Write

23 October 2011

Media Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of EducationThis morning, the majority of National Senior Certificate candidates sat down to write the first written paper of the 2011 NSC. Read More

Alcohol Blitz Roadblocks: 29 Arrests This Weekend

23 October 2011

Twenty-four integrated Safely Home roadblocks were conducted across the Western Cape this weekend, and a total of 3 695 vehicles were stopped as part of the Provincial Government's Safely Home campaign. Read More

Media Alert: Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre Opens New Dermatology Clinic

23 October 2011

On Tuesday, 25 October 2011, the Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, will officially open the new Dermatology Clinic at the Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre. Read More

Media Alert: 2011 NSC - Minister Grant to Visit Groote Schuur High School

23 October 2011

On Monday, 24 October 2011, Grade 12 candidates across the Western Cape will be writing the English Home Language and the English First Additional Language Paper. Read More

Cape Gateway Has a New Address

23 October 2011

Welcome to the Cape Gateway website at its new address, www.westerncape.gov.za Read More

Minister Madikizela's Comments at the Opening of a Plumblink Store in Tokai

20 October 2011

Western Cape Human Settlements Minister Bonginkosi Madikizela visited the opening of a new Plumblink store in Tokai, Cape Town, on 21 October 2011, and performed the official ribbon cutting. Read More

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