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WCED Releases Guidelines on Search and Seizures for Schools

10 October 2011

Media Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of EducationSafe and secure learning environments are essential if we are to ensure that quality education is being delivered. Read More

CeaseFire Project Training with Chicago Experts Set to Begin

10 October 2011

Joint Media Statement by Minister Plato and City of Cape Town Mayco Member JP Smith Read More

Construction of New Du Noon Health Facility to Continue at Potsdam Road

9 October 2011

Media Statement by Theuns Botha, Minister of Health Read More

Minister Meyer Congratulates Team Western Cape for Outstanding Performance

9 October 2011

On Monday, 10 October 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, congratulated the young sportsmen and women from the Western Cape on their excellent performance at the annual South African Games. Read More

Media Alert: Wembley Group Donates Golf Carts to Groote Schuur Hospital

9 October 2011

The Wembley Group will officially hand over two new golf carts to Groote Schuur Hospital on Tuesday, 11 October 2011. The golf carts will be used to transport patients at the facility. Read More

Minister Madikizela's Address at the Handover of High-Density Housing Units

6 October 2011

I want to thank everyone for helping build these houses. Everything we do is with taxpayers' money, and you the people have given us a lot of responsibility to build these houses for you. When we work together, as government and community, we are... Read More

Alert to Maternity and Neonatal Units: Attempted Infant Abduction

6 October 2011

An incident occurred at Mowbray Maternity Hospital today on Friday, 7 October 2011, at 09:00, where a couple entered a facility with the pretence of being parents to a baby at the nursery. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Meyer to Distribute Soccer Kits in Delft

6 October 2011

On Saturday, 8 October 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, will hand over sport equipment to the Delft Street Soccer Association as part of the Provincial Gang Prevention and Intervention Programme. Read More

Launch of Afrikaans Space Dictionary

5 October 2011

Ladies and gentlemen, astronautical language practitioners, engineers and specialists, it is a great honour for me to be here today, as culture meets science with the launch of an Afrikaans Space Dictionary. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Madikizela to Hand Over Housing Units in Plettenberg Bay

5 October 2011

Bonginkosi Madikizela, Minister of Human Settlements for the Provincial Government of the Western Cape, will perform the official handover of government-subsidised high-density housing units in the Qolweni/Bossiesgif/Pinetree/Gaatjie project near... Read More

Media Alert: Minister Meyer to Speak at Afrikaans Space Dictionary Launch

5 October 2011

On Thursday, 6 October 2011, Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape, will speak at the official launch of the first Afrikaans Space Dictionary. Read More

Minister Carlisle: Safely Home Campaign has Saved 773 Lives So Far

5 October 2011

Media Statement by Robin Carlisle, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

Criminal Justice System in Khayelitsha Must be Strengthened

4 October 2011

Media Statement by Dan Plato, Minister of Community SafetyA memorandum received by my office yesterday highlights the need to urgently address the failures of the criminal justice system in Khayelitsha and for increasing safety in the township. Read More

Media Alert: Minister Carlisle Announces Results of Department's Safely Home Campaign

4 October 2011

Minister Robin Carlisle will announce his department's Safely Home Campaign achievements over the past two years. Read More

Minister Carlisle Reacts to Taxi Stabbing

4 October 2011

Transport and Public Works Minister in the Western Cape, Robin Carlisle, has said that his department "will never tolerate violence as a means to gaining access to taxi routes anywhere in Cape Town, or the province". Read More

World Teachers' Day: Minister Grant to Visit Holiday Teacher Training Centre

4 October 2011

Donald Grant, Western Cape Education Minister, will mark World Teachers' Day on Wednesday, 5 October 2011, by visiting teachers attending holiday training sessions organised by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED). Read More

Media Alert: Minister Plato to Engage with Hanover Park Community at Public Meeting

3 October 2011

On Tuesday, 4 October 2011, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, will address the community of Hanover Park at a public meeting organised by the local Community Police Forum (CPF). Read More

Media Alert: Minister Plato to Assist Community Leaders in Kalksteenfontein

2 October 2011

Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, will tomorrow (Tuesday) assist community leaders of Kalksteenfontein with their school holiday feeding programme. Read More

Media Alert: Medi-Clinic Donates ICU Beds to Tygerberg Hospital

2 October 2011

For the first time in the history of Tygerberg Hospital, its cardiac ICU beds will be replaced after Medi-Clinic donated 28 cardiac ICU beds to the hospital. These beds will replace all of the out-dated and broken beds that are currently in use in... Read More

Minister Carlisle: School Holidays Require Even More Vigilance on the Roads

2 October 2011

Robin Carlisle, Minister for Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, said that school holidays, which started today and end next Monday, required "even more vigilance than usual on our roads". Read More

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