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A Comprehensive Plan to Beat Substance Abuse
10 January 2011A Comprehensive Plan to Beat Substance Abuse Read More
Media Alert: Ministers Carlisle and Fritz to Brief the Media on Festive Season Road Statistics
9 January 2011Minister Robin Carlisle and his Community Safety counterpart Albert Fritz, will today brief the media on the 2010/11 preliminary festive season road fatalities statistics.Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2010Time: 12:30 Read More
Media Alert: Provincial National Senior Certificate 2010 Award Ceremony
9 January 2011On Wednesday, the Western Cape Government will be announcing and celebrating the Province's top individual achievers and schools in the 2010 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. Read More
Warning: Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke
5 January 2011Temperatures in the Western Cape have risen to dangerous levels and everyone should be aware of the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.Babies and the elderly are particularly at risk as are people working or exercising in a hot environment. Read More
Texas Ranger Baseballer CJ Wilson Visits Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
5 January 2011American Baseballer, CJ Wilson, who is a pitcher for the Texas Rangers, visited patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital during his holiday in Cape Town. Read More
Minister Carlisle Urges Class of 2010 to Celebrate Responsibly
5 January 2011Minister of Transport and Public Works Robin Carlisle joined the rest of the province in congratulating the Western Cape Matric Class of 2010 for their resounding success. Read More
Western Cape Achieves Increases in Pass Rate and Number of Passes
5 January 2011I am pleased to announce that the Western Cape government has reversed a six year decline in the matric pass rate in this province. Read More
Media Alert: Media Briefing on Western Cape National Senior Certificate Results
4 January 2011Tomorrow, Minister Grant and Head of the provincial education department, Penny Vinjevold will be briefing media on the provincial outcomes of the 2010 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Examinations. Read More
Capetonians and Visitors Warned of Heat Wave and Gusting Winds This Week
3 January 2011The City of Cape Town appeals to the public to exercise caution, after the South African Weather Services predicted a heat wave and gale-force South-Easterly winds in the Cape metropole for the greater part of this week. Read More
Music Development, Promotion and Preservation
3 January 2011"The fact that music can express the invisible; the ineffable makes it a particularly rich form of creativity - this mysterious and unique capacity to express. What other art forms cannot do gives it both endless potential and an intense sensitivity. Read More
Matric Results Release: "Looking at the Accurate Indicators of Success"
3 January 2011On Thursday 6 January 2010, over 45 000 young people from the Western Cape will receive their National Senior Certificate (NSC) results. For these young people who wrote the examinations, the results can enhance or limit their life chances. Read More
Fire Leaves Over 72 Homeless at Doornbach Informal Settlement
3 January 2011At 00:41 this morning, Tuesday, 4 January 2011, a fire destroyed 31 shacks at Site five, Doornbach Informal Settlement, Potsdam Outspan. Read More
New Year's Babies
1 January 2011Thus far, clinics and hospitals have reported that 42 babies have been born in the Western Cape on New Year's Day. There were 22 boys born and 20 girls. Read More
Western Cape's First Baby for 2011 is Born in Macassar
31 December 2010The earliest baby born on New Year's Day, 2011, was born at 00:20am at Macassar Midwives Obstretics Unit. The baby girl weighed 3 360 g.Another baby girl was born at George Hospital. She weighed 3 440 g. Read More
Thousands of Fines Issued, Fourteen Arrested during Operation Exodus
30 December 2010City of Cape Town Traffic Services has assessed Operation Exodus, and the results show it was a great success. Read More
Summary of Christmas Babies
25 December 2010The total number of children born yesterday on Christmas in the Western Cape is 110 of which 64 are boys and 46 girls. Read More
Christmas Babies
24 December 2010The Western Cape Department of Health is proud to announce that the first babies to be born on Christmas, is Babies Gordon (girl) and Davids (boy) at Paarl Hospital and Bishop Lavis Midwife Obstetrics Unit (MOU). Both babies were born at 12:20 and... Read More
Surgeons Reconstruct Preschooler's Crushed Hand at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
23 December 2010Lilitha Gazi nearly lost the use of her right hand when it was crushed in an accident. But thanks to the quick intervention of the plastic surgery department at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital the five-year-old should have almost complete... Read More
Emergency Service Call to Use Alcohol Responsibly
23 December 2010The majority of incidents that Western Cape Emergency Medical Services had to respond to since the start of the 2010 festive season are traffic and violence related, originating from alcohol abuse. Read More
All Western Cape Mayors Commit to Outcome Nine
21 December 2010On 20 December, Anton Bredell, Minister of Local Government, concluded the signing of Outcome nine with all the executive mayors in the Western Cape Province. Outcome nine is one of the 12 outcomes agreed on by National Government as the key focus... Read More
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