News and Speeches
Media Alert: Minister Marais to Launch First isiXhosa Chess Book
6 July 2015On Tuesday, 7 July 2015, Anroux Marais, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, will be launching an isiXhosa chess terminology book which will be the first of its kind in the country. Read More
Twenty-three Arrested for Drinking and Driving This Weekend
6 July 2015Three pedestrians were killed on Western Cape roads this weekend. Two drivers and one passenger were also killed in separate crashes. The pedestrians were all male. One died near Bothasig in Cape Town, one in Darling and one near Worcester. Read More
Keynote Address at The Launch of Open House
3 July 2015Keynote Address of the Acting Head Of Department Of Cultural Affairs And Sport, Hannetjie Du Preez, at the Launch Of Open House on 2 July 2015, Long Street, Cape Town Read More
MOD Assists Earth Moves Winner to Record Demo Album
3 July 2015Michaela Adonis, a 17-year old from Mitchell’s Plain, has just recorded her first demonstration album at the Red Bull Studios in Bree Street, Cape Town. She won the chance to record by ending in first place in the “Earth Moves” talent competition... Read More
Ongoing repairs on Chapman’s Peak Drive
3 July 2015Good progress is being made with repairing infrastructure on Chapman’s Peak Drive after the wildfires that devastated the Cape Peninsula in March 2015. Read More
New officers to improve Western Cape traffic safety
3 July 2015The Western Cape’s provincial traffic service was strengthened on 2 July 2015 when 29 new traffic officers graduated from a year-long training course at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell. Read More
Accredited Training for Emerging Building Contractors in the Western Cape
3 July 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works will soon be providing accredited training to 60 emerging contractor-owners from across the province on how to run their construction businesses more effectively. Read More
MOD Baseball’s Rising Star
2 July 2015The rise of 17-year old baseball star Sheldon Trosky is a success story made possible by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS). Read More
Committed to Fair Adjudication of All Operating Licence Applications
2 July 2015Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More
Joint oversight visit to pilot Safety Interventions at Parow train station
1 July 2015Today, 1 July 2015, Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, Minister of Transport and Public Works, Donald Grant, and Metrorail Regional Manager, Richard Walker, will conduct an oversight visit to a pilot safety project being implemented at the... Read More
Influenza Season 2015 Has Arrived
1 July 2015Every year during the winter months between May and August, South Africa experiences an increase in influenza (commonly known as flu) circulation. Read More
DCAS Contributes to Transformation of Heritage Landscape
1 July 2015On Tuesday, 30 June 2015, Anroux Marais, Western Cape (WC) Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, convened a Provincial Consultative Meeting on the Transformation of the Heritage Landscape. Read More
Rail & Commuter Safety pilot project update: Better Together
1 July 2015Joint Media Release by the Western Cape Government Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato Minister of Transport & Public Works, Donald Grant Metrorail Regional Manager, Richard Walker Read More
Road Construction on R101 and R304 for Next Two Years
1 July 2015The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has started with rehabilitation of the R101 and R304 between Old Paarl Road and Bloekombos. Read More
Improving Commuter Safety with Rail Safety Pilot Project
1 July 2015Joint Media Release by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works, Dan Plato, Minister of Community Safety and Richard Walker, Metrorail Regional Manager Read More
Judo Grows From Strength to Strength
1 July 2015The South African Judo Open Championships began at Coetzenburg Stadium in Stellenbosch on 30 June 2015. Read More
Oudtshoorn
1 July 2015The Provincial Minister of Local Government in the Western Cape, Anton Bredell, has noted - with concern - reports about continued instability in the Oudtshoorn Council, this time pertaining to the alleged non-approval of the council’s budget for... Read More
Traffic Students to Graduate from Gene Louw Traffic College
1 July 2015A total of 35 traffic officers will graduate from the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell on Thursday, 2 July 2015. Twenty-nine are from the Western Cape and six from KwaZulu-Natal. Read More
DCAS Boosts the Olympic Values on the Road to Albertinia
30 June 2015The Western Cape’s Olympic Day celebration will this year take place in Albertinia on 26 September 2015. There is a three-month lead-up to the big event called the “Road to Albertinia”, a travelling exhibition which will be moving from place to... Read More
MOD Learners Wow Audience with Earth Moves
30 June 2015This past weekend, learners from various after-school programmes (including the MOD Centres), facilitated by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), wowed audiences at the Artscape theatre with their production titled “Earth Moves”. Read More
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