News and Speeches
Study Shows Grade 6 Learners Improve Literacy Skills, but Maths Remains a Challenge
21 April 2008Statement by Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore Read More
Increased Education Budget to Boost Poorest Schools
17 April 2008Budget presentation to Western Cape Standing Committee on Education, Cultural Affairs and Sport - Statement by Education MEC Cameron Dugmore Read More
Western Cape Authors Call on Government to Enforce Language Policy
8 April 2008The African languages in South Africa are constantly under serious threat because there is no legislation that enforces their protection and usage, a meeting of authors, aspiring African writers and academics told the Minister of Arts and Culture at... Read More
MEC Calls for Review of Appointment Procedures after Teacher on Parole found Guilty of Rape
25 March 2008Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has called on the Public Service Commission to investigate appointment procedures for teachers and non-academic staff at schools and advise on measures to ensure that those appointed do not pose a risk to... Read More
Cabinet Statement on Declaration of 2nd May 2008 as a Public Holiday
19 March 2008At its meeting this morning, Cabinet endorsed the proposal that the 2nd of May 2008 be declared a public holiday to compensate workers for losing a public holiday as a result of Human Rights Day falling on the same day as Good Friday. Read More
Media Alert: Call For Entries For The 6th Annual Public Sector Innovation (CPSi) Awards
18 March 2008The Director-General of the Western Cape, Ms Virginia Petersen, will on Thursday 20 March 2008, urge the province's 68 000 civil servants to strive to become workers for development as South Africa strives to become a developmental state. Read More
Matric Achievers Get More Awards
16 March 2008Matric candidates who received awards for excellence in the 2007 exams.The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has presented additional awards to eight candidates from previously disadvantaged contexts, who excelled in the 2007 Senior... Read More
MEC Dugmore: School Bus Accident is a Reminder to be Vigilant
10 March 2008A school bus accident this morning (Tuesday 11 March) involving about 40 learners and six staff members was a reminder for our schools, the community and the department once again to continue to be vigilant. Read More
South African Equine Export Industry and African Horse Sickness
10 March 2008Statement by Cobus Dowry Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape Read More
Premier Joins Home Affairs Minister at 'ID Yourself' Campaign Launch
5 March 2008Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool will tomorrow (Fri) join the 'ID Yourself' campaign, to be launched by Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in Gugulethu, Cape Town, in a bid to get young people to apply for an Identity Document. The... Read More
Education Minister Responds to Provincial Legislature Questions
3 March 2008We all have a duty to ensure the security of our schools, said Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore today in reply to a question in the Provincial Legislature when he revealed that the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) spent R642,000.00... Read More
Western Cape Minister for Agriculture Visits First Carbon Neutral Wine Estate
27 February 2008The Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape, Cobus Dowry will visit Backsberg Wine Estate this afternoon at 16h00 to observe the activities on Backsberg which is the first Wine Estate in South Africa to obtain Carbon Neutral status. Read More
Mec Dyantyi Meets Residents of Mfuleni
25 February 2008MEDIA ALERT JANUARY 30, 2008 Mec Dyantyi Meets Residents of Mfuleni Read More
Western Cape Farmers Urged to Cooperate with Regard to Ovine Johne's Disease
21 February 2008PRESS RELEASE 22 February 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STATEMENT BY COBUS DOWRY - MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE WESTERN CAPE Ovine Johne's Disease (OJD) - Proposed control policy options Read More
Masakh'iSizwe Bursary Awards Ceremony 2008
20 February 2008MZIGISI A KA NA SHWA: KODUMELA MOEPATHUTSE GA GO LEHUMO LE LETSWANG KGAUSWI Speech by Dr Mamphela Ramphele at the Masakh' iSizwe Centre of Excellence Bursary Awards Ceremony. Read More
Joint Agriculture/Eskom Task Team Meets
20 February 2008The task team consisting of representatives from Agriculture and ESKOM had its first meeting this morning in order to address the effect of load shedding on Agriculture and to determine the way forward in finding an amicable solution with the... Read More
Biodiversity Specialist Appointed Chair of CapeNature
31 January 2008Today in Cape Town, Tasneem Essop, the Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, said that Mark Botha, a current CapeNature board member and Director of Conservation at the Botanical Society of SA, had been appointed... Read More
Western Cape Energy Committee Re-activated
24 January 2008Last night, Tasneem Essop, the Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, announced that the provincial Energy Risk Management Committee (ERMC), which was started by Premier Ebrahim Rasool in 2006, had been re-activated... Read More
Investigation Launched into Masibambisane School Stabbing
23 January 2008Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has reacted with shock and anger after a young man was stabbed to death when five alleged gang members invaded the school premises and robbed learners of valuables. Read More
Minister Essop to re-activate Energy Risk Management Plan
22 January 2008Western Cape MEC for Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, will be convening an urgent meeting with Eskom, the City, the private sector, organised labour and civil society on Thursday (24th January) to re-activate the Energy... Read More
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