News and Speeches
City Terminates Current Greenmarket Square Lease
5 November 2007At the end of the coming festive season, the City of Cape Town is to embark on a major program to upgrade one of the most popular tourist attractions in the CBD, the historic Greenmarket Square. Read More
City Welcomes Delegates to International Conference on Lung and TB Disease
4 November 2007The City of Cape Town is honoured that the International Union Against Lung and Tuberculosis Disease (IUALTD) has decided to host their annual International Conference here. Read More
Western Cape to Benefit from Provincial Government Visit to Shandong Province in China
30 October 2007A delegation of the Western Cape Provincial Government, headed by Premier Ebrahim Rasool and including five MECs, is in the Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China this week to strengthen ties between the Western Cape and Shandong. Read More
Western Cape Agriculture Provides Drought Aid to Farmers
30 October 2007Statement by Cobus Dowry, Minister of Agriculture in the Western Cape, on R20 Million Assistance to Drought Stricken Farmers. Read More
WCED Launches Family Learning Campaign
29 October 2007The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has launched a family learning campaign to promote reading, writing and mathematics in the home. Read More
Springboks get Bok-Vonk from Western Cape
28 October 2007Today's Springbok Victory tour in the Western Cape was a resounding success. Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Grand Parade, along the tour route and at Newlands Stadium in expressions of collective joy and unity. Read More
Bokke Set to Paint the City Green and Gold
24 October 2007Cape Town's City Hall has witnessed many epoch-making events including former President Nelson Mandela, delivering his first public speech from its balcony, after his release from prison and, on Monday (29 October), it will again be the focus of the... Read More
2007 Provincial Farmworker of the Year Awards
24 October 2007MEDIA INVITATION: 25 OCTOBER 2007 The annual provincial farmworker of the year awards ceremony will take place at the Protea Hotel, Technopark Stellenbosch, tonight at 18:30 for 19:00. Read More
Special Schools to Support Mainstream Schools
23 October 2007The Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) focus in its 2007-2008 Strengthening of Special Schools Programme is the enabling of these special schools to function as resource centres that provide curriculum support to mainstream schools. Read More
Cape Town and the Western Cape have Four Hotels in the Top 10 African Hotels
22 October 2007City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Economic, Social Development and Tourism, Cllr Simon Grindrod, said today that the 2007 Conde Nast Traveler US Readers Choice Awards has underlined Cape Town and South Africa's world-beater status! Read More
Green Point Stadium Operator Tender to be Re-Advertised
22 October 2007The City of Cape Town will restart the bidding process to find a long-term operator for the Green Point Stadium. Read More
Grade 5 Case Study on HIV/AIDS and Sex Work Cancelled
21 October 2007The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has issued a circular to all primary schools, requesting that a particular case study dealing with the topic of "The impact of HIV and AIDS" be ignored, as it viewed it is as an inappropriate case study... Read More
City's Youth Environmental School (YES) to Host Sustainable Transport Week: 22 To 26 October 2007
17 October 2007The City's Environmental Resource Management Department will be running environmental education programmes during Sustainable Transport Week from 22 to 26 October as part of its Youth Environmental School (YES) Programme. Read More
Cape Town must become a Base for Cruise Liners
17 October 2007The cruise liner industry is the fastest growing global tourism sector. The average growth rate of the sector has been 8% per annum since 1980. Some 12 million people went cruising in 2006 and the number is expected to grow to 16 million by 2009. Read More
Scientific Tests Confirm Water Quality at Zandvlei
17 October 2007Scientific tests conducted by the City of Cape Town after the recent sewage spills into the Zandvlei nature reserve in Muizenberg have confirmed that the water quality of the vlei is acceptable. Read More
City Regrets Long Queues at New Ottery Driving Licence Testing Centre
16 October 2007The Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Roads and Stormwater, Cllr Elizabeth Thompson, has apologised for the delays being experienced in the processing of licence applications at the recently re-opened New Ottery Driving Licence Testing Centre. Read More
Cape Town Jazz Festival Ranked in World Top 10
16 October 2007The Cape Town International Jazz Festival has been ranked in the Top 10 in Melody Trip's ranking of the world's top 100 music festivals. Read More
City to Tackle Beach Crime
16 October 2007A recent increase in beach muggings, poaching activities and illegal off-road driving has prompted the City of Cape Town to appoint a task team to tackle crime on its beaches. Read More
Western Cape Farmworkers on Wine-making Course in France
15 October 2007The Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape, Cobus Dowry is at present visiting Beaune in Burgundy(France) to give practical effect to the current Cooperation Agreement between Burgundy and the Western Cape and to strengthen the bilateral... Read More
Primary Schools in Fire-Prone Hout Bay Learn about Disaster Reduction
11 October 2007Disaster Risk Management officials will today be presenting public education sessions on school safety and preparedness, disaster risk and Read More
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