News and Speeches
Media Alert: City Educates Children on Dangers of Exposure to Emissions from Burning Metal, Tyres and Cables
11 January 2011The City of Cape Town's Air Quality Management Section has partnered with the Fire and Life Safety Education, Solid Waste and Metal Theft sections to launch an awareness campaign on the dangers of retrieving metal by burning tyres, scrap metal and... Read More
Minister Patricia De Lille and Mayor Dan Plato to Make Joint Announcement Regarding Registration of Creches
10 January 2011Patricia de Lille, the Minister for Social Development, the Mayor of Cape Town Alderman Dan Plato and Cape Town Mayco Member for Social Development Grant Pascoe will make an important joint announcement regarding the registration of Early Childhood... Read More
Media Alert: Postponement of Press Briefing
10 January 2011Ministers Carlisle and Fritz's press briefing on the preliminary 2010/11 festive season road fatalities statistics has been postponed until further notice due to unforeseen circumstances.We apologise for the inconvenience. Read More
Media Statement - New Groundbreaking Partnership to Reduce Crime and Drug Abuse in the Helderberg Area
10 January 2011Today, the Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town officially launched a new crime and drug reduction partnership project in the Helderberg area. Read More
Media Alert: Premier Zille to Launch Drug and Crime Reduction Partnership in Helderberg
10 January 2011Tomorrow, Premier Helen Zille, Provincial Minister of Social Development Patricia de Lille and Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Social Development, Cllr Grant Pascoe, will launch a drug and crime reduction partnership project in the Helderberg. Read More
A Comprehensive Plan to Beat Substance Abuse
10 January 2011When we assumed office a year ago, Cabinet identified a critical need for a comprehensive strategy to combat substance abuse in the province. Read More
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
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