At 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
The 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 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
A 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
Statement by Cobus Dowry Minister for Agriculture in the Western Cape Read More
Western 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
We 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
The 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
MEDIA ALERT JANUARY 30, 2008 Mec Dyantyi Meets Residents of Mfuleni Read More
PRESS 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
MZIGISI 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
The 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
Today 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
Last 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
Western 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
Western 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
Statement by Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore I am pleased to announce that Jan van Riebeeck High School has agreed to the sale of underutilised land with a value of about R60-million, in the interests of improving the quality of... Read More
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will investigate any report of schools withholding school reports because parents have not paid school fees. Schools may hold parents to account, but may not prejudice learners in any way to ensure... Read More
The City of Cape Town has made plans to minimise the disruption of strike action by municipal staff from Monday, 21 January onwards. It is not clear at this stage what form the strike action will take. Read More
MEDIA STATEMENT- MEC FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING January 16, 2008 THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PROVINCE TO DECLARE THE EDEN DISTRICT AS A LOCAL DISASTER. Read More