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Police Officer killed – R50 000 reward for information still stands

28 October 2015

Statement by Dan Plato, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety Read More

Minister Plato hosts Eden cluster PNP consultation workshop

28 October 2015

Tomorrow, Thursday 29 October 2015, Minister Plato, will host the Provincial Policing Needs and Priorities (PNP) consultation workshop for the Eden police cluster in George. Read More

Another Clean Audit in 2014/15 – WCDLG Annual Report

27 October 2015

The Department of Local Government in the Western Cape tabled yet another Annual Report with a Clean Audit opinion before the Standing Committee on Local Government this morning. Read More

Media statement: SAPS handling of student protests to be probed

26 October 2015

SAPS handling of student protests to be probed, Police Ombudsman confirms Read More

New Sporting Facilities to Be Handed Over by Minister Marais

26 October 2015

Tomorrow, 26 October 2015, the Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, will officially hand over two new sporting facilities to the communities of Ashton and Bonnievale in the Langeberg Municipality. Read More

Fourteen Road Traffic Fatalities on Western Cape Roads

26 October 2015

On 23 and 24 October 2015, Western Cape Provincial Traffic Services stopped a total of 2 418 vehicles in 26 alcohol blitz roadblocks across the province. Read More

Metro Better Together Games End 2015 Games on a High Note

26 October 2015

New mascots, great team spirit, excitement and a good attitude – this was the winning recipe for the Metropole Better Together Games last week, the last games for the year. Read More

Minister Plato hosts Da Gamaskop cluster PNP consultation workshop

26 October 2015

Tomorrow, Tuesday 27 October 2015, Minister Plato, will host the Provincial Policing Needs and Priorities (PNP) consultation workshop for the Da Gamaskop police cluster in Mossel Bay. Read More

Breast Cancer the leading cause of death among women

26 October 2015

STATEMENT BY DR NOMAFRENCH MBOMBO   WESTERN CAPE MINISTRY OF HEALTH Read More

Statement by Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, on visa law changes

23 October 2015

I welcome the news that the National Government has revised its onerous visa regulations. Read More

DCAS Launches New Web Map

21 October 2015

The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) is the first department of the Western Cape government to launch a brand new web map of its public facing facilities on the World Wide Web. Read More

WC Police criminality– increased compliance results in fewer rotten apples

21 October 2015

Statement by Dan Plato, Western Cape Minister of Community Safety Read More

Upgraded and Expanded Intensive Care Unit to provide Life-saving Treatment

21 October 2015

With a dire shortage of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in South Africa, a R100 million-plus expansion and upgrade of the Paediatric ICU (PICU) at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital will significantly improve intensive care... Read More

Road Construction at Various Intersections of R27

21 October 2015

The reinstatement of traffic signal detector loops will be taking place on various intersections along the R27 West Coast Road over the next two weeks. Possible disruptions in traffic flow can be expected. Read More

Wetlands under increasing threat

21 October 2015

Anton Bredell, the minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape, has called on South Africans to use water wisely. Bredell was addressing the attendees of the 20th annual Water Indaba being held... Read More

Media Alert: New Stellenbosch Local History Exhibition to Be Opened By Minister

20 October 2015

Tomorrow, 21 October 2015, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, will officially open the new exhibition, “Stellenbosch and its people” at the Stellenbosch Museum.   Read More

Wetlands under increasing threat

20 October 2015

Anton Bredell, the minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape, has called on South Africans to use water wisely. Read More

Learner to Accompany Minister Peters to International Road Safety Conference

20 October 2015

Eriomene Rhodes, a Grade 11 learner from Saldanha, is one of nine lucky learners who will accompany National Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters to the 2nd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety in Brazil on 18 and 19 November 201 Read More

New Tarred Road between Gansbaai and Bredasdorp Opens

20 October 2015

On 20 October 2015, the Department of Transport and Public Works and the Cape Agulhas Municipality opened the R277 million tarred road between Gansbaai and Bredasdorp. Read More

Latest Suspected Metrorail Arson Attack Must Be Condemned

20 October 2015

Statement by Donald Grant, Minister of Transport and Public Works Read More

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