News and Speeches
Mobile Laboratory Ready to Roll into Province's Rural Regions
15 March 2011Extended negotiations between the Western Cape Department of Health, University of Stellenbosch, National Health Laboratory Service and the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Germany, has borne fruit with the official handover... Read More
Media Alert: Tygerberg Hospital Open Day
15 March 2011Tygerberg Hospital will host an Open Day where various departments will have information stalls and material available to the public. Radio Tygerberg will broadcast live from the venue. Read More
Launch of National Library Week
13 March 2011"In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." This was written by Mortimer Jerome Adler born in 1902, an American author and philosopher. Read More
Western Cape Team Joining Search and Rescue Effort in Japan
13 March 2011The Department of Foreign Affairs has requested Rescue South Africa to dispatch a team to assist with the disaster in Japan. The team leader and more than half of the team members are from the Western Cape and this is the first time a Western Cape... Read More
Minister Grant to Visit One of the Province's Most Improved Schools in the Grade 3 Litnum Tests
13 March 2011On Tuesday, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant will be visiting Impendulo Public Primary School. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Grant to Open Khanya Lab at Vista Nova
13 March 2011On Monday, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant will be officially opening a new Khanya Laboratory at Vista Nova Primary School for Special Needs.He will also update the media on the roll-out of the Khanya Programme. Read More
Honouring Tomorrow's Business Leaders
11 March 2011Provincial Treasury, Nedbank and the Western Cape Education Department honoured bursary winners and the Western Cape's top performing schools in Accounting and Economics at a prestigious award ceremony on 12 March 2011 at the Nedbank BOE Building, V... Read More
Media Alert: Official Opening of Province's Third Stem School - Claremont High School
10 March 2011Tomorrow, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant and Head of Department Penny Vinjevold, will be officially opening the Western Cape's third STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) facility. Read More
Province and City Urge SANTACO to Call Off Strike
9 March 2011Following a decision taken by members of its executive committee, SANTACO has announced that from Monday, 15 March 2011 the minibus taxi industry will go on strike. Read More
Premier Zille's Statement on NIA Monitoring
9 March 2011On 8 January 2008 at 06:20 am, my husband Johann answered the phone on the desk in my study. He heard the sound of tapes re-winding and clicking. He then heard a tape recording of conversations that I had had in the room. He made notes of the... Read More
Empowering New Farmers in Suurbraak, Western Cape
8 March 2011Gerrit van Rensburg, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development recently visited an ambitious agricultural empowerment initiative in the Suurbraak community, outside Swellendam in the Western Cape. Read More
Groote Schuur Hospital Celebrates Donation of Skin Laser Machine from Oasis
8 March 2011Groote Schuur Hospital has received a shot in the arm with the donation of a skin laser machine and the refurbishment of the hospital's Dermatology Unit. This was made possible with funds from the Oasis Crescent Fund Trust. Read More
Minister of Education Donald Grant, Western Cape
8 March 2011Minister Grant has today condemned in the strongest possible terms the unlawful action of approximately 100 learners and educators from the illegally constituted Simon Estes Music School. Read More
RETCAM Handing Over Ceremony
8 March 2011Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a disease that affects the eyes of premature babies. Abnormal vessels grow in the retina and can cause the retina to detach causing blindness. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Increases Capacity for Care With Six New Ventilators
8 March 2011The six new paediatric ventilators at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital brings the ratio of Intensive Care Unit beds to available ventilators to one-to-one. This means that even if the ICU is full and every child needs a ventilator - every... Read More
New Chapman's Peak Contract a Significant Improvement from the Previous One
7 March 2011The Department of Transport and Public Works and Entilini Concession (PTY) Ltd on 8 March 2011 signed a new contract for the Chapman's Peak Drive Public Private Partnership following more than 12 months of lengthy negotiations between the two... Read More
Western Cape Education Minister Grant Appeals to Learners to Arrive at School on Time
7 March 2011This morning, Western Cape Education Minister Donald Grant visited Maitland train station to monitor learners arriving late for school after hearing reports of latecoming in the area. Read More
Media Alert: Groote Schuur Hospital Celebrates Donation of Skin Laser Machine from Oasis
7 March 2011Groote Schuur hospital has received a shot in the arm with the donation of a skin laser machine, worth about R1 million, and the refurbishment of the hospital's Dermatology Unit. This was made possible with funds from the Oasis Crescent Fund Trust. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Grant to Monitor Latecoming at Maitland Train Station
6 March 2011One of our main focuses is on the protection of teaching time.In order to encourage "time on task", the Minister has made several visits to schools to monitor latecoming. Read More
Mowbray Maternity Hospital Receives Knitted Caps and Blanket Donation from Germany
6 March 2011Each year, 21 000 newborn babies die in South Africa. This amounts to 57 deaths each day. Many of these babies are born prematurely. Read More
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