With the start of the peak holiday season the City of Cape Town would like to provide residents and visitors with the most current information on White Shark activity. Read More
Western Cape Provincial Speaker (Mr.) Shaun Byneveldt has learned with shock and sadness of the murder last night of the talented South African musician, singer, songwriter, playwright and producer Taliep Petersen (56). Read More
I would like to extend hearty best wishes to all the people of the Western Cape and wish them well over the festive season and into the New Year. Read More
The City of Cape Town has launched a new pilot tourism route, based on rail transport. Read More
The Mitchells Plain community will start its own Festive Lights switch-on tradition with the first official switch-on celebration on Sunday, 17 December 2006. Read More
World High School Touch Rugby Champions, Trafalgar High, successfully defended their title in Singapore, and will be welcomed by a celebratory party led by a proud Education MEC Cameron Dugmore tomorrow (Friday 15 December), about 09h00 at the Cape... Read More
Your media organisation is invited to the Annual Announcement function of the Matric Results, with Premier Ebrahim Rasool and Education MEC Cameron Dugmore. Read More
Headlines Headlines City asks to get electricity distribution back R10,6 million for Khayelitsha Community Trust Westbank Clinic receives additional R2,2 million Draft Urban Agriculture Policy approved City to get own broadband network Read More
Schools in the Western Cape appear to be managing the transition to the new curriculum for Grade 10 well, according to results reported to the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) thus far. Read More
Help is at hand for thousands of Council housing residents who are struggling to keep up with their monthly rentals or installments. Read More
Friends of the Tygerberg Hills have donated a water pump to the City of Cape Town Nature Conservation Branch to assist in fighting veld fires in the Tygerberg area. Read More
"Volunteers play a major supportive role in the health services we render, and their role will become even more important as the burden on our services increases," Minister Pierre Uys said at a Volunteers Awards Ceremony at the Red Cross Children's... Read More
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has informed the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) that it wants to reopen a discussion on the future of 458 ad hoc teaching posts in the province. Read More
Maynardville Park, which boasts one of only three open-air theatres in the world to offer regular Shakespeare performances, has received a special tribute from the City of Cape Town. Read More
Today the Multiparty Government of Cape Town launches the City's anti-corruption hotline. The toll-free hotline 0800 32 31 30 will allow City employees, business people, and the citizens of Cape Town a way to blow the whistle on corruption while... Read More
Two handcrafted heritage plaques for Maynardville Park are to be unveiled by Deputy Mayor Andrew Arnolds, at a special ceremony on 5 December 2006, to mark the end of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Open-Air Theatre. Read More
On Monday, 4 December 2006 Mayor Helen Zille and City Manager Achmat Ebrahim will launch the City of Cape Town's anti-corruption hotline at a media conference. Read More
In response to media reports about the appointment of teachers, I can assure the public that the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) prepared fully for the appointment process this year and that many officials worked many hours of overtime to... Read More
Due to initial indications of success, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has decided to continue with its Teaching Assistant project as part of the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, to help improve the reading and mathematics skills of... Read More
A large landscaped HIV/Aids sign will be unveiled in Arderne Gardens, Claremont, on 1 December as part of the City of Cape Town's commemoration of World Aids Day. Read More