The Premier, Ebrahim Rasool, will attend a Youth Sports Event, supported by the Department of Community Safety in Klapumuts under the theme of "Stand Up Against Crime and Make a Change". This event is aimed at alleviating the negative impact of drugs, alcohol abuse, teenage ...  > 

For the past few years, the George Regional Hospital has been a buzzing hive of building activity.  > 

More than 14,000 teachers are attending workshops throughout the Western Cape during the June-July holiday as they prepare to introduce new aspects of the national curriculum in 2007.  > 

"The admission of children to a ward of the GF Jooste hospital for the first time is a historic occasion", min. Uys said today. The Carnation ward is on the premises of the Lentegeur Hospital, and can take 70 patients, of which 11 are children.  > 

"The admission of children to a ward of the GF Jooste hospital for the first time is a historic occasion", min. Uys said today. The Carnation ward is on the premises of the Lentegeur Hospital, and can take 70 patients, of which 11 are children.  > 

The Premier, Ebrahim Rasool, will host the launch of the Islamic Civilazation Symposium as a pre-curser to the National Symposium to be held in Johannesburg on 1 - 3 September, 2006. The symposium seeks to address topics such as the spread of Islam in Southern ...  > 

Ms Rosieda Shabodien, the Spouse of the Premier, Ebrahim Rasool, is to launch a Health and Well-being Centre for Persons with Physical Disabilities at the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre.  > 

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will launch the South African Micro-finance Apex Fund (SAMAF) at the OR Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha on Friday, 30 June 2006 from 10:00.  > 

The first follow-up meeting with regard to evictions and land matters in Jonkershoek is scheduled for 26 June 2006 at 10h00 at the Council Chambers in Stellenbosch. This will be followed by a press conference at the same venue.  > 

The Provincial Cabinet met on 21 June 2006 and had very fruitful deliberations on a number of issues, some of the more important being:- ...  > 

Of the slightly more then 1,000 educators who left the profession last year, more then half cited personal reasons, retirement, ill-health and better opportunities in the private sector.  > 

The Western Cape Minister of Health, Pierre Uys, and the Chairperson of the South African Local Government Association Western Cape (SALGA WC), Councillor William Mxolose, signed an historic framework agreement in Cape Town governing the transfer of Personal Primary Health Care (PPHC) services previously provided ...  > 

Parents of almost 150,000 learners attending 419 primary schools in the Western Cape will no longer have to worry about monies for school fees. This after the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has allocated R29-million to fund the introduction of no fee schools during the ...  > 

From the left, centre, Cameron Dugmore, MEC for Education, Granville Isaacs, Principal of Paulus Joubert Primary School, and Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of the Western Cape, with learners of the school at the launch of the WCED's No Fee Schools programme. The amount reflected on the ...  > 

The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) launched its Integrated Pollutant and Waste Information System (IPWIS) on Thursday, 15 June2006 at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West. The launch was the culmination of the development of the IPWIS and supporting guidelines that ...  > 

Invitation to all media ...  > 

In an historical and key moment for youth development in the Western Cape, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will launch the Western Cape Representative Council of Learners (WCRCL), to be attended by about 1,800 high school learners from 700 schools across the province.  > 

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Every year during the summer months there is a sharp increase in the number of babies and small children under 2 years who become very ill with diarrhoea and vomiting. The summer months of this year have seen an accelerated campaign from Western Cape health ...  > 

The meeting to discuss and plot the way forward with regard to evictions and matters pertaining land tenure in Jonkershoek, took place in good spirit today. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Jonkershoek Crisis Committee, COSATU, Agri Western Cape, Stellenbosch Municipality, Stellenbosch Landbou ...  > 

The Western Cape Department of Health is out to combat flu this winter. The Department bought 50 000 doses influenza vaccines as part of a scale-up effort to increase influenza and general public awareness regarding the categories of people that are eligible for influenza vaccination ...  > 

Minister of Planning, Environment and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop, will celebrate World Environment Day in Piketberg on Monday, June 5.  >