A City of Cape Town delegation will travel to New York to participate in the 14th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. The delegation includes Councillor Marian Nieuwoudt, Mayoral Committee Member for Planning and Environment and Councillor Themba Sikhutshwa, Africa's representative on ...  > 

THE YOUTH AND SMOKINGThe use of tobacco products in adolescence usually leads to a lifelong addiction to nicotine. Recent evidence shows that about half of all persistent cigarette smokers who start young are eventually killed by their habit, unless they quit. There were 100 million ...  > 

The country's first Regional Electricity Distributor, RED1, needs to assess and attend to the maintenance, upgrading and replacement of the City's ageing electricity infrastructure.  > 

The City of Cape Town's Mayoral Commitee, at the meeting held on 26 April 2006, gave a thumbs up to the proposed Darling Wind Farm by recommending to Council that the City enter into a Power Purchase Agreement with Darling Wind Farm (Pty) Ltd .  > 

The City of Cape Town will host the opening ceremony of the South African Deep Sea Angling Association's Tuna National Championships for 2006. The Championships will run from 01 May until 06 May 2006.  > 

President Thabo Mbeki has bestowed one of the highest national orders on Dr Ivan Toms, the Director City Health in the City of Cape Town.  > 

This is a reminder that the Provincial Government, in colloboration with Malibongwe Women's Movement, will celebrate the Freedom Day at Athlone Civic Centre. The programme will focus on the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Women's March against the pass laws. Speakers will ...  > 

Western Cape Minister for Community Safety Leonard Ramatlakane and Health Pierre Uys say the ongoing wage strike by security guards, has now turned into acts of crime and violence.  > 

The City of Cape Town has made contingency plans to minimise the threat of mudslides and flooding from the burnt slopes of Table Mountain after this year's wide-spread mountain fires.  > 

The water supply to Costa Da Gama (Fish Hoek), Capricorn Shopping Centre and Village (Noordhoek) will be cut from 22:00 Thursday night, 20 April 2006. It will be restored by 06:00 Friday morning, 21 April 2006.  > 

Wolfgat Nature Reserve, a biodiversity treasure box in the heart of the Cape Flats will host a community clean-up hike. Some 120 youth from the communities of Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha as well as 21 household volunteers will participate in this project.  > 

The water supply to Costa Da Gama (Fish Hoek), Capricorn Shopping Centre and Village (Muizenburg) will be cut from 22:00 Thursday night, 20 April 2006. It will be restored by 06:00 Friday morning, 21 April 2006.  > 

Easter is the holiest time of the religious year for our Christian sisters and brothers. It is a time rich in spiritual symbolism and tradition dating back to the earliest commemorations of the capture, trial, death and resurrection of Jesus.  > 

Pesach, or the 'Passover' celebrates the Jewish people's freedom from slavery some 3500 years ago, as told in the first 15 chapters of the biblical Book of Exodus. It is one of the three greatest Jewish religious festivals.  > 

A plan to ensure that clean air is achieved and maintained in the city was launched by the City of Cape Town Wednesday, 12 April 2006, in Kraaifontein.  > 

Following media coverage around the issue of the "rat-tailed maggot" there have been at least seven new complaints of finding the maggot at homes in different parts of the city e.g. Elsies River, Sybrand Park, Goodwood, Ottery and Grassy Park.  > 

Residents are advised that the Big Bay parking and recreational area will be closed from 18 April until 1 November 2006.  > 

The City of Cape Town will launch its Air Quality Management Plan on Wednesday, 12 April 2006, in Kraaifontein. The purpose of the plan is to ensure that clean air is achieved and maintained in the city over the next 10 to 20 years. Mayoral ...  > 

Western Cape MEC For Cultural Affairs and Sport, Whitey Jacobs announced a high performance scholarship programme awarded to Babalwa Ndleleni-Ramatlapo. This announcement was made a gala dinner organized by Zakes Siyalana Athletics Club in partnership with Gugulethu Business Community to celebrate Babalwa's recent achievements at ...  > 

"This year's theme for World Health Day, 'Working together for health', highlights the critical role played by our health workers, and the importance of working together to achieve the best outcomes for our patients ", Minister Uys said at a gathering of health workers in ...  > 

National Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe is to officially launch the Western Cape leg of the Safer Easter Programme on Sunday - 10 April 2006.The programme is jointly co-ordinated by the Departments of Community Safety and Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape.  > 

The Provincial Government of the Western Cape is satisfied that significant progress is being undertaken to address incidents relating to renewed taxi violence and gang war.  > 

Verified claimants who missed the earlier workshops are urged to attend one of a series of Open House Exhibitions that will commence on Saturday, 8 April 2006. Attending the exhibition will afford them the opportunity to help shape the future of District Six.  > 

Members of the public will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of the proposed development on one of two identified sites on the Green Point Common earmarked for the 2010 World Cup soccer event.  > 

South African High Fashion by Designer Craig ...  > 

Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop announced that the Dreamworld film studio complex application had been approved with a variation of decision and conditions.  > 

Provincial Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development, Tasneem Essop will announce her decision on the Dreamworld Film Complex appeal at a media conference on Wednesday, April 5 at 10am in the Ground Floor Boardroom, Utilitas Building, 1 Dorp Street, Cape Town.  > 

"The last case of polio that was reported in South Africa was in 1989", Minister Uys said. "But as long as there are still cases of the poliovirus elsewhere in the world, polio can be imported to a polio free area such as the Western ...  > 

The Annual Western Cape Sport Awards will be held in Stellenbosch on April 07, 2006 at the Van Der Stel Sport Complex.  > 

Your are invited to attend the media launch of the Electricty Demand Side Management Strategy, which includes a Public relations/communications plan, on Tuesday, April 4 at NOON at the Cullinan Hotel.  >