The South African Gymnastic Federation and the City of Cape Town willofficially open a Gymnastic Academy in Philippi on 29 March 2007 at19:00 at the Philippi Indoor Centre. Deputy Executive Mayor Charlotte Williams will represent the City at the event.  > 

Targets setting for quality education - Statement by Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore ...  > 

Residents across the metropolitan area will have a chance to comment on plans for the proposed redevelopment of Green Point Common, site of the new multi-purpose stadium to be built in time for 2010 World Cup.  > 

The City Parks Department is undertaking a city-wide Tree Clean-upCampaign, as part of the City Manager's drive to "get back to basics".  > 

The City of Cape Town's Social Development Department will be handing over soup kitchen appliances, food supplies and sound system equipment to the value of R40 000 to the Jehova Jaireh Welfare Organisation on 29 March 2007 at 19:00 at the Blackheath Civic Centre. The ...  > 

The City of Cape Town's final Sanitation Week event takes place at 10:00 on Friday, 30 March at the Community Hall in Du Noon. The event is the last of a month-long series of events, which started on 5 March, in support of National Water ...  > 

Public health concern over toxic blue-green algae in the water of the Rietvlei Wetland Reserve resulted in the temporary closing of the recreational water body to the public. The City of Cape Town's Nature Conservation Branch has since embarked on a rehabilitation study, supported by ...  > 

The deadline for the submission of written coments on the draft Provincial Noise Control Regulations has been extended. The draft Regulations are being made to tighten planning controls around noisy activities to lessen the impact of noise on people.  > 

An inquiry into various issues in schools in the Saldanha municipal area, including allegations of racism, access, transport, school fees and provisioning will start on Tuesday 27 March, 19h00, when senior officials of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) meet with the community of Laingville ...  > 

Langenhoven Gymnasium Alleged Racial Attack - Statement by Education Minister Cameron Dugmore on behalf of the Western Cape Education Department.  > 

Cape Town's Mayoral Committee yesterday agreed to the call for nominations to a panel of experts to advise the City in the process of renaming streets.  > 

The South African IT sector is expected to contribute about R77 billion to the SA economy by 2010 and Cape Town must position itself - especially its poorer communities - to take up the many thousands of jobs that will be created.  > 

In November last year, the Departments of Agriculture and Land Affairs held a Lekgotla to review progress on priority programmes of the departments, identify challenges, align our programs and capacity to deliver, and fast track delivery.  > 

Mr Adam Marais, a 72-year-old retired bus driver, is among adult learners who received awards from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) this week.  > 

Calling all ...  > 

The City of Cape Town's Valuations Department said today all sectional title owners would receive letters informing them of the revised valuations on their properties. These would begin arriving later this week. The distribution of these letters will be done through managing agents and bodies ...  > 

Members of the public must please note that the Khayelitsha Traffic Department has been relocated. As of 13 March 2007 it has been operating from the Resource Centre situated on the corner of Makabeni and Zakhele Roads in Khayelitsha.  > 

One thousand two hundred (1200) households in the Western Cape are stuck with no basic sanitation facilities. Government is working hard to ensure that the December 2007 Presidential target of removing this bucket system in all formal areas is met. The Premier of the Western ...  > 

The City of Cape Town said today the sod turning ceremony for the construction of the new R7 million Bothasig Clinic will take place on 27 March.  > 

Mayor Helen Zille will officially open the Joe Gqabi Drivers' Licence Testing Centre in Philippi on Tuesday, 27 March 2007 at 11:00. The Mayor will be accompanied by Cllr Dumisani Ximbi, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Cllr Elizabeth Thompson, Mayoral Committee Member for ...  > 

Gang violence - and the threat it poses to staff - has forced the temporary closure of the Manenberg Housing Estate office, from Monday 26 March.  > 

The City of Cape Town has been declared the cleanest city in South Africa, winning the Metro Category of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism's Annual Cleanest Town/Cleanest Metro 2006/2007 awards at a prestigious ceremony in Gauteng on Thursday, 22 March. The Cleanest Town ...  > 

The City of Cape Town's Valuations Department today issued a strong reminder to residents that the deadline for objections to property valuations expires on Saturday, 24 March. It said there would be no extension to this date.  > 

The City of Cape Town's first Sanitation Week event takes place at 10:00 on Monday, 26 March at the Andile Msizi Hall in Site B, Khayelitsha.  > 

The City of Cape Town's Directorate of Integrated Human Settlement Services will hold a workshop on Social Housing for People with Special Needs at the Woodstock Community Hall on Tuesday 27 March. This one day workshop will begin at 9:00. All media are welcome to ...  > 

The City of Cape Town and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights will celebrate the settling of a major land claim in Gabriel Road Circle in Plumstead at 10:00 on Saturday, 24 March. All media are welcome to attend this important event.  > 

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will be acknowledging and rewarding the achievements of adult learners this evening (Thursday 22 March 2007, 19h00) at a presentation ceremony at the Cape Teaching Institute (former teacher training college) in Nooiensfontein Road, Kuils River.  > 

In support of the call by the Pedal Power Association (PPA) and the Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) for "Bike to Work" day, Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore will be riding in tandem with representatives of the two organizations to schools and then to work ...  > 

About 250 teachers, principals, union representatives, tertiary institutions, curriculum experts and senior education officials will meet this weekend to deliberate on protocols for assessment standards and qualifications in the new Further Education and Training (FET) curriculum and in the General Education and Training (GET) band ...  > 

The City of Cape Town's Valuations Department today issued a strong reminder to residents that the deadline for objections to property valuations expires on Saturday, 24 March. It said there would be no extension to this date.  > 

A combined sod-turning and blessing of the soil ceremony will take place at 12:30 tomorrow, Tuesday, 20 March 2007 on the Metropolitan Golf Club site on Green Point Common where the new Green Point stadium is to be built. Representatives of various faith groups will ...  > 

Water is a constitutional right and the National Water Act of 1998, guides the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to provide water more equitably to all races, creed and gender.  > 

A host of interesting programmes and events will be incorporated into SA Library Week 2007, which will be celebrated at all public library facilities within the City of Cape Town from 19-24 March 2007.  > 

Performance agreements of education officials must be linked to the successful meeting of academic targets in schools. So said Education MEC Cameron Dugmore in his keynote address to a workshop on Assessment Standards in schools, convened by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) today and ...  > 

The City’s Arts and Culture Department – along with partners Iziko Museums, New Moon Ventures and Cape Town Festival - will be hosting “WordWise” poetry day at the Slave Lodge on 21 March 2007 from 10:00 to 16:00.  > 

As part of the Cape Town Water Week and Sanitation Week programme, two Water Quality Testing events have been planned for tomorrow (20 March).  > 

The City of Cape Town has invited the media to attend a special "Big Dunes Day" at Macassar on Tuesday, 20 March as part of Water Week.  > 

Water Week is usually a time when water shortages and other water issues are highlighted more than at any other time during the year, yet Cape Town has many such awareness-raising events throughout the year.  > 

The City of Cape Town's Valuations Department said today the computer glitch that resulted in some sectional title units in the City being incorrectly valued was confined to sectional title units alone and did not affect other properties.  > 

Following recent muggings of tourists on Table Mountain and Kirstenbosch, the City of Cape Town has developed an integrated action plan to ensure the overall safety of its visitors.  > 

The City of Cape Town said today it was in the process of restricting water supply and cutting off electricity to thousands of residents who had failed to pay their bills.  > 

Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore today announced a Task Team that will investigate and offer recommendations on various issues in schools in the Saldanha municipal area, including allegations of racism, access, transport, school fees and provisioning.  > 

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has temporarily stopped schooling of the Masibambisane High School in Delft, following two days of clashes between learners and the SAPS during which shots were fired, resulting in at least three learners being treated for minor injuries, and one ...  > 

The contract for the construction of the new multi-purpose stadium in Green Point was today awarded to a joint venture of Murray & Roberts and WBHO (Pty) Ltd. The total project cost is R2,85 billion.  > 

The City of Cape Town is to award bursaries totalling R1,2m to 60 local students for the 2007 academic year.  > 

Due to essential renovations at City Health's Tafelsig Clinic in Mitchells Plain it was initially expected that the provision of health services to the community would be affected from 23 February until 9 March 2007. The builders have, however, encountered problems and the work will ...  > 

City to Honor Western Cape Women in Dignity Awards Executive Mayor Helen Zille will host a tea to honour the Western Cape recipients of the Women Demand Dignity White Ribbon Awards in Cape Town. The awards are part of the activities that surrounded the 16 ...  > 

Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore has announced further options for young people in acquiring skills, which were previously not easily accessible for historically disadvantaged communities.  > 

The tender award for the new multi-purpose Green Point stadium will be considered by the City of Cape Town's Bid Adjudication Committee (BAC) at 14:00 - Tuesday 13 March 2007 - at the Civic Centre. The full report for the BAC is being finalised today ...  > 

The City of Cape Town today apologised to some 70 000 sectional title owners for an error in the computer programme used to determine their property valuations.  > 

Although there had been some slight increases in the number of Maths and Science passes, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has put in place extra measures to support schools, and will set targets for each high school to achieve even higher marks.  > 

More than 200,000 learners in 991 poor schools benefit from the Government's now renamed National School Nutrition Programme, at a cost of almost R50 million. So said Western Cape Education MEC Cameron Dugmore today in an interpellation during the Provincial Legislature sitting. The programme catered ...  > 

In the last twelve years of democracy, the country has made great strides in the reconstruction of South Africa and Africa. In pursuit of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Education, it has successfully united 19 different education departments; increased the number of successful ...  > 

The Western Cape provincial budget tabled today is good news for education in the province and builds on the positive allocations made by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, says Education MEC Cameron Dugmore.  > 

Cape Town's filming boom has attracted 120 investments worth over R52 million to the region since July 2005.  > 

Three teachers from Worcester, Cape Town and Paarl have won the provincial Aggrey Klaaste Maths, Science and Technology Teacher of the Year Awards for 2007.  > 

In line with its approved Energy and Climate Change Strategy, the City of Cape Town has embarked on a process of compiling guidelines for the construction of resource efficient buildings. This is in order to promote sustainable development through a reduction in the negative impacts ...  > 

Dr Anina Lee, Overstrand Conservation Foundation and Hennis Germishuys of Landcare. One of the Department of Agriculture's Landcare projects, the Kleinrivier Environmental & Employment Project (KEEP), won a silver award at the annual Impumelelo Innovations Award Trust Awards ceremony on 17 February 2007.  > 

Ever considered the possibilities that more than 6 000 tonnes of waste generated per day in Cape Town alone hold for an innovative entrepreneur? Fortunately the possibilities are not restricted to the Peninsula but are open to every citizen of a place where waste is ...  > 

Deputy Education Minister Enver Surty will join Western Cape MEC Cameron Dugmore and athletes Elana Meyer and Johan Landsman on Tuesday 06 March in the "for the sake of our lives" campaign.  >