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Justice for CweCwe: Thousands of Cape Town demonstrators join nationwide shutdown
Justice for CweCwe: Thousands of Cape Town demonstrators join nationwide shutdown! Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of…
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Premier Winde pushes for probes into George building collapse to wrap up this year
Almost four months since the tragic George building collapse, some of the ongoing investigations into the matter are yet to…
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Premier Winde pleased with Western Cape’s low youth unemployment figures
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has lauded the province for maintaining the lowest youth unemployment rate in the country in…
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Western Cape Premier Winde welcomes improvement in Eskom’s energy availability factor
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed the improvement of Eskom’s energy availability factor. The power utility’s energy availability factor…
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Alan Winde prioritises reducing unemployment for 7th administration
Financial sustainability and infrastructure-led economic growth are among the priorities for the Western Cape over the next five years. This…
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Western Cape dealing with the aftermath of disruptive weather
Western Cape residents have been urged to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions to ensure their safety amid disruptive weather.…
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ANC has community safety concerns in the Western Cape
African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape Spokesperson Khalid Sayed said that the failure of the Community Safety and Police Oversight…
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WC Premier Winde dismisses ANC’s calls for commission of inquiry into George disaster
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde does not believe there is a need for a judicial commission of inquiry into the…
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George building collapse: DA’s Winde denies that companies involved are party donors
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has denied claims that the companies behind the George building collapse are Democratic Alliance (DA)…
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Premier Winde & Hill-Lewis visit families of 11 missing fishermen
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis have conveyed condolences to the families of 11 fishermen…
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Probe into George building collapse continues as authorities wrap up rescue operations
Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile said that a team of experienced detectives has been assigned to probe the deaths…
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Western Cape Premier: Investigations into George building collapse underway
Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde says an investigation is underway to find out exactly how the George building collapsed and…
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Update: 22 construction workers rescued after building collapses in George
Twenty-two construction workers have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in George in the Western Cape. This…
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Western Cape govt welcomes SCA ruling on Tafelberg site development
The Western Cape government welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that allows the administration to continue redeveloping the Tafelberg…
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Premier Winde says plans are in place to declare Western Cape storm as a provincial disaster
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says his government plans to have the recent Cape storm classified as a provincial disaster.…
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MEC says focus of Western Cape Community Safety budget to assist in creating safer communities
The Western Cape Provincial Department of police oversight and Community Safety says its R763.4 million budget shows courage in the…
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Premier Winde says Western Cape govt’s efforts to curb crime yielding results
Premier Alan Winde said that the Western Cape government’s efforts to curb crime were yielding results as the murder rate…
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Alan Winde expected to address load shedding, crime during W Cape SOPA
Premier Alan Winde is expected to deliver the last State of the Province Address (SOPA) of the 6th Parliament of…
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Western Cape govt sends generators to areas braving power outages in Central Karoo
Residents in towns affected by power outages in the Central Karoo District Municipality may have to go through this week…
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1.2 million Western Cape learners return to school
Back-to-school in the Western Cape seemed to have started off with ease, as there were barely any tears as learners…
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Western Cape Premier Winde uses weekly Digicon to highlight scourge of GBV
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde used his weekly Digicon to focus on the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).…
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Deteriorating performance of SA’s ports detrimental to economy, says Alan Winde
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said that the deteriorating performance of the country’s ports was detrimental to the country’s economy.…
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Alan Winde pleads for calm amid rift between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groupings
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has called for calm after pro-Israel and pro-Palestine supporters clashed at Sea Point Promenade on…
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Western Cape govt calls for service delivery to be made a priority in MTBPS
The Western Cape government is calling for service delivery to be made a priority ahead of the Medium-Term Budget Policy…
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39 roads in Western Cape remain closed 10 days after heavy rain & flooding
About 39 roads in the Western Cape remain closed as a result of the Heritage Day long weekend storms. A…
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Alan Winde announced as DA’s Western Cape premier candidate for 2024 election
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Saturday announced that Alan Winde will be its candidate for the Western Cape premier for…
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Western Cape govt praise law officers for the capture of drug kingpin, Fadwaan Murphy
Western Cape government authorities have praised the detectives who secured the conviction of suspected drug kingpin Fadwaan Murphy. Premier Alan…
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More than 12 000 WC teachers and 700 000 pupils missed school due to Cape Town taxi strike on Thursday
The Western Cape Department of Education says over 700,000 pupils have missed school as the violent taxi strike in Cape…
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Santaco agrees to sit down with Cape Town Mayor and Western Cape Premier
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) has made an about-turn and now agreed to meet with City of Cape…
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Rapid rise in solar panel theft during load shedding
Even as embattled South Africans face hours of darkness, there is another threat looming: home-break-ins and thefts targeting equipment to…
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Western Cape floods will have significant impact on agri sector & economy, says Winde
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde believes the recent floods will have a significant impact on the province’s agricultural sector and…
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Alan Winde’s US trip is dangerous and unhelpful, says ANC
Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, is in Washington DC in the United States. He’s hoping to help ensure South Africa…
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Premier Winde welcomes progress in City of Cape Town’s electricity wheeling project
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed the news that there’s progress in the City of Cape Town’s electricity wheeling…
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President Ramaphosa heads to Western Cape’s Paarl for 6th presidential imbizo
President Cyril Ramaphosa will head to Paarl in the Cape Winelands on Friday as part of his presidential imbizos to…
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WC Premier Winde doesn’t have the powers to arrest Putin, says Legal expert
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde’s insistence that he will have Russian President Vladimir Putin arrested is wishful thinking, the SA…
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WC Premier Winde can only dream about the arrest of Putin, says Ntshavheni
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says Western Cape Premier Alan Winde can dream about anything but not the arrest…
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Western Cape govt puts 15-year plan in place to manage water supply and demand
The Western Cape government said that it had learnt a lot from the energy crisis, adding that it had put…
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EFF shutdown: City of Cape Town heads to court for precautionary interdict
Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis said that the city’s heading to court on Tuesday morning for a precautionary interdict,…
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South Africa needs a rethink on policing, says WC Premier Winde after Bheki Cele clings to post
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said he was disappointed that Bheki Cele had retained his post as police minister. President…
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Western Cape’s plans to end power cuts
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says his government can finally get to work dealing with South Africa’s unfolding electricity crisis…
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Western Cape Premier wants R1 billion for energy crisis
Western Cape premier Alan Winde has requested that the provincial treasury allocate R1-billion to respond to the energy crisis. Delivering…
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WC Premier Winde slams govt’s lack of urgency in solving energy & agricultural crisis
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says he remains deeply concerned about the national government’s continued lack of urgency and detailed…
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WC Premier Winde gives Ramaphosa ultimatum on coming clean about SA’s energy crisis
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on Tuesday gave President Cyril Ramaphosa an ultimatum in writing. He wants the number one…
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Mitchell’s future as Western Cape Speaker far from certain
The Western Cape provincial legislature has elected a new Speaker. Daylin Mitchell is the former mobility MEC and the youngest…
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Western Cape govt & World Bank get into bed to boost province’s services and energy security
The Western Cape government said it penned a new agreement with the World Bank in a bid to improve the…
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Probe into alleged links between police & gangs at advanced stage, says Premier Winde
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said on Friday that an investigation into alleged links between police officials and gangs was…
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Nupsawu members march in Cape Town, demand to meet with Premier Winde
About 200 members of the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers Union (Nupsawu) took to the streets of…
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Western Cape govt to establish task team to address power cuts
The Western Cape government said it will establish a task team to look at ways of addressing the impact of…
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Western Cape police say Premier Winde’s police-gang collusion inquiry request needs clear evidence
The Western Cape police ombusman says if Premier Alan Winde has clear evidence of police working together with gangs, there…
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Western Cape speaker facing motion of no confidence from his own party
The wrangling between Western Cape legislature speaker Masizole Mnqasela and his party, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) top brass has seemingly…
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