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Statement by Jan de Villiers MP – DA National Spokesperson: Today the DA celebrates the outstanding work of the Western Cape Government, that delivers the best quality of life in South Africa, under the leadership of Premier Alan Winde, on his birthday today. The Western Cape Government delivers. And it delivers because it is led …
On Friday, 27 November 2020, Premier Alan Winde and I submitted a section 79 petition to President Cyril Ramaphosa to bring to his attention material concerns over the constitutionality of certain aspects of the 2020 Division of Revenue Second Amendment (DoRA 2) Bill which was passed by Parliament on Thursday, 26 November 2020. When Minister …
Yesterday (14 October 2020), Premier Alan Winde and Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier, visited the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) in Cape Town to see the progress made on this important infrastructure investment which will play a key role in the development of the renewable energy industry and our economic recovery in …
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says many areas in the province have passed its peak following a decline in hospitalisations, deaths, and the percentage of positive tests overall. “The combined capacity of hospitals in the Cape Town metro, including non-COVID-19 patients is stable at 69%,” Winde said during his weekly update. Meanwhile, the Hospital of …
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the statement by Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde on his Government’s resolution to allow for the sale of alcohol and the safe reopening of all businesses. This is because the Western Cape Government from the very onset of this pandemic immediately set to work in building healthcare capacity to ensure …
The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape welcomes the newly completed testing and triage centre in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. The centre is part of 19 other facilities that will be established across the province to ease the pressure on healthcare services during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Western Cape is now the new epicentre …
On 20 February, the Western Cape Provincial Parliament will host the official opening of the second session of the Sixth Parliament. Premier Alan Winde will also present his annual State of the Province Address (SOPA) at this occasion. For the first time, this event will be held away from the Provincial Legislature building, and indeed, …
Premier Alan Winde and Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, welcome the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the SANDF deployment will be extended by a further six months. President Ramaphosa made the announcement just hours before the original deployment was due to come to an end. Premier Winde said: “We wrote to the President …
Tomorrow, Premier Alan Winde, together with members of his cabinet, including Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, Minister of Social Development, Sharna Fernandez, and the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sports, Anroux Marais, will commemorate Deaf Awareness Month by joining DeafSA Western Cape for their annual ‘Silent Walk’. Here, attendees will walk wearing earplugs for …
The weekend murder rate has declined from 47 murders last weekend, to 34 reported in the metro region of the Western Cape over the past weekend. Of these, 21 deaths were as a result of shootings, six as a result of stabbings, and seven as a result of other means. Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde …
The number of murders recorded over the past weekend showed a slight decline to 41, however, the number of deaths by gunshot has shown a dramatic decline and is the lowest recorded over the past ten weekends. Of the 41 murders, 16 were due to gunshots, 19 as a result of stabbings, and 6 due …
Weekend murder statistics for the metro region have shown an increase from last weekend, but a declining trend from previous pay day weekends, which tend to have the highest death toll in the province. A total of 46 people were murdered over the weekend, with 21 shootings, 20 stabbings and 5 murders by other causes, …
The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape has welcomed a commitment made today by Premier Alan Winde to establish a provincial disaster donations depot during his reply to the State of the Province Address (SOPA) debate. The DA’s proposal of a provincial depot, raised during my SOPA debate speech this week, could serve as a …
WC Premier Alan Winds today announced his Cabinet team who will be working with him during this term of office to execute on the vision put forward to the residents of the Western Cape. The new Cabinet was sworn in this morning by Judge President John Hlophe and are ready to begin serving the citizens …
