The Khayelitsha Health Forum has launched an initiative to protect Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel, following reports of an increase in attacks by criminals. It comes on the foot of an attack in which two paramedics were robbed at gunpoint in Harare two weeks ago, while responding to an emergency[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Manenberg has been identified as a priority area for upliftment by the Western Cape government and City of Cape Town, given how deeply and tragically this suburb is affected by urban decay, and the resulting crises of drug abuse and gangsterism. With plans set in place, Manenberg[…]
Wesgro and the Western Cape Government, in partnership with Airbnb and CapeNature, have announced a new campaign to help tourists and the tourism sector save water. According to Wesgro, the new campaign will distribute 2 300 low-flow showerheads to guesthouses, B&B’s and Airbnb hosts across the province. Aimed at saving[…]
The City of Cape Town Health Services says nursing staff at its clinics have managed to reduce child mortality rates through different interventions. Nurses working for the City of Cape Town health services have been honoured with certificates for long service to mark International Nurses Day which is being celebrated on[…]
The City of Cape Town and Manenberg community members are engaging in pre-consultations meetings on the Manenberg upgrade project. The progress plan is based on the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading methodology, with intent to enhance the overall safety in the suburb, which has been deeply impacted by gang violence.[…]
A site visit at the GF Jooste Hospital ended even before it began after members of the ANC Western Cape leadership met with concerned Manenberg residents outside the hospital on Thursday. Provincial ANC chairperson, Marius Fransman, provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs and members of the Manenberg Steering Committee for the city’s[…]
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi on Tuesday said the Western Cape government was destroying freedom of speech and media freedom by calling on all its provincial departments to stop subscriptions to the Cape Times newspaper. “Sadly the Western Cape provincial government has trampled on this hard won freedom by dictating which[…]
A recent reshuffle in the DA-led Western Cape government had nothing to do with quotas of Afrikaner representatives, former Health MEC Theuns Botha said on Saturday. “The media speculation of any sinister reason for Minister [NomaFrench] Mbombo and I swopping portfolios is unfounded and untrue,” said Botha in a statement.[…]
The South African Police Services (SAPS) are set to collaborate with several Western Cape governmental departments, in a bid to tackle violence and abuse in the community. The campaign, titled “Safety starts in the family”, will seek to emphasize the vital role played by family in tackling violent behavior, particularly[…]
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