News and Speeches
World No Tobacco Day Programme - 2004
27 May 2004Date: 31 May 2004 Venue: Blackpool Hall, Shelley Street, Salt River Programme Director: Zaid Omar: eTV (The Drum Cafe will provide an interactive drumming session as guests arrive) Read More
Effects of Smoking
27 May 2004The Department of Health knows that tobacco smoke is a significant public health risk to young children and the feeling is that parents need to be aware of the risks of smoking in the home around their young children. People must reduce the children... Read More
Traditional Initiation (Circumcision) Schools: 24-25 May 2004
24 May 2004Mr Thandwa Ntshona (Cultural Services) attended this event at the Indaba Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg which was arranged by the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL). Read More
Minister's Statement on the Launch of Child Protection Week
24 May 2004Ladies and Gentlemen of Media Distinguished guests Dear Children, Read More
Director-General Appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town
23 May 2004The Director-General, Dr Gilbert Lawrence, has been appointed as a visiting professor in the School of Public Health and Family Medicine. Read More
Statement by Western Cape Health Minister Pierre Uys Commemorating Child Protection Week, 24 - 30 May 2004
23 May 2004Children are something very special to us as parents and it is therefore a commitment of the Western Cape Health Services to provide the best possible protection and care services to our youngsters says Provincial Health Minister, Pierre Uys, in a... Read More
World "NO" Tobacco Day 2004 - Theme: "Tobacco and poverty - a vicious circle"
19 May 2004The Tobacco Free-initiative proposes that World "No" Tobacco Day 2004 focus on tobacco control and poverty. World "No" Tobacco Day is celebrated around the world on 31 May each year. Read More
Minister Ramatlakane meets Cape Town based Foreign Diplomats about their Safety
17 May 2004Western Cape Minister for Community Safety Leonard Ramatlakane and Provincial Police Commissioner Mzwandile Petros met with members of the Foreign Diplomatic Missions stationed in Cape Town. Read More
Visit to De Doorns - Alledged Buldozing of Workers' Houses
17 May 2004During the course of last week a very disturbing report about a farmer in De Doorns who allegedly bulldozed the houses of farm workers, appeared on television. Read More
Lifting of Quarantine and Movement Restrictions for African Horse Sickness
17 May 2004As from 17 May 2004 the movement quarantine imposed as a result of the outbreak of African Horse Sickness in the Western Cape, has been lifted in the Stellenbosch and Somerset West Magisterial Districts, as well as on individual farms placed under... Read More
Griqua National Conference
13 May 2004Louis Nel (Language Unit) recently handed over a copy of the travelling exhibition on AAS le Fleur I to the Griqua National Conference and also attended the Ratelgat cultural festival held annually at the Griqua National Conference on the farm... Read More
Statement by Department of Health, Western Cape, following newspaper reports on Conditions in Ward 20 (Maximum-Security Ward) of Valkenberg Hospital
12 May 2004Following reports in The Cape Times of 10 May 2004 and Die Burger of 12 May 2004, I wish to clarify the situation regarding conditions in Ward 20, the Maximum Security Ward of Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital. Read More
Minister Ramatlakane Welcomes Staggie Sentencing
11 May 2004Western Cape Minister for Community Safety Leonard Ramatlakane has welcomed the long term jail sentence imposed on former Hard Livings gang leader Rashied Staggie and seven of his co-accused. Read More
Nurses Day, 12 May 2004
11 May 2004Statement by the Western Cape Health Minister, Pierre Uys on Nurses Day, 12 May 2004. Read More
Highway Patrols were Never Withdrawn says Minister Ramatlakane
9 May 2004Minister Ramatlakane says Highway patrols were never withdrawn but strengthened. Read More
Statement by Provincial Health Minister, Pierre Uys, highlighting Occupational Therapy Week (10 to 14 May).
9 May 2004The work done by the Western Cape's thousands of health workers does not always get the recognition it deserves largely due to the fact that most of the work is done behind the scenes and is rarely highlighted. Read More
Development of Policies for Heritage Impact Assessment Workshop
7 May 2004The Council of Heritage Western Cape held a one day workshop in preparation for the development of policies for Heritage Impact Assessments as required in sections 38 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) Read More
Minister Ramatlakane Condemns Killing of Four Family Members
6 May 2004Western Cape Minister for Community Safety Mr Leonard Ramatlakane has called on the community of Bishop Lavis in the Cape Flats to come forward with information that could help find the killers of four family members in Bishop Lavis. Read More
4 May 2004 is World Asthma Day
3 May 2004Today, Tuesday May 4th 2004, is the 7th World Asthma Day. Asthma is a common illness in South Africa and effective therapy is freely available. Read More
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