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2009/04/14
L Brown salutes social workers on Social Work Day
Government acknowledges the importance of the work carried out by social workers and this is one of the reasons it has designated the type of work carried out by social workers to be a scarce skill. Premier Lynne Brown was addressing a dinner for 1 000 social workers, honouring the work that they do, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) this week. Social workers embraced the notion of a partnership with government, as well as a spirit of activism, long before I made my ... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/29
L Brown opens e-Googlethu Cape Access Centre
The Western Cape Government and Microsoft this weekend launched the 'e-Googlethu' Cape Access Centre, empowering the community of Gugulethu with direct and free access to 30 state of the art computers and the internet. The Western Cape government, in partnership with Microsoft, has now set up 14 e-Community Forums and 19 e-Centres in under-served communities of the Western Cape through the Cape Access Project,' said Premier Brown. Cape Access is an award winning project of the Western ... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/29
L Brown on planting of trees, food garden and flowers
For the third time this week, Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown returned to Delft on Saturday to plant trees, food and flowers. It was in the interest of all the people of the Western Cape to narrow the gaps that divided them, the Premier said, rolling up her sleeves and joining hundreds of learners planting a food garden at Hindle Road West Secondary School on Saturday. Earlier, this week Premier Brown participated in the planting of family food gardens in Delft. [highlighted result]
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2009/03/26
L Brown: Premier Service Excellence Awards
I would like to say 'thank you' to our public service employees for their many sterling efforts over the past year efforts which have ensured that residents of the Western Cape continue to receive the best service delivery possible. Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen service delivery is a subject that has always been close to my heart more especially so since I became Premier of this beautiful province nine months ago. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate the seven finalists ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09032712451001.htm Size: 10KB Source: Western Cape Provincial Government Speaker: L Brown Collection: gov
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2009/03/25
L Brown: Media contribution to nation building
I have always held the belief that the media and government work together, like different sides of the same coin. Nation building is not just the job of government or political parties, it is the job of all who comment on society and believe they have a contribution to make. Because like the media, government is also the voice of the voiceless, but more than that, while the media can highlight the problems of the people on the ground, government can solve them. [highlighted result]
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2009/03/25
L Brown on fight against Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Premier Brown puts down a palm print in support of FASfacts, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working with rural communities to combat Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Today (Wednesday, 25 March 2009) the provincial government of the Western Cape and FASfacts signed a handprint pledge to boost the fight against FAS at an event held in Worcester, Western Cape. A recent impact study commissioned FASfacts has shown that awareness and information has hit 98 percent of respondents knowing that ... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/24
L Brown launches food garden project
Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown got her hands dirty today in March when she launched a green rights project in Delft in which hundreds of activists will roll out 250 food gardens to beneficiaries in the area over a five day period. The Office of the Premier, Agriculture, Cultural Affairs and Sport, Local Government and Housing and Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Departments have contributed time, money and sweat equity from staff, many of whom will be actively digging in the ... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/10
L Brown: Monthly elders meeting
We have to make better lives for our children and seniors. We want to keep seniors active, which is why we host the golden games and encourage seniors to participate and stay active. And thank you COSATU because Provincial Government could not have done it alone. [highlighted result]
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2009/02/13
L Brown: State of the Province Address
The City of Cape Town is not an island; nor is the Western Cape. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, this government is a strong supporter of partnerships ' between different levels of government between government and business between government and communities and between government and individuals. The Western Cape Government, through the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, is establishing mutually beneficial relationships between departments and medium-sized and large firms. [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09021314451002.htm Size: 52KB Source: Western Cape Provincial Government Speaker: L Brown Collection: gov
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2008/10/14
L Brown on Erasmus Commission questions
After careful consideration of all the facts at my disposal and in reply to written questions in the provincial legislature on the matter of the Erasmus Commission, I wish to indicate the following: The decision to appoint a commission vests with the Premier and it was the Premier who took the decision to appoint the Erasmus Commission. I have further indicated in my reply that legal opinions were sought by the Premier from Professor Nico Steytler and his team at the University of the Western... [highlighted result]
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2008/10/13
L Brown: Southern African Housing Foundation Conference
In the Western Cape alone, we have a housing backlog of almost 400,000 units. Ladies and gentlemen, among the poorest of the poor, the acquisition of a house promotes self-esteem. These, ladies and gentlemen, are the homes of tens of thousands of desperately poor people. [highlighted result]
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2008/09/06
L Brown: Learning Cape festival
And when I visited the school and I loved the idea that all the people involved in the school, the teachers, principal, parents and students were all putting their heads together to work out how to make sure that when they go off on a weekend, no one can vandalise their school. Part of that is that the whole community who live around the school do not feel about the school, the way we feel about the school. We won't break into the school on the weekend, because we believe in our school. [highlighted result]
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2008/09/01
L Brown: Intergovernmental co-operation
The Office of the Western Cape Premier has received a copy of the judgment handed down today in respect of the Erasmus Commission. It has not been easy to maintain silence on the matter because there has been a damaging breakdown of intergovernmental co-operation between the provincial government of the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town. The Western Cape Provincial Government fully respects the decision of Pietermaritzburg High Court Judges Chris Nicholson and Kevin Swain in the matter ... [highlighted result]
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2008/08/29
The Muslim community across the world and in the Western Cape, as well as many non-Muslims, will observe the sacred month of Ramadan in the weeks to come. For Muslims, Ramadan is a sacred month wherein Almighty Allah gives humanity the opportunity to achieve endless bliss through purification and striving. On behalf of the Western Cape Provincial Government I wish all our Muslim family, neighbours and friends a time of great blessing, wisdom, reaching out in friendship and recommitment during... [highlighted result]
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2008/08/28
L Brown: Vandalism and drug abuse at Byacinth Primary School
I grew up in Portlands (Mitchells Plain) and taught at Portlands High. Because vandalism is not restricted to schools ' state buildings, clinics and hospitals also experience vandalism, as do shops and peoples homes. My colleague, Education MEC Yousuf Gabru will also visit your school. [highlighted result]
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2008/08/08
L Brown: National Prosecuting Authority women's day celebratory function
As, I hope, do women in the middle phase of life, like myself. I want to congratulate the NPA on their commitment to the protection of the fundamental rights of vulnerable groups, like women and children. I also want to note that more women are entering the judiciary and related fields, and want to encourage these women and the women here working hard to uplift not just women but entire communities, to keep doing so and encourage the men who are involved and who support these women, to do the... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08091009451001.htm Size: 10KB Source: Western Cape Provincial Government Speaker: L Brown Collection: gov
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2008/08/08
L Brown: Launch of Provincial Government Women's Month
Next week is officially the Public Service Women Management Week of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape. We hope to via these activities (eight principle action plan) take another step forward in equipping women with the tools to address gender equity based challenges and enhance women's leadership capabilities. While the annual Public Service Women Management week conference theme is: Always set the trail, never follow the path. [highlighted result]
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2008/08/08
L Brown: Women's Day celebrations
This government has put policy in place to ensure the empowerment of women ' but policy is nothing if it is not acted on constructively, and I believe this is also happening. And I am pleased that government and community have made and are still making spaces in which they can discuss and debate and find ways to take forward the issues of communities and those most at risk within communities, like the girl child, like rural women and women dealing with poverty. On that note, please enjoy ... [highlighted result]
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2008/07/31
L Brown on new Western Cape cabinet
Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown has announced her new cabinet as follows, in no particular order: * Finance, Economic Development and Tourism: Garth Strachan * Agriculture: Cobus Dowry * Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning: Pierre Uys * Housing: Whitey Jacobs * Community Safety: Patrick McKenzie * Health: Marius Fransman * Education: Yousuf Gabru * Social Development: Zodwa Magwaza * Cultural Affairs and Sport: Cameron Dugmore * Transport and Public Works: Koleka... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08080110151003.htm Size: 7KB Source: Western Cape Provincial Government Collection: gov
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2008/07/25
L Brown: Acceptance of Premiership
Mr Speaker, my speech is entitled 'Western Cape united' because I think it is an incredibly huge honour placed on my shoulders to address you here as the sixth Premier to serve this province in the democratic era. As a member of the African National Congress, now deployed to lead the Western Cape province, I am guided by the organisation's collective leadership and its policies. We may disagree politically, but it is incumbent on the Western Cape Provincial Government to work with all the ... [highlighted result]
URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2008/08072913451003.htm Size: 13KB Source: Western Cape Provincial Government Speaker: L Brown Collection: gov