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During June, the Western Cape Blood Service (WCBS) celebrates National Blood Donor Month, with 14 June marking World Blood Donor Day. This month it endeavours to raise awareness of the importance of voluntary blood donation. The service also celebrat

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Today marked the first day of the ministerial delegation working visit in the Western Cape. From 24 November to Friday 26 November 2021, Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu along with Deputy Ministers Dikeledi Magadzi and David Mahlobo are in the Western Cape Province at Marriot Stellenbosch Protea Hotel. The objective of the visit is to assess the state of water and sanitation in the province. The 3-day working visit will entail Minister Mchunu engaging with the Premier of the Western...

The department is pleased with the heavy rains as they will bring relief to the drought-stricken Little Karoo.

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Importance of critical river systems as biodiversity migration corridors Interested individuals can send an email to Marti Kirstein: marti.kirstein@gmail.com for more information and to reserve a seat. Monday, 19 April 2021, 14:03 The Touw River. GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - On Wednesday 21 April, the Southern Cape Landowners Initiative (SCLI) will be hosting a workshop on invasive alien plant (IAP) management and the importance of river systems and catc...

I spent a couple of days refreshing the wheels on my sister-in-laws old beat-up Nissan 1400 bakkie during a visit to her home in Groot Brak (you can read about that here). Using a wire rotary brush, masking tape and newspaper, and some satin-black paint from a spray can, the spruce-up had done wonders for the bakkies overall demeanour. And Kariens! Or had it? Before I had even started on the wheel-refurbish, Karien said she felt the little 30-year-old Nissan was running out of fuel and that I w...

A rather beat-up old Nissan bakkie drove past my sister-in-law Kariens spot in Groot Brak a year or so ago. It belonged to her neighbour, and as it was still in the warm-up phase and travelling slowly in first gear, she waved and asked her neighbour where he was off to.  People in Groot Brak still do that sort of thing, you know? The neighbour replied he was off to sell this rather beat-up old workhorse, and the long and the short of it was that Karien did a terrific deal on the spot, and the ...