Investing in our Youth On March 16th, 15 young adults of Touwsrivier received their certificates after successfully completing a culinary course, an initiative by the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) to upskill and uplift the youth of the district. The intimate gathering was not merely a certificate handover, at it was followed by a lunch […]

Cape Winelands Netball Team Wins The Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) was thrilled to hear that the Cape Winelands netball team won the 2021 SPAR National Netball Championship.  The team were crowned the champions after a phenomenal performance and victory against Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) 66-54 in the final held at Hoërskool DF Malan in […]

IDP Stakeholder Engagement The Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) invited stakeholders to attend the two Integrated Development Plan (IDP) Stakeholder Engagements held at the Worcester and Paarl. Registered community organisations and NGO’s/NPO’s from areas across the district attended with the goal to discussed burning issues in their communities. “Public participation is paramount in a democracy. […]

Newsflash – Condolence

Fire Services respond to 75 fires! 27 January 2022 – Immediate Release The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fires Services have for the period of 19 – 25 January responded to 75 fires.   Seven of these were notable for either their potential for damage to livelihood or property and/or the large fire line, it is suspected […]

Mayor Elna von Schlicht expresses support of Local Municipality’s call on Eskom In my capacity as the Executive Mayor of the Cape Winelands District Municipality, I wish to express my full support to the various municipalities who have in response to ESKOM’s tariff increase application, submitted letters of rejection to the National Energy Regulator of […]

Don’t let the heat land you in hot water. 18 January 2022 The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services, Disaster Management and Municipal Health Services divisions are responsible for the wellbeing of our citizens and our environment.  Due to the hot weather that is predicted for this weekend and the usual hot weather associated with […]

CWDM announces new Executive Political Leadership 7 December – Immediate Release The Cape Winelands District Municipality elected their new council on 2 December 2021.  “To all political colleagues present today. I thank you all for your displaying your integrity through your behaviour, not only in the run-up to the elections but also today at this […]