STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR OF THE CAPE WINELANDS DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY 24 NOVEMBER 2025 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE South Africa continues to face the persistent and devastating pandemic of gender-based violence (GBV). As the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM), we stand firm in our belief that the fight against GBV cannot be […]
Cape Winelands District Municipality’s (CWDM/’s) Division: Rural and Social Development has identified nineteen (19) old age homes and service centres to receive a donation of 37 wheelchairs and officially handed them over on the 3rd of November 2025. The handover took place at the Paarl Town Hall and is in response to a growing need […]
The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services, together with partners, CapeNature are responsible for the management of fires affecting all wildland and veld and other rural areas throughout the District. “Beating a wildland fire and protecting lives and livelihoods, is never achieved through an individual team or organisation. It can only be achieved through integrated […]
Tankwa Family Day 2025 was more than an event. The CWDM team together with many other partners, celebrated connection and community. The annual Tankwa Family Day took place on Saturday, 4 October 2025. Executive Mayor Ald. (Dr) Elna von Schlicht said: “Family Day in the Tankwa Karoo shows that all communities, irrespective of their location, […]
The Honourable Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Fiki Hlabisa, honoured the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) with two prestigious awards at the National Good Governance Awards, hosted during the annual Local Government Indaba at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg. The awards recognise CWDM’s remarkable achievement of 11 consecutive clean audit […]
One of the mandated functions of the Cape Winelands District Municipality (CWDM), carried out through its Municipal Health Services (MHS) division, is to ensure that all food consumed by residents and visitors in the Cape Winelands — from production to table — is safe for consumption by enforcing food hygiene regulations. Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs) […]
“A surprising number of school-going girls are, for a variety of reasons, unable to access sanitary pads. Due to this, girls often stay out of school, losing valuable academic days leading to poor academic performance, which in turn limits the potential of young women.” Stated the Executive Deputy Mayor, Ald Margie Sampson at a handover. […]
The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s (CWDM/’s) Fire Services recently received specialised HAZMAT equipment, which was made possible by the Western Cape Government (WCG) Disaster Management. The handover of HAZMAT equipment took place in Stellenbosch on 28 August 2025. In recognition of the critical role that suitable equipment plays in the successful management of disasters relating […]
The Cape Winelands District Municipality has once again received a clean audit opinion from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) — our 11th in a row for the 2023/2024 financial year. The result was officially confirmed in May 2025, and yesterday we proudly received the trophy at the annual Clean Audit Award ceremony hosted by […]
“I say, It’s in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need for my care. ’Cause I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.” With these, powerful and inspiring words from the poem by African American poet, Maya Angelou, Executive Mayor of the Cape Winelands District […]