Of South Africa's nine provinces, only the Western Cape returned a National majority in 1994.
Today the provincial government reckons around 130 gangs with 100, 000 members operate in the Western Cape.
Tourism and wine are two of the most important industries to the Western Cape.
In the Western Cape, the ANC's provincial secretary was stabbed in the neck at a party get-together.
In terms of quality, the wines of the Western Cape, in particular, have made great strides in the past decade.
Xolile Mngeni was due to go on trial on Monday at the Western Cape High Court, together with Mzwamadoda Qwabe.
Foreign interest probably has pushed prices up slightly in specific areas, such as the posh bits of the Western Cape coast.
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Major-General Peter Jacobs, head of police operations in the Western Cape, says the army is not trained to deal with gangs.
Cape Town is the natural hub for touring the Western Cape's Winelands.
The National Energy Regulator found that last year's outages in the Western Cape were largely due to Eskom's negligence and improper maintenance.
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It runs the Western Cape province and the city of Cape Town.
Rodney de Kock, the director for public prosecutions in the Western Cape, told the court that Mr Mngeni was at Groote Schuur Hospital.
The Western Cape is the only province run by the DA, the main opposition to the African National Congress (ANC) that rules nationwide.
The number of drug-related crimes in the Western Cape over 70, 000 between April 2010 and March 2011 made it by far the most drug-prone province.
Most of the Western Cape's 3, 000 farm workers are not employed on a permanent basis - despite working on the farms for many years.
In the Western Cape, towering sand dunes run to the edge of the sea and you examine a stunning and extensive collection of ancient rock art.
The other, Ebrahim Rasool, was in charge of one of the best-performing provinces, the Western Cape, but had long been scrapping with the party's local bosses.
In the Western Cape, Cabernet Sauvignon with its dark-blue skins and tightly packed bunches when blended with Cabernet Franc and Merlot, produces wines of exquisite Old World charm.
According to South Africa's Die Burger newspaper, security guards found the 17-year-old in an industrial area of Bredasdorp in the Western Cape province on Saturday morning.
That sentiment is echoed by Helen Zille - the premier of the Western Cape province and head of South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.
Ironically, the Western Cape has probably done best from the end of apartheid, as tourists have flocked to Table Mountain, the winelands and the province's spectacular coastline.
In Africa, Google is sponsoring a project in South Africa that will connect 10 schools in the Western Cape for six months, that will launch soon.
Some of the Western Cape's rampant alcoholism can be traced back to the Cape vineyard owners' old habit of paying their Cape Coloured workers partly in wine.
Mr Ferhelst was 14 when he helped to form the Bonteheuwel Military Wing (BMW), an underground youth group which was active in the Western Cape in the 1980s.
It is certain to win, but the opposition, which has won back the city of Cape Town, could wrest at least the Western Cape province from the ruling party.
According to a Bonhams representative, the painting will be exhibited, alongside the rest of the diamond retailer's art collection, at the Delaire Graff Estate, near Stellenbosch in the Western Cape.
An owner of a small shop was killed, allegedly by police, after being caught in the crossfire in the town of De Doorns, a top grape-producing area in the Western Cape.
The merger will barely affect national politics except to shore up the DA in the Western Cape, the only one of nine provinces not controlled by the African National Congress (ANC).
Wheat farmers in the Western Cape, who used to send half their crop to the industrial heartland around Johannesburg and Pretoria, have been hit by the abolition of uniform, countrywide prices.
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