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The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works is a department of the Government of the Western Cape. It is responsible for the development of the transport system in the Western Cape province of South Africa, and for constructing and maintaining buildings and other structures for the other departments of the provincial government.The political leader of the department is the Provincial Minister of Transport and Public Works; this is Donald Grant of the Democratic Alliance. The administrative head is the Superintendent-General of Transport and Public Works; this is Jacqui Gooch.In the 2010/11 financial year, the department had 1,651 employees and a budget of R3,686,548,000.