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VOC Breakfast

High-energy, informative and hard-hitting, Breakfast Beat packs a mean punch. This show is a current affairs and actuality show, which focuses mainly on issues that are of concern to the community that Voice of the Cape serves. The show feature interviews with prominent politicians, community activists, religious leaders, academic experts and ordinary people. Presenters Sabera, Goolam and producer Loushe make up this dynamic team – all very different personalities that make for interesting conversation, heated debates and plenty of laughs and tears. This show is listener driven and the team loves engaging with callers – no topic is off-bounds! We serve you breakfast every morning Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 9am.
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4,577 Episodes
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Analysis: Protest action on the rise during Covid-19

More than 100 days into the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a notable increase in social and political protests taking place daily. These protests reflect pre-existing frustrations with social and political conditions that have now been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 restrictions, especially in the spheres of health, education, politics, and…
22 Jul 2020 10 min

Delft CPF reacts to recent protests

Now at some point this week or last Capetonians would have heard about violent protest action taking place and leading to several road closures. Tyres were burnt, cars stoned, a bus and two other vehicles were petrol bombed and a covid-19 treatment facility was damaged- amid the chaos. It follows…
22 Jul 2020 8 min

POPCRU: SAPS station commanders flouting Covid-19 regulations

Following numerous reports of police staff members contracting covid 19, many stations have been closed for decontamination purposes or, so we were told, but what is done behind closed doors, are the necessary protocols followed. To date there have been 101 Covid-19 related deaths in the SAPS and correctional services…
21 Jul 2020 8 min

President of Cape Malay Choir Board Mr Shafick April passes away

The president of Cape Town's famous Cape Malay Choir Board, Shafick April has passed away due to the covid 19 virus that has claimed the lives of many people across the globe. Mr April died yesterday at Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town just before 7pm. He was admitted…
21 Jul 2020 12 min

PHA Campaign reacts to CoCT 40 million rand investment project

Last week, the City’s Mayoral Committee gave the Directorate for Spatial Planning and Environment the greenlight to sign agreements that will see R40 million invested in the Philippi Agri-hub Project. This recommendation will serve before Council for final approval at the end of the month. The project is intended to…
20 Jul 2020 12 min

Curfew and booze ban wreaks havoc in restaurant industry

The Restaurant Association of South Africa (Rasa) says many of its members have announced that they'll be closing their doors following the return of the curfew and alcohol ban this after many struggling restaurants relied on alcohol takeaways and dinner reservations since reopening following the national lockdown imposed to curve…
20 Jul 2020 9 min

UCT Geomatics students come forward to speak out against racism

So institutionalized or systemic racism is still embedded as normal practice within South Africa today. You our listener can attest to the various issues covered weekly from land restitution to forced evictions and the victimization associated with being born a child of color in present day South Africa. The unwavering…
17 Jul 2020 9 min

Covid 19 weekly update with Dr Keith Cloete

So yesterday Premier Alan Winde and key role players from the health department held a digicon to brief the media on the Western Cape's response to covid 19 and the updated diabetes risk response. We are now joined by the head of the Western Cape’s Health Department, Doctor Keith Cloete
17 Jul 2020 13 min

Consumer focus

As the world tries to adapt to the covid 19 pandemic, many are not only left jobless, but some have also had some salary cuts, people are struggling to buy basic food items, however it has been said that the next few months would be financially hard as many people…
16 Jul 2020 9 min

Naptosa calls for school closure

Pressure to close schools as the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa gains momentum has been mounting, with the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of SA (Naptosa) joining the choir of voices demanding that schooling be halted at least under the peak is over, but what happens to the academic year, would…
16 Jul 2020 9 min

Victory for Hangberg community

The Western Cape High Court has ordered the City of Cape Town to rebuild the demolished house of a Hangberg resident describing its conduct as deplorable, grotesque and without care for human dignity. The resident’s structure was demolished twice within the span of a month and was among those that…
16 Jul 2020 6 min

Labour lowdown

Your weekly labour segment answering all your burning labour questions and queries with labour expert Shaheed Abarder.
15 Jul 2020 13 min

Chairman of Verulam Imam Hussain Mosque peeved by court ruling

The case against 12 men arrested in connection with the Verulam mosque attack and multiple bomb scares in and around Durban has been struck off the roll. The group faced terror-related charges, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, and extortion made a brief appearance in the Verulam Magistrate's Court on Monday. Joining…
15 Jul 2020 8 min

South Africans lament the frustration with the covid-19 lockdown

Since level 3 of the lockdown kicked in, it seems it's back to normal for Capetonians with very little social distancing taking place. Some would argue that people are simply not adhering to the lockdown. Are we at the end of our tether with this lockdown? Prof Ashraf Kagee from…
14 Jul 2020 7 min

SAHRC to take City of Cape Town to court over eviction policy

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) intend to take the City of Cape Town to court over its eviction policy following the forced removal of a naked man from his shack in Khayelitsha earlier this month. The City of Cape Town has since opposed the matter, which will be heard…
14 Jul 2020 9 min
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