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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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Disability grant recipients frustrated over SASSA delayed payments

As we bid farewell to the month of December, January seemed to have been a bleak start to the new year as many SASSA beneficiaries did not receive their grants. Now this was quite concerning as we know many people are dependent of those monies. Sassa spokesperson, Shivani Wahab joins…
11 Jan 2021 12 min

SAMA: Possible short-term side effects within 30 minutes after taking Covid-19 vaccine

South Africa is in negotiations with major vaccine manufacturers in an effort to procure vaccines that will immunise the population against COVID-19. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize outlined the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan earlier this week, stating that the government is mindful of the urgency of obtaining a vaccine. The…
11 Jan 2021 12 min

Part 6: South Africa's criminal justice system

Over the past few days, almost every day after 8am, we’ve been lending an ear to various speakers around the criminal justice system. In the six-part series which kicked off last week, we looked at the role of constitution in law and an analysis of crime in the country. More…
7 Jan 2021 7 min

IPSOS: Less people are now willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine

We have been asking this question repeatedly, will you be taking the covid 19 vaccine should it become available? Now a recent survey conducted by IPSOS indicated that not many of us are keen on taking the vaccine, this after many South Africans initially said that they would. What sparked…
7 Jan 2021 7 min

Part 5: South Africa's Criminal Justice System

With the Criminal Justice series nearing its end, one aspect that required more attention that the rest is the court system. Analysis is often done on a case-by-case basis. We know that South Africa’s courts are bombarded with cases and its procedures are extensive. And many on-lookers have criticized “inappropriate”…
6 Jan 2021 6 min

Front line physician explains challenges medical staff face due to Covid-19

Last week, Premier Alan Winde said the province is ramping up efforts to deal with the influx of new covid patients by making extra bed space available and employing more healthcare workers at our hospitals. In response, a Cape Town doctor wrote a long thread sharing his experience on the…
6 Jan 2021 20 min

Early signs to indicate peak in second wave of Covid-19 in Cape Metro

As the Covid-19 figures continue to rise, the Western Cape Department of health held a digital press conference yesterday to provide an update on what the situation seems to look like for the province. As many of you may recall, this week was said to be the peak of the…
6 Jan 2021 9 min

Calls for urgent rollout of Vaccine for South Africa

So, one of the biggest discussions on social media over the past few days has been the rollout of COVID19 vaccines in South Africa. The governments vaccine procurement strategy has come under fire. President Ramaphosa said last week that SA could only receive the vaccine in the second half of…
5 Jan 2021 8 min

The trauma of losing multiple relatives due to covid 19

Many people are confronting the loss of a loved one to the global covid 19 pandemic—a challenge made even more difficult by physical distancing orders that prevent them from saying goodbye in person or gathering with others to mourn, however deaths aren’t the only losses that people are reckoning with…
5 Jan 2021 8 min

Impact alcohol ban has on hospitals

The health department has seen a sharp drop in trauma related cases over the new year period following the announcement of a level 3 national lockdown which has seen alcohol being banned once again and a new curfew being introduced. Now as many of us know, round about this time…
5 Jan 2021 7 min

New Year’s long weekend operations

It was very different new year’s weekend in Cape Town as most people adhered to the curfew restrictions. Some hospitals even reported that they had very little trauma admissions because of the alcohol ban. But let’s find out overall how operations went over the long weekend. Richard Bosman, the City’s…
4 Jan 2021 4 min

Call for masajid to obey government regulations

On Friday, VOC News received some reports that two masajid held Jumuah prayers – which of course is in contravention of the adjusted alert level 3 regulations. Woodstock police stopped the Jumuah at Tennyson street masjid in Salt River on Friday. The masjid said in a statement that it complied…
4 Jan 2021 12 min

Nehawu welcomes level 3 lockdown announcement

It was the news that South Africa really needs at this point in time. President Cyril Ramaphosa last night announced that …… We know that the healthy system is under tremendous strain and unions are saying their health workers are not prepared for the second wave. Online for comment is…
29 Dec 2020 7 min

SAMA and SAAPA welcome adjusted government restrictions under level 3 lockdown

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) wants South Africa to be taken back to Level 2 lockdown, with particular restrictions on gatherings. As we know, social gatherings have been the biggest problem in terms of fuelling the number of covid19 infections. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South Africa Medical…
29 Dec 2020 13 min
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