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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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4,577 Episodes
1296 – 1316

Alleged rape of child in restaurant cause for concern

The extent of sexual violence and the need for community to adopt a more proactive approach in protecting children against any form of abuse are some of the points to take away from the recent incident in which a seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped at a Silverton restaurant last week…
2 Oct 2018 10 min

Level 5 Water restriction and decreased tariffs kick in today

Today The City of Cape Town will be implementation Level 5 water restrictions and decreasing tariffs. The decision to adjust the restriction and tariffs is due to the recent increase in the average dam levels as well as public efforts to save water. Breakfast Beat spoke to Councillor Xanthea Limberg…
1 Oct 2018 11 min

Lavender Hill receives baby saver to address unsafe abandonment

The Philisa Abafazi Bethu South Africa organisation in Lavender Hill is the recent recipient of the baby saver project. An initiative facilitated by Project Life aimed at preventing the unsafe abandonment of babies in South Africa. In the latest incident, the body of a newborn baby was found dumped in…
14 Sep 2018 10 min

SA national crime statistics reveal an increase in the country's murder rate

According to the latest national crime statistics released in Parliament earlier this week, an average of 57 people is murdered in South Africa per day. The figures also revealed that contact crime at 10 stations in the province had increased including Nyanga and Mitchells Plain listed among the top 3…
11 Sep 2018 7 min

Cape Town woman escapes alleged abductors

A 22-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released, says she escaped abductors earlier this week . The woman was allegedly pulled into an unknown vehicle at the Mitchells Plain Town Centre bus terminus by three males and instructed to handover her bag, which contained cash and a cell phone…
7 Sep 2018 9 min

Bonteheuwel teenager escapes attempted abduction

A 16-year-old female pupil from Bontehuevel narrowly escaped an alleged attempted abduction earlier this week. According to the girl’s father, his daughter described how two male occupants tried to lure her into their vehicle. She also identified the vehicle as a white Toyota Yaris with tinted windows and claims one…
6 Sep 2018 11 min

Hout Bay Civic condemn closure of hospital

The Department of Health in the Western Cape recently announced the temporary closure of the Hout Bay Community Day Centre a medical facility that provides healthcare to residents in the area. This follows the recent protest action that erupted after Durick van Blerk one of three fishermen who were allegedly…
5 Sep 2018 9 min

PANEL DISCUSSION ON BONTEHEUWEL

Access to the area of Bonteheuwel was recently closed, during a shutdown protest by residents voicing concern about the ongoing gang violence and crime in the community. This follows the recent increase of fatal shootings, including the latest incident, in which six people were killed within 24 hours. Three people,…
30 Aug 2018 1 hr 20 min

MEC Dan Plato on Community Shutdown protest

Earlier this week access to the area of Bonteheuwel was closed by residents during the Shutdown protest against ongoing gang violence and crime in the area. This follows the recent increase of fatal shootings, including the latest , in which six people were killed within 24 hours. Three people ,…
30 Aug 2018 8 min

Documentary screening, Salt River High 1976 the untold story

Salt River High 1976 the untold story, a documentary depicting events surrounding the arrest of pupils, teachers and a parent is expected to be screened at the Kaleidoscope Cafe later this week. The film highlights the heightened political unrest during the 70s in which many youth had protested against discrimination…
24 Aug 2018 4 min

Conflicting reports on future of the District Six land restitution process

There seems to be conflicting reports on how the funding for the new District Six development is expected to be managed. This after the Standing Committee on Human Settlements recently announced that the National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform agreed to handover the budget for the District Six…
24 Aug 2018 52 min

Q and A: Cape Town residents’ complaints about high water bills flooding in

Over the past few weeks, we have received numerous complaints from listeners about high water bills. This despite the collective effort being made by the public to safe water. Some frustrated individuals have also taken to social media to express dissatisfaction over high municipal accounts. In addition to this, residents…
20 Aug 2018 38 min

Maulana Ihsaan - from Worcester to the world

Now one of the major stories in the Muslim community this weekend has been the passing of former MJC president Maulana Igsaan Hendricks - a man many regard as a larger than life figure. Maulana has been hailed as a visionary, a scholar par excellence, a humanitarian, a social and…
13 Aug 2018 31 min

Sadaqatul Jariya project for Maulana Ihsaan

In the wake of Maulana Ihsaan Hendrick's death,a group of humanitarian workers in Gaza have initiated a Sadaqa tul Jariya project in honour of the pro-Palestinian activist. Clean water is being distributed to Gaza residents, as many of them are without clean, drinkable water due to the Israeli blockade. To…
13 Aug 2018 4 min
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