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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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SAMNET on Ottawa mosque attack

The past few days have been dramatic for residents of Verulam in KwaZulu-Natal. After a unidentified individuals attacked worshipers including the Moulana of the Imam Husain mosque In the latest event which occurred over the weekend, The Hawks confirmed that the device found by one of the musalless was in…
15 May 2018 14 min

Feedback Ceremonial pickets for land by Parkwood community

Members of the Parkwood community gathered at the Community Hall in the area over the weekend to picket for land and housing. In a ceremonial taking residents and leadership from the community cordoned off a designated piece of land to signify the plight of people who have been on the…
14 May 2018 10 min

Taxi guard video project offering pensioners free taxi rides goes viral

A recent video post of a taxi guard calling on other taxi business to join him in his quest to provide free taxi rides to pensioners has since gone viral. Yaseen Abrahams, a taxi guard from Bonteheuwel, is seeking the assistance of 30 taxi drivers to join a pilot project…
10 May 2018 7 min

Cape Town’s new acting mayor- Ian Neilson

We continue with the discussion of the DA recent decision to terminate the membership Patricia de Lille. And speak to the newly appoints acting mayor‚ Ian Neilson who will be taking over the duties of mayor of Cape Town
10 May 2018 10 min

Residents form Egoli Informal Settlement want access to land and housing

In recent weeks we have been extensively covering the public protest for land by residents from the Siqalo Informal Settlement. Following violence that erupted in the area last week We also highlighted how government responded to the community with MEC for Housing Bonginkosi Madikizela recently announcing plans to relocate residents…
9 May 2018 18 min

Rights of public engaged in protest

Last week tension were high in Mitchells Plain after community members from the area gathered on the corner of Highlands and Jakes Gerwel Drive to speak out against the recent protest by Siqalo residents. This after Chaos erupted last week when protesters barricaded roads, damaged property and set a truck…
8 May 2018 11 min

Mitchells Plain resident shot at Siqalo protest still in hospital

Over the weekend, we were contacted by Raafiqah Ganger, a relative of one of the bystanders/protestors in Mitchells Plain who was shot during last weeks protest. As we know, SAPS public order police tried to disperse the crowd, with reports of tear gas and live round being fired. Now one…
8 May 2018 7 min

Human settlements meet with residents

Community members from Mitchells Plain and Siqalo Informal Settlement met over the weekend in a bid to bring some normality back to the area. Residents of the Rondevlei community took to the streets in protest against the destruction caused by Siqalo residents on Tuesday night. The meeting this weekend is…
7 May 2018 10 min

Opening of new Mitchells Plain Courts

Besides the devastating events of the past week, two positive things are happening in Mitchells Plain this morning, the launch of the Mitchells Plain Municipal Court and the launch of the Mitchells Plain Sexual Offences Court. We know recently, there has been a huge outcry about the need for Sexual…
4 May 2018 7 min

City of Cape Town launches winter campaign to assist homeless

More than 40 people will be benefiting from the job creation programme initiated by City’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), opportunities. This follows the recent launch of the winter campaign lead by the City’s’ Social Development Directorate that will also be helping the homeless through the distribution of R450 000…
2 May 2018 15 min

Zandvlei water area closed to public until further notice

On Friday the City of Cape Town temporarily closed the Zandvlei water area as a precautionary measure. his follows water quality testing done at various points within the Zandvlei water body due to water quality concerns.
30 Apr 2018 7 min

District 6 resident, Shakirah Dramat on mission to reclaim their space

This morning we are going to have an interesting discussion on the question of authenticity in Bo Kaap tourism experience. Now this is something we have tried to set up for while, after we saw a video by a Bo-Kaap resident, Shakira Dramat that has since gone viral. In this…
25 Apr 2018 46 min

Financial strain of vandalism and theft on Masjids

Earlier this week the imamat at Masjidul Thani in Rocklands voiced concern over the recent burglary of the masjid property. This after the thieves stole the masjid computers, a video camera, sound equipment, two-way radios and some cash after they gain access to the facility. Whilst the cost of the…
24 Apr 2018 9 min

Ebrahim Rasool to head ANC Western Cape 2019 election committee

Now for a while, we have heard whisperings that former US ambassador and former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool was making a comeback into Western Cape politics after his long stint abroad. And yesterday, it was officially announced that Rasool will head the ANCs Western Cape 2019 election committee. ANC…
24 Apr 2018 10 min

War on Queues campaign at Home Affairs

Now we know queues at Home Affairs is an absolute nightmare, and recently we were asked by a listener to look at the lack of services for elderly residents and wheelchair bound residents, waiting in line at the DHA. Well yesterday, the Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba launched the…
23 Apr 2018 6 min
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