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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
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MPlain crisis forum responds to rape of 5 year old girl

Warning: If you have little ones nearby, we are dealing with sensitive information. Many people have hailed the bravery of a five-year-old girl who was allegedly raped on Sunday, and later led police to her 49-year-old alleged rapist. Community members have been shocked to hear the suspect is HIV positive…
23 Aug 2017 6 min

Religious dress at South African schools

Freedom of Religious expression in South Africa has been seen as a successful model of multiculturalism for the rest of the world. But with the recent increase in schools resisting its practice, academics are calling for a return to a deep understanding of our constitution. VOC journalist Yaseen Kippie sat…
22 Aug 2017 11 min

Cape Town reveals sites of proposed new water desalination plants

Cape Town's Granger Bay, Hout Bay and Dido Bay may soon be home to three proposed new desalination plants that the city intends commissioning to make extra drinking water for its residents and visitors. Last week, Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille announced that the city planned to produce an…
22 Aug 2017 10 min

Hanover Park residents to stage march to protest gang violence

Gang related violence in Hanover Park and Manenberg has reached epic levels recently, with daily gun battles being played out in front of residents. Last week a 16-year-old schoolgirl’s life was brutally cut short when she was gunned down allegedly by gangsters in Hanover Park. Arrests have yet to be…
22 Aug 2017 6 min

Does Social Media somewhat Fuel Gender Based Violence

Last night the Film & Publication Board (FPB) hosted a student dialogue on Gender based violence, in particular whether social media is a contributing factor. The need for conversation surrounding this topic is the increasing rate of GBV in South Africa. Many of these occurrences/incidents have made headlines & have…
17 Aug 2017 6 min

World’s first centre to tackle fungal infection-related deaths opens at UCT

The world’s first international research centre for tackling fungal infections officially opened at UCTs Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) on Friday. Fungal infections kill around 1.3 million people globally every year. The establishment of the centre is collaboration between UCT and the University of Aberdeen (UA). One…
17 Aug 2017 4 min

Cape Town’s Deteriorating Train service

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) on Tuesday briefed the Standing Committee on the current state of the Metrorail service. At present‚more than 620‚000 passengers make use of Metrorail across the province‚ equating to 48% of the total commuter traffic. A 400% increase in train cancellations in the…
17 Aug 2017 7 min

Local Cape Town woman making her mark in the world of Rugby

And now for some vitamin-inspo! Ladies take note! VOC journalist Thaakira Desai caught up with Shamiela Sulayman newly appointed manager & first woman for Coaching, Education and Development for WP Rugby! Heres her story & climb up in the world of Rugby
17 Aug 2017 7 min

Police Brutality in SAPS custody

Deaths in police custody continue to rise in South Africa. There have been 266 fatalities in the last financial year alone and thousands of cases are reported each year but only a percentage of them ever result in criminal charges according to media reports. Now the Independent Police Investigative Directorate…
17 Aug 2017 9 min

Feel good - Shell’s numeracy program helps WCape primary school embrace Maths

Since 2011, Shell South Africa, in partnership with The Maths Centre, has offered a flagship educational initiative focused on improving Mathematics skills at selected schools. The Rally to Numeracy programme is aimed at helping educators to enhance their understanding and teaching of the country’s Maths syllabus, which will, in turn,…
14 Aug 2017 9 min

New women empowerment Initiative at shelter for abused women

Western cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde and MEC for Social Development, Albert Fritz has announced a ground-breaking women empowerment initiative. The announcement was made at Sisters Incorporated, one of the departments funded shelters for abused women. MEC Alan Winde joins us this morning…. Guest: MEC Alan Winde Position:…
14 Aug 2017 5 min

Shaheed Omars murder - ANC Dullar Omar region responds

One of the biggest talking points since Friday has been the murder of the nephew of anti-apartheid stalwart Dullar Omar. As we know Shaheed Omar was killed in what appears to have been an attempted hijacking on Thursday night. Shaheed, the son of Dr Adam Omar, had been travelling with…
14 Aug 2017 5 min

UCT team wins the annual GirlCode Hackathon

Four UCT Honours students have won the 4th annual GirlCode Hackathon – a 48-hour non-stop programming challenge in Johannesburg over the weekend. The four-woman team from UCTS Information Systems (IS) department, scooped the first prize of an all-expenses paid trip to Silicon Valley in the U.S. During the 48-hour challenge,…
10 Aug 2017 4 min

deputy Minister’s attack on women highlights why impunity must end

In light of Women’s Day yesterday, one of the pressing issues that emerged this week was the alleged assault by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, on two women at a private club in Fourways at the weekend. Women’s rights groups and gender activists are saying…
10 Aug 2017 6 min

Political analysis of Motion of No Confidence

As we know President Jacob Zuma has survived a motion of no confidence in his presidency, held via secret ballot in Parliament. The question now is whether the failure of the motion will strengthen Zuma’s position in the party. The party goes to an elective conference in December, where Deputy…
10 Aug 2017 12 min

5 years since Marikana

August 16th will marks 5 years since the Marikana massacre. On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, some 100km northwest of Johannesburg in the North West Province. The fateful event left 34 mineworkers dead, 78 wounded and more…
10 Aug 2017 14 min

VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE - Opposition MP's react

VOC's Yaseen Kippie interviewed UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, COPE leader Terror Lekota and EFF MP Nazier Paulsen about what they felt about the result of the vote of no confidence.
9 Aug 2017 16 min

Women’s Month - Focus on exceptional women

In keeping with Women’s Month, the focus is of course on exceptional women. This morning we chat to Dr Funelwa Ngece-Ayaji, a senior lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and originally from Khayelitsha. She is someone proud of her background and has committed to…
9 Aug 2017 10 min

Women’s Month - Gender-based Violence and Historical Trauma

Well the topic of gender violence has been discussed time and time again, and the issue remains a matter of public discourse following the recent cases of child murders, rape and femicide in South Africa. While feminists and gender experts argue that’s the system of patriarchy that perpetuates gender violence,…
9 Aug 2017 11 min

Janna Jihad, Palestine's youngest journalist

11 year old Palestinian journalist Janna Jihad and four other Palestinian children are in South Africa to recount their experiences as child activists living under the brutality of Israeli Zionist occupation. VOC news editor Tasneem Adams chatted to the brave young activist.
28 Jul 2017 13 min
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