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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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RAF claims continue to pile up along with internal administrative challenges

Applications against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) and its apparent inability to honour its obligations towards road accident victims are piling up. Several matters are not only dominating the high court, but the issue of non-payments can also turn to the Constitutional Court. Last week, there was an article in…
9 Nov 2020 10 min

City steps up Covid-19 plan for Gatesville traders

Following reports that the suburb of Gatesville has been identified as a COVID-19 hotspot, a meeting was held yesterday with informal traders and informal business operators to discuss the City’s plan to address the issue as the festive season is fast approaching. Joining us online is Alderman Grant Twigg Mayoral…
6 Nov 2020 10 min

Race for US presidency down to the wire

The votes are being counted and results have begun to come in. Donald Trump and former US Vice President Joe Biden is watching and waiting, as are people across the United States and the entire world. What will be the outcome of the 2020 US Elections? Only time will tell…
3 Nov 2020 12 min

MJCHT: Kenilworth Centre Checkers butchery no longer halaal

So there’s a lot of disappointment in the news that the butchery in Checkers in Kenilworth Center are no longer ḥalāl certified. The MJC Halaal Trust (MJCHT) issued a statement yesterday and director Shaykh Achmat Sedick is online just to explain further.
2 Nov 2020 5 min

Umalusi on state of readiness for 2020 national examinations

As the Grade 12 students of 2020 prepare for their up and coming final exams which is set to commence om the 5 November and conclude on December 15, many challenges have come to the fore in light of the covid 19 pandemic which has disrupted most of the academic…
2 Nov 2020 9 min

Taxi commuters to benefit the most from taxi industry subsidy

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said from April next year, government would implement a subsidy for the taxi industry. Mbalula said his department would work with Treasury and the taxi sector. The three-day national taxi lekgotla concluded on Saturday. Online to tell exactly what this means for the taxi industry is…
2 Nov 2020 10 min

Update: Paarl sexual abuse case

In the wake of last week’s revelations about sexual abuse in the Bo Kaap community, allegations were also made against a 52-year-old teacher from Paarl, accused of sexual violence against a former student at another school. Police are currently investigating the allegations. VOC news editor Tasneem Adams has the latest…
30 Oct 2020 6 min

How will consumers be affected by decisions taken by treasury?

So as we discussed earlier, finance minister Tito Mboweni delivered his medium term budget speech in parliament yesterday. The minister said the economy is expected to contract by 7.8 percent this year, and the 2021 outlook is more uncertain. Job losses have been particularly severe. Mboweni said rehabilitating public finance…
29 Oct 2020 10 min

South Africa to brace itself for tough decisions in MTBPS today

All eyes will be on Finance Minister Tito Mboweni when he tables his mid-term budget review in Parliament this afternoon at 2pm. There is massive pressure on the government to spend, but its debt is spiraling and interest costs are crowding out spending on other critical areas. VOC Breakfast spoke…
28 Oct 2020 11 min

Impact of infidelity on health and mental health

South Africa was shocked last week when TV presenter Katlego Maboe admitted to infidelity against his partner Monique Muller in a video that has since gone viral. In the clip, she accused him of giving her an STD, after he allegedly cheated with another woman. The saga has had South…
27 Oct 2020 14 min

Could tweede Nuwe Jaar carnival be cancelled?

As we know, the City of Cape Town has cancelled one of its most iconic events, the switching on of the festive lights, due to the covid19 pandemic. A lot of questions are now being asked about the Tweede Nuwe Jaar carnival - which of course is one of the…
27 Oct 2020 6 min

Ndifuna Ukwazi lodges appeal over controversial Observatory River Club Development

Ndifuna Ukwazi lodged an appeal against the unanimous approval by the City of Cape Town Municipal Planning Tribunal of the fiercely contested River Club Development in Observatory. The present owners and developer of the land, Liesbeek Leisure Properties Pty (Ltd), bought the land from a parastatal institution - Transnet –…
26 Oct 2020 9 min
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