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Feel Good Story: Mitchells Plain Bursary Fund empower pupils

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…

8 Dec 2015 6 min

Consumer Focus: We're Throwing Away Good Food

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…

8 Dec 2015 17 min

Feel Good Story

If you ever doubted your abilities then the next interview will surely inspire you. In this morning’s Good News segment we profile two ladies appointed as part of a females only team for the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) within Transport for Cape Town (TCT). They are going to be…

8 Dec 2015 6 min

Proposed Amendment Bill On SABC Board

Last week members of Parliament tabled the Broadcasting Amendment Bill, which removes the role of members of Parliament in appointing non-executive board members. To help us make sense of this all is Phumzile van Damme, DA National Spokesperson | Shadow Minister of Communications Guest: Phumzile van Damme Position: DA National…

8 Dec 2015 9 min

City Brush Up Fire and Safety Campaign.

With the summer days approaching, official at the City of Cape Town have jacked up measure to prevent shackfires in informal settlements. The recent launch of the City’s Khusela Ikhaya Paint initiative is unique because it wills not only add colour and beauty but also protect the informal settlements against…

8 Dec 2015 6 min

Matric Exams Script Marking Starts & Your Right As Parents And Students

With exams having ended, officials are now left with the huge task of marking more than 800 000 examination scripts before the official release of the matric results. Whilst learner who are not in matric are not stressing as much, their parents might have a different set of concern when…

8 Dec 2015 7 min

Community Safety Partners With Religious Fraternity For Safer School Holidays

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…

7 Dec 2015 8 min

Feel Good Story: 100th Student Tamats From Jamiatul Qurra

Now this is really good news – yesterday the 100th student completed his hifz at Jamiatul Qurra Hafith School (known better as JEQ). And a huge graduation ceremony was held at Shukrul Mubeen masjid in Lansdowne where the students were adjudicated. This morning we have the honour of chatting to…

7 Dec 2015 5 min

Results Of The Table Mountain Safety Forum Initiative

In an effort to ensure visitors safety to Table Mountain National park, the Table Mountain Safety Forum has implemented various safety and security interventions programmes. Members of the forum along with Minister Dan Plato, SAPS and SANParks met yesterday to highlight the results of the initiative. To tell us more…

7 Dec 2015 8 min

City Responds To Vendors Concerns And Market Changes

Still on the topic of the Cape Town Summer Market we now get a response from Councillor Gareth Bloor, Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development Guest: Gareth Bloor Position: Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development

7 Dec 2015 9 min

BDS Infiltrated By A Mole

Explosive details have emerged of how Woolworths allegedly deployed a spy to infiltrate the South African branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to gather information on the organisation. As we know, BDS is engaged in a protracted boycott campaign against the retailer. Yesterday, the Weekend Argus reported that…

6 Dec 2015 8 min

16 Days Of Activism

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…

6 Dec 2015 8 min

Feel Good Story – Profile Rushdi Magiet

If you a sport person or ever had the opportunity to be a team member of any sporting club, you know well how much effort goes into administration and organising these events. In this morning’s edition of your feel good story I will be chatting to to Rushdi Magiet, recipient…

3 Dec 2015 10 min

Why Are Our City Spaces Designed For Serial Killers?

Ever wondered how the structural design of a city could influence the statistics of crime in an area. This morning I will be chatting to Sean Dayton from Future Cape Town about his recent article on the design or city spaces and serial killers Guest: Sean Dayton Position: corporate lawyer,…

3 Dec 2015 6 min

Somerset Night Market Logistical Nightmare

As you may know the Somerset West Night Market traders have been faced with a few logistical challenges after the City of Cape Town informed them of proposed changes to the dates of this year’s event. With just a few more days remaining to the opening organisers have been continues…

3 Dec 2015 9 min

City of Cape Town: Festive Season Events

Still on the topic of the City of Cape Town’s Festive season initiative we now chat to Councillor Gareth Bloor, Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development Guest: Gareth Bloor Position: Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development

3 Dec 2015 6 min

16 Days of Activism: Talaq as a form of abuse

Now we are continuing our focus on the 16 days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children and our topic this morning is that abuse is not necessarily always physical. Abuse against women specifically can manifest in many subtle ways. To chat more about this, we have Suraiya…

2 Dec 2015 7 min

Feel Good Story – ILM SA Hosts Underprivileged Kids

Durban based organisation ILM-SA hosted a year end celebration for 515 underprivileged kids who are part of the KZN Cricket Township and Rural Development programme. And needless to say, this lifted the spirits for so many of these budding cricket players. The director of ILM SA, Fatima Asmal joins us…

2 Dec 2015 9 min

World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town

With lung disease and TB a major challenge in South Africa, it’s interesting to note that the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from today until the 6th December. A lot of the focus will be on the changing…

2 Dec 2015 8 min

Victims of Crime Survey

We know that South Africa faces enormous challenges with regards to our policing system and the perception is that confidence in the police is definitely at a low. Well a new report released by Statistics SA says just that - it shows that South Africans simply do not feel safe…

2 Dec 2015 5 min