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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
2512 – 2532

How to prevent children from victimisation of pornographic

Police have urged parents to monitor their children’s behaviour on social media. They have urged the importance to know exactly who their kid’s friends are and to be aware of which social platforms their kids are chatting to them on. This alert comes as police arrest 2 men for being…
7 Oct 2015 12 min

Tuan Guru radio drama Part 2

Part two of the radio drama documenting the life of Tuan Guru. The play was written by the late Moulana Yusuf Karaan, adapted and directed by Nigel Vermaas, a well-known radio drama director.
7 Oct 2015 9 min

What inspired Moulana Yusuf Karaan – Tuan Guru drama

This morning we focus on what inspired the late Moulana Yusuf Karaan to write plays and his interest for history. Tuan Guru Radio drama was handed over to Voice of the cape last year. We then consulted Moulana Karaan family and approached Nigel Vermaas, a well-known radio drama director to…
7 Oct 2015 4 min

COSATU – National Strike action

Chatting to Tony Ehrenreich, Western Cape Provincial secretary for COSATU about the National Strike action taking place today. The Union has mobilised its members and called on the general public to join in the march and gather in the CBD this morning in a bid to voice demands for better…
7 Oct 2015 9 min

ANC appoints former DA members

Staying with politics this morning, three ex-DA members came out pledging support for the ANC at a press briefing with Provincial ANC leadership held in Cape Town yesterday. The new ANC members critically spoke of the DA's racial undertones and its lack of support for the coloured community. Guest: Marius…
7 Oct 2015 8 min

DA and ANC budding heads the reconfiguration of provinces

As you may recall, on Monday we covered the ANC in Western Cape’s recent Provincial General Council. The party met to review its policies and performance. It is also no secret that the ANC in the Western Cape are determined to put forth a proposal to cut the number of…
7 Oct 2015 10 min

Analysis on possibilities of a new Western Cape police commissioner

The recent release of the 2015 SA Crime Statistics has cast a dim light on our country with the murder rate increasing by over 14%. The crime rate in the Western Cape is particularly concerning as the murder rate in the province ranks eight times higher than the global average…
7 Oct 2015 9 min

Tuan Guru radio drama documentary part 1

The radio drama documenting the life of Tuan Guru. Originally the play was written by the late Moulana Yusuf Karaan and adapted by Nigel Vermaas, a well-known radio drama director featuring 2 actors namely: Roysten Stoffles and Faruq Vally-Omar. And Jill Levenberg
6 Oct 2015 11 min

The National Consumer Commision probe pyramid schemes

Last month the National Consumer commission lodged investigation into nine suspected pyramid and Ponzi schemes following complaints from the South African Revenue Service (SARS). With investigation underway we find out if consumer have taken head to awareness on the risk of these schemes. Guest: Ebrahim Mohamed Position: Head of the…
6 Oct 2015 7 min

Women and youth empowerment group reap benefits

Chatting to Joan Mouton, founder of Community Women Action (CWA). The organisation was founded 16 years ago following the brutal gang-rape and murder of Valencia Farmer a horrific ordeal which to this day people living in Eerste River still recall. Community Women Action was set up in response to Farmer's…
6 Oct 2015 4 min

Media review network – Is South Africa breeding ISIS recruitment

Chatting to Ibrahim Vawda, the senior researcher at Media review network about the recent feature on Islamic State recruiting in South Africa published in this week’s Sunday Argus and the Durban's Sunday Tribune newspaper. The article was written by Yazeed Kamaldien and looked at reports of ISIS recruitment in Gauteng…
6 Oct 2015 12 min

Feedback on ANC in Western Cape’s Provincial General Council (PGC)

Members of the Western Cape branch of the ANC met this weekend at a Provincial General Council (PGC) to review the party’s policies and performance. This ahead of the National Provincial General Council set to take place in Johannesburg later this month. To give an overview of the event is…
5 Oct 2015 5 min

Social Justice Coalition on SA 2015 Crime Stats

Still on the topic of SA 2015 Crime Stats I will in the next few seconds be speaking to Chumile Sali from the Social Justice Coalition. The Social Justice Coalition and Ndifuna Ukwazi’s jointly responded to the 2014-2015 crime statistics saying that the Stats reflect continued failings of police &…
5 Oct 2015 9 min

Feedback on Islamic Burial sector meeting

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) held a meeting with death registrars, cemetery committees and burial societies to inform them of the new legislation enacted to burial of the deceased. The Provincial manager of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Yusuf Simons as well as Susan Brice, cemetery coordinator for the…
5 Oct 2015 5 min

The Land Series dialogues

A series of dialogues on SA land is currently underway in various parts of the country. The programme kicked off in Cape Town last week with panellists discussing the History and evolution of the urban land response in SA. To give us an overview of the event is ….. Sbu…
5 Oct 2015 9 min

City equips High Risk schools with Resource Officer (SRO) Units

A joint initiative from various spheres of government officially launched the School Resource Officer (SRO) Unit together with United States Consul General Teddy Taylor at Cedar Primary School in Mitchells Plain. High Risk schools across the City will be receiving two officers to help address safety and security concerns on…
2 Oct 2015 6 min

Decline in Tourism SA alarm

This morning I will be chatting to David Frost CEO of South African Tourism Services Association about the impact of the new SA visa regulation The Home Affairs Department implemented earlier this. As you may know the tourism industry was particularly critical about move arguing that it would cause a…
2 Oct 2015 9 min

ANC in Western Cape host Provincial General Council (PGC)

Ahead of the National General Council (NGC) in Johannesburg later this month, members of the ANC in the Western Cape will this weekend host a Provincial General Council (PGC) to review its performance and policies. To tell us more is Faiz Jacobs, provincial secretary for the ANC in the Western…
2 Oct 2015 8 min

Water restriction a possibility for Western Cape

The low rainfall this winter has caused a drop in the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) and has sparked concern over possible water restrictions in province. According to reports six of the major dams in the country are currently at a 74% capacity which compared to previous years is…
2 Oct 2015 8 min
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