VOC Breakfast

Daily Ramadaan Dramedy (comedy-drama)

If you enjoy our breakfast dramedy, then pull up a chair and tune in this morning's exciting episode of our series, Keeping up with Kassims - written and produced by Najma Bibi-Noor Mohammed…

7 Jul 2015 10 min

Ramadan Breakfast Competition

Now we move on to our Ramadan competition where two contestants have to wreck their brains on a few questions in 30 seconds from the 5 Pillar Islamic Board game. We have had 8 contestants take part in our competition, and this morning, we kick off with our first semi-final…

7 Jul 2015 2 min

Africa Muslims Agency

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 Jul 2015 6 min

Gangs in Manenberg call a truce

VOC visited the Manenberg community yesterday after a truce negotiation was reached between the community and gangsters. VOC Journalist, Ra'eesah Isaacs filed this report.

7 Jul 2015 9 min

SA Fisheries alliance to march to Parliament

The South African Fisheries Alliance will embark on an Anti-corruption march on Thursday to Parliament and hand over a memorandum and petition pertaining to the further marginalization of South African fishers and the fishing community. We chat now to the founder and chairperson of the SA Un

7 Jul 2015 6 min

Islamic Relief SA

Islamic Relief SA is embarking on their winter programmes for 2015. We chat now to spokesperson of Islamic Relief SA, Shanaaz Ebrahim-Girie…

7 Jul 2015 7 min

Beware of inexperienced solar power providers

According to Western Cape MEC for Economic opportunities, Alan Winde, the local manufacturing and installation of solar photo-voltaic units creating could create more than 2000 jobs over the next 5 years. This is as a direct result of the energy crisis in the country. But this boom in job creation…

7 Jul 2015 11 min

Equal consideration for religious holidays

The South African Law reform commission want all religious holidays to be given equal consideration. We chat now to researcher at the South African Law reform commission, Mareen Moloi…

6 Jul 2015 7 min

Tax season opens

Tax season opened on the 1st of July, and the South Africa Revenue Service are encouraging tax payers to file their returns early. We chat now to the SARS acting spokesperson, Luther Lebelo about tax returns and to be aware of scams…

6 Jul 2015 11 min

Cheap imports killing SA's textile industry.

According to the South African clothing and textile workers union's Labour research institute, cheap imports are flooding the market which could kill South Africa's textile industry and lead to factory closures and job losses. On the line to tell us more, we have the Institute's Simon Eppel on the line…

6 Jul 2015 7 min

Children Love Ramadan - 05 July 2015

In Children Love Ramadan we listen to the story of The Shoes which is read by Kouthar Ismail and Shameegh and Shaakira Anthony. Afterwards we listen to the students at Suleimania Madrassa in Woodstock who will recite the nieyyah for fasting …

4 Jul 2015 9 min

the joys and challenges of adult education

In today's competitive job market, many people are considering furthering their studies. But tertiary studies can be quite a daunting task, especially for an adult. We chat now to Head of programme in the Applied Humanities faculty at the Independent Institute of Education, Tammy Oppenheim…

3 Jul 2015 7 min

Outrage over child abuse cases

Two recent child abuse cases, which saw the one child being tortured and beaten for 6 hours and eventually succumbing to her horrific injuries has left many outraged. According to children's rights advocacy group, RAPCAN more needs to be done to put a stop to child abuse. We chat now…

3 Jul 2015 7 min

Molo Songololo meets with Dept of Home Affairs

The Department of Home Affairs met with various child rights advocacy groups yesterday to discuss issues relating to unabridged birth certificates when travelling with children. Various organisations, like Molo Songololo, UNICEF, Childline SA and World Vision were in attendance at the meeting. We chat now to Patrick Solomon from Molo…

3 Jul 2015 7 min

Ramadan Breakfast Competition

This morning, we launch our Ramadan competition The competition works as follows : Two participants will come on air to answer as many questions in 30 seconds. The person with the most correct answers wins.The winner of today stands a chance to go through to the semi-finals and finals. The…

2 Jul 2015 2 min

Pan Africanism

Before we end of our show, we find out more about how an All African leadership in the South African business community can create continental harmony for the whole of Africa. We chat now to director of Talent Africa, Mosima Selekisho about what this new shift in business leadership will…

2 Jul 2015 10 min

Daily Ramadaan Dramedy (comedy-drama)ep8

This year for Ramadan our staff decided to do something different and test their acting chops in a radio drama series, this series is a first-hand look into the life of a Muslim family in Cape Town which aims at showcasing the discussions and events that take place at the…

2 Jul 2015 39 min

Blackout plan in case of collapse of national grid

Eskom has been denied their tariff hike, and even though this has left many consumers breathing a sigh of relief, there is still load shedding to contend with. Now trade union Solidarity has teamed up with Kragdag and Maroela Media to create an emergency plan aimed in the event of…

2 Jul 2015 8 min

MyCiti bus service

The City of Cape Town intends to steadily withdraw the remainder of minibus-taxis operating in the Atlantis, Table View and Du Noon areas, as Phase 1 of the MyCiti bus service nears completion. We chat now to Mayco member for Transport, Councillor Brett Herron about the future of MyCiti and…

1 Jul 2015 5 min

Daily Ramadaan Dramedy (comedy-drama) ep7

This year for Ramadan our staff decided to do something different and test their acting chops in a radio drama series, this series is a first-hand look into the life of a Muslim family in Cape Town which aims at showcasing the discussions and events that take place at the…

1 Jul 2015 7 min