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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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Launch of Social democratic Party

The Social democratic party (SDP) will be launching on Tuesday the 24th of February. To tell us more, we have leader of the SDP, Ricardo Sedries on the line…
20 Feb 2015 6 min

Green Point Athletics stadium

Mayor Patricia de Lille opened the R85 million Green Point Athletics stadium yesterday. We chat now to …
20 Feb 2015 6 min

South Africa's power outages dims economic outlook

As rolling blackouts is set to continue for the next couple of months or even years, South Africa's ailing economy takes an ongoing battering. Economists are warning that insufficient power could have a detrimental effect on businesses in the long run. To tell us more, we have economist at Free…
19 Feb 2015 10 min

First vehicle registration centre in a mall a success

The City of Cape Town's first customer care office in the Promenade mall in Mitchell's Plain has proven to be very successful. This pilot project will result in the roll-out of more city contact centres in the near future. To tell us more, we have the Deputy Mayor, Alderman Ian…
19 Feb 2015 7 min

Transformation audit report

The launch of the transformation audit, titled Breaking the mould: Prospects for radical socio-economic transformation will focus on education and skills development. To unbundle this, we have Ayanda Nyoka from the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, on the line…
19 Feb 2015 9 min

Conquering first day job fears

Most young people will moving from the very structured environment of varsity life, into their first job with some trepidation. We chat now to Nola Payne from the Independent Institute of Education about how to make the transition easier…
19 Feb 2015 5 min

Rylands High School Top Student Rewarded

Achieving the best results at your school is an accomplishment. Faatimah Jada from Rylands High School, received National accolade as Student of the Year for EMSS in the country with her distinctions in Mathematics, Science and English. VOCfm intern Nabielah Mohedeen spoke to Fatimaah Jada
18 Feb 2015 5 min

Social Media a buzz with #SONA15

This looks at how Facebook and Twitter users feel about #SONA2015 in the run up to the State of the Nation Address? What were the big hashtags that drove conversation, who influenced social media debate, and which users were the most popular or influential? To tell us more, how social…
18 Feb 2015 7 min

Teacher’s helping Copycats

Teachers helped 46 matric pupils at Athlone Campus Stonefountain college during 2014 Exams. Teachers were implicated helping students to cheat. To unbundle this controversial issue we speaking to College Director Shaheed Shaik
18 Feb 2015 6 min

Denouncing Cheating to celebrating Top Achiever

Top Students Awarded Rylands High School in Gatesville in Athlone has been rewarded with accolades, having Western Cape EMSS (Engen Maths & Science Schools) top achiever as national student of the Year Awards. Early we heard that Faatimah Jada holds this position.
18 Feb 2015 6 min

Kensington CPF to host community meeting

The Kensington CPF is hosting a public meeting this evening to discuss pertinent issues in the area. To chat more about this is CPF chairperson Bertram Bartlett…
17 Feb 2015 7 min

Sahuc haj accreditation

South African Muslims who have made niyah to perform haj this year are awaiting the accreditation list for haj 1436. This morning we chat to the South African Haj and Umrah Council president Shaheen Essop
17 Feb 2015 8 min

Dismal unemployment rates

According to the upcoming Africa survey, South Africa is saddled with the third-highest unemployment rate and the highest youth unemployment rate in 2014. To tell us more, we have researcher at Good Governance Africa, Karen Hasse on the line…
17 Feb 2015 8 min

City seeks probe into Minstrel Lotto funding

A formal complaint about Lotto funding spent by the Cape Minstrel Carnival Association was handed to the public protector's office yesterday. The City of cape town wants the Public Protector to investigate how exactly the association spent the nearly R40,64 million paid out by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund…
17 Feb 2015 6 min

Turn disability into a possibility

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…
16 Feb 2015 7 min

CBD student safety campaign

The Central City Improvement district (CCID) is embarking on a comprehensive Student safety campaign to keep school children and students safe in the CBD. To tell us more, we have Safety and security manager at CCID, Muneeb Hendricks on the line…
16 Feb 2015 7 min

Land reform

Apart from the chaos that happened in Parliament on Thursday, President Jacob Zuma's speech focussed mainly on the energy crisis and land reform with special emphasis on the issue of foreign nationals will not be allowed to own land in the country. To tell us more, we have chairperson of…
16 Feb 2015 10 min

Fifty shades of grey

The movie, Fifty shades of Grey opened this weekend, and many flocked to the cinema in eager anticipation, especially after reading the book. This book tells the story of a male character who uses manipulation and violence masked as BDSM sex, which stands for Bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism and…
16 Feb 2015 8 min

Somali killings

Killings on Somali nationals increased recently. According to the of the Somali Association of South Africa it seems this could be part of a religious dispute. To tell us more, we have the Western Cape co-ordinator of the Somali association of South Africa, Mohammed Aden Osman on the line…
16 Feb 2015 8 min

Black Sash and SONA

Poverty and inequality remain a huge problem in South Africa, next up we find out from social rights group, Black Sash whether the needs of the most vulnerable and needy was on the agenda at the State of the Nation address. We chat now to national advocacy manager at Black…
13 Feb 2015 7 min
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