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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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3552 – 3572

City responds to Bothasig rezoning appeal

Before the break we heard from Shafiek Benjamin from the Bothasig Muslim and Cultural Society who was chatting about some of the objections to the establishment of a place of worship there. The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Environmental & Spatial Planning, Dr Johan van der…
22 Oct 2014 7 min

Bothasig residents struggle for place of worship

Muslim minorities in predominantly white suburbs have always faced some difficulty in establishing places of worship in their areas. The Bothasig Muslim community is one such case – residents have a property for a place of worship, but have been denied rezoning. The Bothasig Muslim and Cultural Society applied for…
22 Oct 2014 5 min

Innovative service delivery monitoring tool

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…
21 Oct 2014 8 min

Off the rails: news in review

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…
21 Oct 2014 6 min

Shopping mall robberies: analysis

Armed robberies, specifically targeted at retailers in shopping malls, are definitely on the increase and show know signs of abating, as we have seen in the media recently. Since September up until now, there have been about 15 reported incidents at shopping malls in Cape Town, the most recent being…
21 Oct 2014 10 min

Steroids rife in schools

Steroid use by high school boys is becoming more sophisticated and is showing no sign of slowing down. This emerged at a summit held by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport recently. The Institute tests boys and warns of a ban from school sport for a year if a…
21 Oct 2014 7 min

Samnet responds to BCCSA ruling

Over the course of the Gaza conflict during July and August, we did quite a bit of analysis on the local media coverage. Our state broadcaster came under some criticism for one-sided coverage and complaints were lodged at the BCCSA. Yesterday it emerged that these complaints were not upheld.
21 Oct 2014 9 min

Knysna Mosque appeal

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…
20 Oct 2014 7 min

VOC launches Pink Hijab Day

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…
20 Oct 2014 6 min

An Orphan’s Tale by Zain Bhikha

It’s very rare that we have a celebrity on the breakfast show – and this morning, we have the honour of chatting to Mr Zain Bhikha, South Africa’s most popular nasheed artist. Zain is partnering with Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) for an exciting stage production, An Orphan’s Tale, which…
20 Oct 2014 8 min

Palestine Solidarity Alliance

Despite facing a number of logistical challenges in their attempts to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) remains determined to set sail with aid towards the embattled strip. As we know, Gaza was destroyed by a 50 day military bombardment which started during Ramadan. VOC journalist…
20 Oct 2014 8 min

Hanover Park Day Hospital facing overcrowding

Hanover Park Day Hospital is facing an overcrowding issue, as it deals with an influx of patients from the Dr Aburahman Community Health Centre in Kewtown, which is closed due to construction. Our regular caller Aunty Gigi brought up this issue last week, saying patients waited for hours on end…
20 Oct 2014 9 min

Sahabah Conference in Laudium, Pretoria

The United Muslim Movement of Africa will be hosting the Sahabah Conference in Laudium, Pretoria on Saturday. To tell us more is one of the coordinators, Moulana Obaydullah Boja
17 Oct 2014 5 min

New city crime awareness initiative

A novel Cape Town initiative has been launched to generate awareness of criminal tactics. It aims to encourage the public to be more proactive in taking precautions for their own safety. To tell us more about this initiative is Gil Lang from The Safety Lab. The Safety Lab is an innovation hub and…
17 Oct 2014 5 min

National Day of Action for the Right to Communicate

We as consumers have become frustrated with the cost of cellphone call and internet rates, not forgetting the low quality of programming we get from the public broadcaster. Organisations such as the Right2Know Campaign believe the state of our telecommunications and media landscape is in a bit of a mess…
17 Oct 2014 10 min

Beitul Amaan gives report back on AGM

The Beitul Aman Home for the Aged reopened its AGM on Wednesday night but this time for members only. This follows a tipping point last week when a verbal altercation broke out between management and the public regarding previous claims of mismanagement. Our reporter Ra'eesah Isaacs spoke to the facility's…
17 Oct 2014 8 min

International Day of Action on Al Aqsa

South Africans have been watching the violence unfolding at Masjidul Aqsa with shock and horror. Tension at the site has come to a head over the past few days as Jewish worshippers have been allowed to enter, while security forces are denying access to Palestinians under the age of 50.The…
17 Oct 2014 7 min

Land claims awareness campaign

Land restitution is a contentious issue for our community, and very often, people are confused as it to how a land claim works. So for the past few days, we have been conducting a series of interviews with the Department of Rural Development about the land claims process. This is…
16 Oct 2014 4 min

Matric exams looming

It’s a stressful time for matrics across the country, with just four days to go before the start of the 2014 National Senior Certificate Exams. Many schools and educators across the province have been offering extra lessons in the evening and over weekends to improve results.
16 Oct 2014 5 min

AGM explores relationship between business and govt

The Economic Development Partnership held its AGM this week to discuss new ways to build the relationship between business and government. Also up for discussion were the partnerships between business and government in science and technology. To tell us more is Andrew Boraine, the CEO for the Western Cape Economic…
16 Oct 2014 9 min
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