VOC Breakfast

Learners right to education

Western Cape Minister of Education, Debbie Schafer laid criminal charges against protesters to protect learners right to education in Grabouw. To tell us more, we have Minister Debbie Schafer on the line…

17 Sep 2014 5 min

Current situation in Gaza

There have been reports of shelling from Gaza into Israel. This morning we find out more from Dr Bassel Abu Warda about the current situation in Gaza…

17 Sep 2014 6 min

Eskom granted lifeline of R50-billion.

Last Thursday, Eskom was thrown a lifeline by the Government to raise additional debt in the region of R50-billion in order to avert a downgrade. And with Eskom facing increased challenges which threaten its sustainability, we find out this morning how these latest developments will affect the consumers. To tell…

16 Sep 2014 9 min

Objection to the e tolls

An organisation called Public Transport Voice is calling on the national department of Transport to scratch off Road tolls in the Western Cape in N1 and N2 to spare poor communities. Public Transport Voice is an organization that advocates for quality and equality in the South African public transport sector. Simo Sithandathu from PTV…

16 Sep 2014 8 min

Off the Rails- weekly 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…

16 Sep 2014 6 min

New Major-general for Mitchells Plain

A new Mitchell's Plain policing precinct general plan to make major changes in the area. Major General Abraham Gregory started as cluster commander last month. His plan of action is to cripple gang-related crimes in Mitchell's Plain. To tell us more, we have Major-General Gregory Goss on the line…

16 Sep 2014 6 min

Open mosque causes concern

The Cape Town born Oxford academic, Taj Hargey who intends to go ahead with plans to launch an Open Mosque in Wynberg has been met with severe criticism from Muslims. This mosque aims to be the first gender-equal, non-sectarian and inter-racial mosque which will be non-aligned. VOC news editor Tasneem…

16 Sep 2014 8 min

Camera drones in the Western Cape

When you hear the word drone, the image of a spy camera comes to mind. The City of Cape Town is in the planning phase of a “camera drone” project to monitor land occupation, scrap yards dealing in stolen copper and monitoring of disasters. To tell us more about these…

15 Sep 2014 5 min

Metro police update

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…

15 Sep 2014 5 min

The right policies can halve global violence rates

Leading researchers from around the world believe that the levels of violent crime such as child abuse, domestic violence, murder and gang violence could be halved in just 30 years if the right policies are implemented by governments. To tell us more, we have UCT department of Psychology and Safety…

15 Sep 2014 6 min

An inter-faith vigil against atrocities

Faithworks, a network of South African Muslims hosted an inter-faith vigil yesterday in Johannesburg to condemn the violence of organisations that claim to represent Islam. They hosted the vigil for the people who have lost their lives and dignity at the hands of groups like the Islamic State (IS) in…

15 Sep 2014 6 min

Accelerated schools infrastructure delivery initiative

President Jacob Zuma handed over Kensington High school in Kensington yesterday as part of the Accelerated Schools infrastructure delivery initiative (ASIDI). This initiative was started in 2011 as a response to the replacement of mud schools and other unsuitable school structures. To tell us more, we have the ASIDI's communications…

12 Sep 2014 4 min

Black sash response to announcement

Before the break we heard about the plans by the Department of Social Development to deal with unauthorised deductions from social grant recipients. In February, this year, Black Sash wrote a letter to the Minister to bring to her attention the deductions of monies from social grant beneficiaries without their…

12 Sep 2014 11 min

SASSA task team

The Department of Social Development established a task team to look at unauthorised deductions from social grant recipients. VOC journalist was at the media briefing and filed this report…

12 Sep 2014 5 min

Peninsula Beverages

Since the start of the Israeli offensive in Gaza in July, South Africans have resorted to boycotting Israeli goods and companies as a form of protest against Zionist occupation. On numerous interviews on VOC, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Campaign have called for a strategic boycott – naming three companies,…

12 Sep 2014 29 min

Palestine Al Quds

A delegation from the Al Quds International foundationvisited the Palestine museum to hand over artifacts to be displayed. VOC journalist, Andriques Che Petersen filed this report…

11 Sep 2014 6 min

Statistics on disability

Statistics SA released a report yesterday looking at the profile of persons with disabilities in South Africa. This report focusses on education and disability. To tell us more, we have statistician-general of Stats-SA, Mr Pali Lehohla on the line…

11 Sep 2014 6 min

Voucher system for learners

According to the Institute of Race Relations, South Africa should introduce a comprehensive system of educational vouchers to learners in order create more competition throughout the education system. To tell us more, we have independent political commentator at the SAIRR, Mienke Marie Steytler on the line…

11 Sep 2014 8 min

Palestine

This morning we find out more about what the situation was like for the people in Palestine. During the 50 days of war, thousands of Palestinians were killed and many more injured during Israel's Operation Protective Edge.