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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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Mayhem on R300

The last few days on the Cape Flats have been a bit chaotic with another incident that happened on the R300 yesterday as hundreds of people burnt tyres and attempted to loot a truck travelling on the road. We received many different accounts of what transpired but let us chat…
23 Apr 2020 8 min

Labour Lowdown: Implications for employees during the national COVID19 lockdown

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a 21-day lockdown for South Africa as a precautionary measure to control the COVID19 virus. Many questions are left unanswered. Who pays the salaries during the lockdown? How important is it for companies especially small businesses to comply with the rules and what are the…
22 Apr 2020 14 min

Analysis of Presidents speech on covid19

Earlier on we looked at the economic impact of the president’s announcements last night. Certainly, what the president said really puts into perspective the sheer gravity facing the country right now. I am sure a lot of you were feeling more depressed after hearing the speech last night. Although were…
22 Apr 2020 17 min

Analysis of Presidents speech on covid19

The president's address to the nation has become almost a weekly thing now and again last night South Africans were glued to their screens as the president Ramaphosa announced a raft of new economic and social measures to the tune of R500 billion. Most significant for VOC listeners of course…
22 Apr 2020 12 min

Safety plan for victims of domestic abuse

Movement restrictions aimed to stop the spread of the coronavirus may be making violence in homes more frequent, more severe and more dangerous. Police Minister Bheki Cele says police have received more than 87 000 complaints during the first week of the 21-day national lockdown with one of those including…
21 Apr 2020 7 min

MJC sets Fidya and Fitrah

Muslims in South Africa will have to dig deep into their pockets this Ramadan, given the enormous need for food in our local communities as a result of the lockdown. That’s the call of the MJC, as it announced that Fitrah has been set at R40 and Fidyah is R10…
21 Apr 2020 9 min

Looting of trucks

So it seems as though looting has really become a new trend Cape Town …last week we saw several shops looted and yesterday, three trucks were looted within a couple of hours in the Netreg / Kreefgat. In the first incident, protesters apparently blocked the road with large pieces of…
21 Apr 2020 11 min

Food Distribution in Cape Town

We have received so many call and messages with people asking where they can get food parcels during the national lockdown imposed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to curve the spread of the Covid 19 virus. Now many people are feeling the impact of the lockdown as many are at home…
21 Apr 2020 11 min

Get Your Home Workspace Right During COVID-19 Extended Lockdown

The Covid-19 shutdown is unfamiliar territory for many of us who are not used to spending so much time at home with our families, not to mention working from home. Beautiful, functional, clean spaces have a profoundly positive impact on our psychological wellbeing. In a time where our mental health…
20 Apr 2020 6 min

Covid19: Moms in hospitals lack essentials for babies

Mothers who are or have given birth to babies during this lockdown period are feeling the impact thereof with no visitors allowed during this time and having little to no supplies for their new- born babies. Now it is a very difficult time for many, but how lonely must new-born…
20 Apr 2020 7 min

Centre for Child Law & Partners call for child support grant to be increased

As Cabinet prepares to discuss/debate, amongst other things, the measures to assist the most vulnerable and poor households affected by the lockdown to curve the spread of the Covid19 virus this week, The Centre for Child Law and its partners will continue to advocate for the increase of the Child…
20 Apr 2020 7 min

Amended Noise Nuisance By-Law

The city of cape town is in the process of updating the streets, public places and the prevention of noise nuisance’s by-law. The amendment deals with adding and restructuring aspects that will reinforce necessary action for the effective resolution of complaints and situations detracting from the ordinary person’s rights to…
20 Apr 2020 7 min

Payment Holidays Explained for Small Business

Many financial institutions have come forwards stating that small business would be able to have a payment holiday during this pandemic we find ourselves in. Now many other organisations or business have also come forward to provide relief for its customers whose incomes have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic…
17 Apr 2020 7 min

Food shortage a reality amongst communities

Community leaders have come forward expressing their frustration towards the lockdown regulations which has left many hungry with no direct access to food. As we concluded what should have been the final week or the lock down, we have seen many shops being looted as well as violent clashes being…
17 Apr 2020 5 min

Food distributions during the Covid 19 pandemic

South Africa is facing an unprecedented crisis. The Corona virus pandemic is not only a threat to the lives of many people, but also to their livelihoods. It is our most vulnerable communities who are feeling the impact of the lockdown and its consequences. Many communities across South Africa have…
17 Apr 2020 16 min

Don’t get caught out by the R200 WhatsApp stokvel scam spreading across SA

WhatsApp stokvel scams are catching South Africans out left, right and centre especially now that people are under locked down and unable to go to work because they might not be part of those essentially services or due to other circumstances. We are aware of the stokvel WhatsApp group doing…
16 Apr 2020 9 min

SANZAF provides relief during pandemic

During difficult times like this, we all have a responsibility to ACT to make an impact. For many around the world and including us here in South Africa, the best way to ACT now is to Stay Home to curve the spread of the Covid 19 virus. Now SANZAF has…
16 Apr 2020 7 min

Food in the time of the corona-virus

The social legitimacy of the ‘Covid-19 lockdown’, government’s regulations imposed to contain the spread of the virus, is most likely to run aground unless an urgent plan can be made to ensure that everyone in the country has access to sufficient food. And it’s not looking good. We are recently…
16 Apr 2020 9 min

Extended labour lowdown segment

following the announcement of the lockdown in SA, many employers and employees have come forward asking various questions regarding their rights during this trying times. For more on this we chat to labour law expert Shaheed Abader, He holds a Masters in Labour Law, currently completing his PhD in Employee…
15 Apr 2020 43 min

Looting across the Cape Flats

Now we have all seen the videos of looting that took place in various areas across the Cape Flats yesterday. Now the Western cape government made a statement saying that the looting demonstrates the serious humanitarian challenge facing communities across the country, and the need for increased support various organisations…
15 Apr 2020 8 min
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