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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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Tempers flare as Mitchells Plain residents feel the brunt of the national lockdown

Residents in Mitchells plain embarked on protest action as they expressed their concerns and frustrations about the distribution of food parcels. now there is still no clarity as to which organisation distributed the food, however it created chaos amongst those residing in Tafelsig and sparked concern as to which organisations…
15 Apr 2020 8 min

PPA concerned about online learning for scholars during lock down

Now following the announcement of a lockdown in South Africa to try and curve the spread of the Covid 19 virus, the WCED has opened an online portal to ensure that scholars still have access to educational platforms from home and that they don’t fall behind while schools have been…
14 Apr 2020 8 min

SA residents trapped in Thailand due to SA lockdown

So last week, our news team covered a story about a Surrey Estate family that are stuck in Thailand due to the lockdown and the closure of South Africa’s borders. The story certainly sparked a lot of interest, with some other South Africans also messaging us to speak about their…
14 Apr 2020 16 min

Yours and your kids Eye Health during Lock Down

We have been on lockdown for two weeks and with many of us running out of ideas on how to keep our children and ourselves occupied and entertained, many of us have been catching up on our series, our children glued to cellphones and tablets but this has placed so…
13 Apr 2020 7 min

Pressure on city to relocate homeless people back to their communities

So, the Strandfontein homeless issue is not going away anytime soon. It seems the matter has reached boiling point after some rather questions things were seen at the camp site last week. As we know, the city of cape town has relocated some 2000 people to the Strandfontein sports field,…
13 Apr 2020 16 min

Rules for rentals during lockdown

The lockdown situation has left many tenants and landlords in precarious positions. Each party should take some time to clearly understand their rights and responsibilities over this period. We received so many messages and calls from people asking if we could look into this matter and we managed to get…
9 Apr 2020 8 min

SANTACO launches coronavirus relief fund to assist workers

The South Africa's taxi industry needs over R3-billion stay alive, according to the SA National Taxi Council. Santaco launched its own corona-virus relief fund for drivers, amid concerns the current lock-down may be extended. The taxi council wants both the government and the private sector to open their wallets, adding…
9 Apr 2020 7 min

Homeless placed at Strandfontein sports complex during lockdown period

Homeless people relocated to Strandfontein Sports Grounds have tried to make a break for it, reportedly after realising that the move was not just for the purpose of screening them for Covid-19. Scores of homeless people have been moved to the site in accordance with national government's lockdown regulations which…
9 Apr 2020 1 min

Traders struggling to make ends meet

In a bid to assist the blow for those struggling to make ends meet, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma amended lock down regulations last week to allow informal traders to trade. They can only do so under certain conditions and with a “lock down” permit…
9 Apr 2020 7 min

25 cases of child abuse cases reported during lockdown

With South Africa facing day 13 of the 21-day lockdown induced by the Covid-19 disease, reports of child abuse has increased, but how does one deal with situations like this when freedom of movement is limited and every South African citizen forced to stay indoors to curb the spread of…
8 Apr 2020 4 min

Covid-19: Extending lockdown could impact SA negatively

The messages doing the rounds on social media stating that there would be an extension of the lockdown are simply rumours and unconfirmed. To date no announcement has been made stating that the lockdown has been extended, with that said we decided to explore what would happen should we see…
8 Apr 2020 10 min

Residents disagreeing with the city's decisions

as part of the efforts to contain the spread of corona virus amongst homeless people, the City of Cape Town started rtounding up homeless on the city's streets and started moving them to a sports ground in Strandfontein, roughly 30kilometres from the CBD. Now this has sparked mixed emotions as…
8 Apr 2020 9 min

How COVID-19 outbreak affected South African fishermen

South Africa is in the midst of a 21-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, but how does affect the local fisherman? Will we have fresh fish the Easter season? Let’s hear from Pedro Garcia, Chairperson of the South African United Fishing Front (SAUFF) and SA Small Scale…
7 Apr 2020 6 min

Well known travel operator arrested

Well our news team got a major breakthrough yesterday with the news that a well-known Johannesburg based travel operator has been arrested. The matter relates to alleged umrah and hajj fraud. You will recall that this particular operator had cancelled several umrah trips last year which had been paid in…
7 Apr 2020 9 min

Covid19 screening and testing in the Western Cape

Mass screening for the coronavirus commenced in the Western Cape. The Western Cape Department of Health has identified seven areas where community screening for Covid-19 will take place. With the number of positive Covid-19 cases spreading in communities, the risk to vulnerable communities is increasing. Government health services say they…
7 Apr 2020 15 min

Parents still required to pay school fees during lockdown

We have received many messages and calls from parents questioning the decision made by the Basic Education Department stating that parents are still liable to pay school fees during the national lockdown in SA due to the Covid19 virus. Earlier schools were forced to close following the surge in COVID-19…
6 Apr 2020 8 min

Bo-Kaap buries first COVID-19 patient

We received very sad news this weekend of the passing of an 81-year-old Bo Kaap woman, aunty Kulsum Cassiem - who died due to the coronavirus. Aunty Kulsum had been hospitalised and was isolation this week. We understand that she was laid to rest in the early hours of Sunday…
6 Apr 2020 14 min

Homeless people housed in Strandfontein during the remaining 21-day lock down

Following our interview with Zahid Badroodien on Friday regarding the location of homeless people to the Strandfontein sports complex, any people have been left with so many unanswered questions, so we decided to chat to him once more to find out what has happened since. We have invited Mario Oostendurp,…
6 Apr 2020 11 min
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