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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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Western Cape: Cosatu and unions take to the streets ahead of budget speech

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Well this is a big week for South Africa as we await the Budget Speech. Today COSATU in the Western Cape is embarking on strike action against job losses in the province. Cosatu says it is also calling for the scrapping of VAT. Provicial organiser for Cosatu Western Cape, Paul…
18 Feb 2019 10 min

SATHOA cautions hujaaj on haj packages

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
So we have heard that its very likely that South Africans who will perform this year will see a substanstial increase in haj packages. So we decided to chat to the South African Haj Travel Association this morning, to get more info on this and to hear about their discussions…
18 Feb 2019 9 min

DA MP Yusuf Cassim responds to ''pig remarks'' saga

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
So on Friday, we saw a huge ruckus on social media with regards to purported comments made by the DA’s Yusuf Cassim while Minister Naledi Pandor had been giving her SONA response. So the accusation is that Cassim mimicked pig noises while she delivered her address. And when one particular…
18 Feb 2019 14 min

Home Affairs Western Cape Q&A

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
So much to chat about this morning as we welcome two officials from the provincial department of Home Affairs instudio. And the reason why we have invited them is because we received such an overwhelming amount of questions and complaints following last week’s interview on the duplicate ID story. Also…
15 Feb 2019 44 min

SAHUC president says board members not remunerated by hajj body

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
The South African haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) has returned from Saudi Arabia where it has met with Haj authorities and signed the haj protocols for this year’s hajj. Sahuc president Maulana Muhammad Vaid joins us now…
15 Feb 2019 12 min

Is your electricity supplied by CoCT or Eskom?

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Well loadshedding remains the biggest topic of conversation in the country and of course we have received a lot of comments and questions on loadshedding in our local areas. We have the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Energy and Climate Change, Councillor Phindile Maxiti to talk to us on some…
14 Feb 2019 10 min

Energy expert predicted Eskom bankruptcy five years ago

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
One of the major talking points yesterday was the news that the power utility Eskom is technically insolvent. A document released by the department of public enterprises states that Eskom is now technically insolvent, and will “cease to exist at [the] current trajectory by April 2019”. Its likely only a…
14 Feb 2019 10 min

Know your rights: labour expert on load shedding, work productivity and salaries

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
So we’ve been talking quite a bit about how load shedding is going to have a huge impact on commerce and industry, but more importantly small to medium businesses who are already struggling to stay afloat in the current economy. The immediate impact will be on input costs and maintaining…
13 Feb 2019 6 min

CRE outbreak at Tygerberg Hospital

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Yesterday, we reported that the Neonatal Service at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) is currently in the midst of a significant outbreak of Carba-penem-resistant entero-bacteria-ceae (CRE) with a number of babies affected. What exactly is CRE and what measures are being put in place to deal with the spread of this ourbreak?…
12 Feb 2019 7 min

Baby rescued from drain pipe

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
This story really warms my heart! A newborn baby girl was rescued from a storm drain pipe in Durban yesterday morning, after emergency services conducted a three hour mammoth rescue. Thank goodness that the baby was in good health and was treated immediately by paramedics We want to hear what…
12 Feb 2019 7 min

Portfolio committee discusses polices anti gang strategy

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
The Portfolio Committee on Police will today evaluate the current anti-gang strategy of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in its first meeting of 2019. The committee has invited civil society groups and community leaders from four provinces to the meeting to give testimony on their experiences and concerns about…
12 Feb 2019 8 min

Eskoms Stage 4 load shedding hits South Africans hard

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Yesterday was indeed a Blue Monday for South Africa as Eskom announced that the rotational load shedding which started on Sunday has now moved from Stage 2 to Stage 4. This means 4,000MW will be shed, double what was initially expected. Energy analysts say Eskom is causing severe and irreparable…
12 Feb 2019 9 min

How to tackle school pupil violence

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
As we reported in our news bulletins yesterday, two learners were stabbed and injured during an altercation at Lentegeur High School yesterday morning. One learner was stabbed in the leg whilst the other was stabbed in the neck. These situations are a normal thing in our schools, and almost every…
11 Feb 2019 9 min

Bokaap HPOZ hearing commences

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Earlier this week Bo-Kaap residents and businesses in the area gathered in Cape Town for the public hearings on the Heritage Protection Overlay Zone (HPOZ) now in its third week. With representatives making submission on the proposed zone which extends to the Table Mountain National Park and includes the northern…
11 Feb 2019 13 min

Ford Calatas son wants FW de Klerk held accountable for deaths of Cradock Four

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
As we know, on Friday the family of the martyr Imam Abdullah Haron announced that they would be formally requesting that the NPA reopen the inquest into the death of the imam during police detention. We know that the successful prosecution during the inquest into Ahmed Timols death had set…
11 Feb 2019 12 min

South African investment company, Brimestone to review proposed investment into Clover

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Brimestone, a South African investment company plan to review its role in the proposed purchase of South African company Clover Industries Limited. This following widespread outrage against a proposed cash offer of R4.8billion by MilCo a group of companies led by Israel’s Central Bottling Company (CBC). Its believed CBC has…
8 Feb 2019 8 min

SONA 2019 post-analysis

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
SONA 2019 has come and gone, we now unpack key statements made by President Cyril Ramaphosa at Parliament last night.
8 Feb 2019 17 min

Shock and condemnation after San Souci Girls High video goes viral

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Yesterday officials of the Western Cape Education Department visted Sans Souci Girls High School, following a video that went viral, showing an altercation between a teacher and student. The shorter version of the video has been widely shared however there are reports of a longer version showing what happened prior…
7 Feb 2019 22 min

Ethical and accountable leadership as key mark of democracy

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the 2018 State of the Nation address many goals were set to improve conditions in South Africa. With government outlining plans to stimulate economic growth including unemployment, education and health. However some of the 2018 goals were not met bringing into questions the ethics and…
7 Feb 2019 11 min
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