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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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WCED: Schools must consider religious holidays when setting exams dates

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
A Ruiterwacht school has been forced to change their exam timetable after muslim parents questioned the reasoning behind the exams being on Eid Day. The letter issued to parents stipulated that muslim learners who wrote exams on Eid Day would be allowed to leave after they completed However the WCED…
29 May 2019 6 min

CoCT allocates more than R500 million to address safety

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Safety concerns in Cape Town might soon be addressed if the if the City council approves the R535 million set aside by The city of Cape Town. The funding will also be used to deploy at least one safety officer per ward to improve community safety. Joining us online is…
29 May 2019 8 min

Imam Abdullah Haron’s arrest commemorated 50 years later

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Over the next few months the The Imam Haron foundation will host a range of events to commemorate the 50th year after the passing of Imam Abdullah Haron who was arrested on the 28th May 1969. Imam Haron was held incommunicado for 123 Days at various police stations, but mostly…
28 May 2019 11 min

AMEC reacts to BDS ''investigation" in Mohamed Desai harassment case

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
An independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment leveled against BDS SA Director Muhammad Desai has cleared him of being disciplinary action. This follows US academic Sang Hea Kil accusing Desai of sexually harassing herself and two other women on March 21 while visiting Johannesburg to attend a conference on…
28 May 2019 10 min

Gatvol Capetonian pleased with preliminary outcome by SAHRC

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We continue the discussion on Gatvol Cape Captonians meeting with the The Provincial Department of Labour and the SA Human Rights commission facilitating the process . This comes after the group questioned the employment practices of the Department of Labour during a hunger strike protest earlier this year. Joining us…
28 May 2019 8 min

Commissioner: SAHRC must investigate WC DoL urgently

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
A complaint lodged by Gatvol Cape Captonians at the South African Human Rights Commission has prompted a meeting between the group and The Provincial Department of Labour. This comes after the group questioned the employment practices of the Department of Labour during a hunger strike protest earlier this year. Joining…
28 May 2019 9 min

Concerned Mitchells Plain groups form interim committee to deal with Swartklip Development

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
A group of concerned community leaders and activists gathered at a mass meeting to discuss the potential benefits of the Swartklip Development. This included establishing an interim committee to represent residents from Mitchells Plain and surrounding areas. For more on this host Sabera Sheikh-Essop spoke to Marshall Nelson, Managing director…
27 May 2019 8 min

Small but mighty: implantable cardioverter defibrillator launched in SA

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
Dr Razeen Gopul now joins us on Ramadan AM. Dr Gopal will tell us more on the new groundbreaking medical technology: the smallest smart implantable cardioverter defibrillator launched in South Africa. Dr Gopul is the Resident Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Mediclinic Panorama. More info at capetownafcentre.co.za
27 May 2019 14 min

What are your rights when you are wrongly detained?

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
One of the stories that continues to be a topic for conversation is the arrest of a 23 year old woman in Sea Point last Sunday, who was sitting on the promenade taking selfies when she was approached by police. Two cops searched her bag and found a garage remote…
27 May 2019 7 min

Gift of the Givers to be partly compensated for work in Makhanda

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
The Gift of the Givers is to be partly compensated for work it did in drought-stricken Makhanda. Gift of the Givers said they met with the Makana Municipality on Thursday, where invoices were thoroughly scrutinized. Online is GOTG founder Imtiaz Sooliman
24 May 2019 6 min

Dr Hany El Banna visits Cape Town

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
We have Dr Hany El Bannaa the pioneer of humanitarian relief work in-studio sharing a wealth of knowledge on how to change lives with the sincere act of giving. Dr El Bannaa established Islamic Relief in 1984 and later founded Muslim Charity Forum and Muslim Humanitarian Forum. His and visited…
24 May 2019 36 min

''Imam Haron The Spiritual Guide’’ book launch on the cards

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
The Imam Haron Foundation will in the next few months host various initiatives to commemorate the life of Imam Abdullah Haron Imam Abdullah Haron, murdered by Apartheid police in 1969. One of the initiatives include the soon to be launched book titled ‘’Imam Haron The Spiritual Guide’’ Joining us online…
23 May 2019 12 min

Analysis: International condemnation of Saudi Arabia's plans to execute three well-known scholars

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
The recent news of Saudi Arabia execution plans of three well-known Salafi scholars has sparked International condemnation. With the United Nations, several prominent rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International criticizing the oil-rich country. The three individuals include Sheikh Salman al-Awdah an internationally known Islamic scholar, Awad al-Qarni…
23 May 2019 17 min

Sanzaf

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | 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…
22 May 2019 11 min

Shocking torture report reveals human rights abuses in Indian occupied Kashmir

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
One of the world's most pressing geo-political problems is Kashmir, a state that straddles the southern Himalayas and India and Pakistan. The people of Kashmir have wanted self-determination for decades, but an unwelcome occupation by India in one half of the country , and a more benign one by Pakistan…
22 May 2019 12 min

Social housing confusion dispelled

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
If your household income is between low to moderate, renting a house in the open market is probably costing you a Arm and a Leg. Something the social housing sector seeks to address through the provision of affordable rental housing. Now while the alternative might sound promising there seems to…
22 May 2019 10 min

Feedback on VOC's Ahlan Wa Sahlan in Bonteheuvel

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
VOC’s Ahlan Wa Sahlan team with partners Gift of the Givers, Community Projects, Ottomans Sport, MJC Youth Desk and Pick n Pay visited the Al Jaamia Uthmania Masjied in Bonteheuvel . It’s the one event we all look forward too because it means we can connect with people in the…
20 May 2019 5 min

PHA Food and Farming Campaign worried about future of ""Cape Town’s breadbasket''

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
The fight by activist campaigning for the protection of the Phillipi Horticultural area is still ongoing with the group opposing U-vest’s second rezoning application to the City of Cape Town. Now U'Vest's initial application was halted by the City in 2016 due to it lacking spacial logic. A decision on…
20 May 2019 12 min

ANC COMMITS TO IMPLEMENTING PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION

Podcast  |  The Voice of the Cape | VOC Breakfast
In the wake of utterances attributed to Zev Krengel in the Jewish Report directed at South Africa’s Minister of International Relations Lindiwe Sisulu, the ANC is doubling down on advancing its progressive stance in line with the 54th National Conference Resolution on the Palestinian question in downgrading the South African…
20 May 2019 9 min
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