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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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IEC ready for elections on 8 May

Its the last lap before we head to the polls on the 8th May and political campaigns are in full swing. By now you might have seen political party leaders on your doorstep, branded campaign cars and politicians on loudhailers taking to the streets. Joining us online to tell us…
6 May 2019 8 min

Israel attacks Gaza on the eve of Ramadan

Well it almost seems to be an annual thing that Gaza comes under attack during the month of Ramadan – its something many of us dread. On Saturday, the Israeli air raids began and sadly, a one year old girl and her pregnant mother were among the innocent people killed…
6 May 2019 15 min

Forum 4 Service Delivery political party

Its been quiet a experience the past few weeks speaking to so many political parties about their plans and promises ahead of Election Day on 8th May. Today for the final election discussion we feature the Forum 4 Service Delivery political party. Joining us online is Pastor Isaac de Jongh,…
3 May 2019 38 min

Department of Human Settlement launch New Woodlands housing project

New woodlands residents’ demands have been realised after the launch of a housing project initiated by the department of Human Settlements in the Western Cape. It's a small victory for the community who in ongoing engagement with officials amid concerns that the residents would be excluded from the project meant…
3 May 2019 12 min

Bo-Kaap safety issues much deeper than the knife attack on French student

Now while heritage and gentrification remains high on Bo-Kaap’s agenda, like most areas the community is not immune to social issue and face service delivery challenges. This includes lack of economic opportunity, unemployment,poverty, children not at school, drugs, safety and security. Now following the knife attack and mugging incident of…
3 May 2019 8 min

Election focus: Land Party

With Election day fast approaching political parties are pulling their weight behind campaigns to try an win over your vote. And VOC has for the past few weeks had various political parties join us during the election discussion which usually takes place on a Friday morning however with last weeks…
1 May 2019 42 min

Elsies River CPF plagued by internal agendas

Well we know that there are many internal challenges for community police forums in the Western Cape particularly when certain individuals start pushing their own agenda. Now we’ve become aware that the Elsies River CPF has been hamstrung by constant infighting and political interference What is at the root of…
30 Apr 2019 14 min

SAHUC Roadshow 2 highlights hajj challenges

The Athlone Civic Centre was packed to capacity on Friday evening with accredited hujaaj attending the second roadshow hosted by South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) . A total of 3500 South Africans are accredited for the Haj this year and SAHUC has a huge task of ensuring the…
30 Apr 2019 7 min

Bo Kaap canvassing Arts and Culture Minister to declare mosques heritage

The inclusion of the Bo-Kaap area in a heritage protection overlay zone (HPOZ) has now been officially gazetted, but the fight doesn’t stop there. The next step is to have key landmarks as well as mosques declared as heritage sites. And the arts and culture minister Nathi Mtethwa is expected…
29 Apr 2019 6 min

Rita Edwards Collective election debate unpacks challenges facing women

Now through all the noise from polticians and the election promises that have been rolling off their tongues – there is so very little being said about the numerous challenges facing women. And when we say women, we don’t just mean issues of gender based violence but in the many…
29 Apr 2019 11 min

Dr Achmat Davids conferred with a posthumous award

The late Dr Achmat Davids, the doyen of “Cape Malay Studies,” has been conferred with a posthumous Silver National Order of Ikhamanga by President Cyril Ramaphosa. His guardian son Shahim Davids accepted the award on behalf of the Davids family in Pretoria yesterday and it was a wonderful moment to…
26 Apr 2019 7 min

Stellenbosch University academics reject coloured women research study

Sjoe – so the reaction to the study on the cognitive ability of coloured women conducted by Stellenbosch university researchers has been fierce. So fierce in fact that the reseaarchers are taking strain and don’t want to speak to the media. Well there’s been a serious backlash from academics, including…
26 Apr 2019 8 min

Stellenbosch university study on coloured women's cognitive ability critiqued

A study conducted by Stellenbosch University that found coloured women have an increased risk for low cognitive functioning due to low education levels and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours has been widely criticized. The study is called the ‘Age and education effects on cognitive functioning in coloured South African women” and it…
25 Apr 2019 17 min

DA up in arms over posters urging Muslims not to vote for the party

Okay so you know lately we as voters are being bombard with information about why we should not be voting for a particular party. People are constantly complaining about how annoying the SMSes and phone calls are from the DA Now recently, we were made aware of several posters doing…
25 Apr 2019 14 min

Collegians Rugby Club left homeless

Now most sporting clubs in Cape Town has designated grounds for training and match purposes. This means teams from neigbouring communities are invited to play on the host grounds however the Collegians Rugby Club are literally homeless due to poor maintenance and vandalism of the Lentegeur Sport Complex. The club…
24 Apr 2019 21 min

People with disabilities to march against poor service by dial-a-ride

Now you might recall earlier this year the City of Cape Town and Dial-A-Ride had some contractual issues which caused major delays in the operation of transport for disabled people. This has since been resolved however, users are still dissatisfied and will march to the Civic Centre tomorrow to voice…
24 Apr 2019 8 min

Building Society of the Sub Contractors to march to Parli against BIBC

Members of the sub-contracting industry will march to the parliament tomorrow over issues experienced with the Building Industry Bargaining Council in Bellville (BIBC). This includes concerns about huge levies charged to sub-contractors the BIBC finds non-complaint. Joining us in studio is Suleiman Adams and Shafiek Fakier, members of the Building…
23 Apr 2019 11 min
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