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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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Police Brutality in SAPS custody

Deaths in police custody continue to rise in South Africa. There have been 266 fatalities in the last financial year alone and thousands of cases are reported each year but only a percentage of them ever result in criminal charges according to media reports. Now the Independent Police Investigative Directorate…
17 Aug 2017 9 min

Feel good - Shell’s numeracy program helps WCape primary school embrace Maths

Since 2011, Shell South Africa, in partnership with The Maths Centre, has offered a flagship educational initiative focused on improving Mathematics skills at selected schools. The Rally to Numeracy programme is aimed at helping educators to enhance their understanding and teaching of the country’s Maths syllabus, which will, in turn,…
14 Aug 2017 9 min

New women empowerment Initiative at shelter for abused women

Western cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde and MEC for Social Development, Albert Fritz has announced a ground-breaking women empowerment initiative. The announcement was made at Sisters Incorporated, one of the departments funded shelters for abused women. MEC Alan Winde joins us this morning…. Guest: MEC Alan Winde Position:…
14 Aug 2017 5 min

Shaheed Omars murder - ANC Dullar Omar region responds

One of the biggest talking points since Friday has been the murder of the nephew of anti-apartheid stalwart Dullar Omar. As we know Shaheed Omar was killed in what appears to have been an attempted hijacking on Thursday night. Shaheed, the son of Dr Adam Omar, had been travelling with…
14 Aug 2017 5 min

UCT team wins the annual GirlCode Hackathon

Four UCT Honours students have won the 4th annual GirlCode Hackathon – a 48-hour non-stop programming challenge in Johannesburg over the weekend. The four-woman team from UCTS Information Systems (IS) department, scooped the first prize of an all-expenses paid trip to Silicon Valley in the U.S. During the 48-hour challenge,…
10 Aug 2017 4 min

deputy Minister’s attack on women highlights why impunity must end

In light of Women’s Day yesterday, one of the pressing issues that emerged this week was the alleged assault by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana, on two women at a private club in Fourways at the weekend. Women’s rights groups and gender activists are saying…
10 Aug 2017 6 min

Political analysis of Motion of No Confidence

As we know President Jacob Zuma has survived a motion of no confidence in his presidency, held via secret ballot in Parliament. The question now is whether the failure of the motion will strengthen Zuma’s position in the party. The party goes to an elective conference in December, where Deputy…
10 Aug 2017 12 min

5 years since Marikana

August 16th will marks 5 years since the Marikana massacre. On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, some 100km northwest of Johannesburg in the North West Province. The fateful event left 34 mineworkers dead, 78 wounded and more…
10 Aug 2017 14 min

VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE - Opposition MP's react

VOC's Yaseen Kippie interviewed UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, COPE leader Terror Lekota and EFF MP Nazier Paulsen about what they felt about the result of the vote of no confidence.
9 Aug 2017 16 min

Women’s Month - Focus on exceptional women

In keeping with Women’s Month, the focus is of course on exceptional women. This morning we chat to Dr Funelwa Ngece-Ayaji, a senior lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and originally from Khayelitsha. She is someone proud of her background and has committed to…
9 Aug 2017 10 min

Women’s Month - Gender-based Violence and Historical Trauma

Well the topic of gender violence has been discussed time and time again, and the issue remains a matter of public discourse following the recent cases of child murders, rape and femicide in South Africa. While feminists and gender experts argue that’s the system of patriarchy that perpetuates gender violence,…
9 Aug 2017 11 min

Janna Jihad, Palestine's youngest journalist

11 year old Palestinian journalist Janna Jihad and four other Palestinian children are in South Africa to recount their experiences as child activists living under the brutality of Israeli Zionist occupation. VOC news editor Tasneem Adams chatted to the brave young activist.
28 Jul 2017 13 min

Insight from residents caught in the housing crisis

Now we have extensively been covering the housing crisis in Cape Town over the past few months. This includes the Woodstock Day Hospital where a group of residents are currently occupying open units at the facility. Yesterday we looked at the stories of the individuals who are occupying the Woodstock…
25 Jul 2017 9 min

VOC speaks to Woodstock Hospital protesters

VOC's Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed recently had the opportunity to visit Woodstock Hospital and engaged with some of the people involved in the occupation at the hospital. She filed this report.
25 Jul 2017 9 min

Ulema call on Muslims to intensify duas and fasting for Palestine

In light of the ongoing attempts by the Israeli government to control the access of Palestinians visiting the Al-Masjidul Aqsa and the flareup of violence at the compound, the Muslim Judicial Council and the Al Quds Foundationare calling on the public to observe weekly Thursday fast and for all masjids…
20 Jul 2017 5 min

Palestinian children activists visit SA

This is a really good news story…. Five Palestinian child activists arrived in the country yesterday for special tour called the Shamsaan kids Tour. It’s a South African born collaborative between young Palestinian human rights activists and various local South African contributors. The children include 11 year old Janna Jihad,…
20 Jul 2017 7 min

SATHOA - Preparation for Hajj Season

With many South African set to embark on pilgrim for Hajj, we now get an update on preparations for the Hajj season. Joining us online is Muhsin Shaikh Secretary General of The South African Haj Travel Operators Association (SATHOA) Guest: Muhsin Shaikh Position: Secretary General of the South African Haj…
19 Jul 2017 6 min

Grain SA concerned by wheat duty-free quota and impact on consumer

While consumers might be the ones who are meant to benefit duty free qoutas, agricultural body Grain SA has highlighted concerns around the trade agreement with European Union, only benefiting two major corporations. Joining us to help us make sense of how this might impact on consumers we chat to…
19 Jul 2017 4 min

Legal Implications of sharing photos or video footage of criminal activities

The sharing of photos or video footage involving criminal activities via social media has become increasingly common, with some crime fighting organisation using this method to expose criminals and also alert public. While the sharing of such information captured on surveillance devices or recorded by public might be done in…
12 Jul 2017 6 min
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