VOC Breakfast

Results Of The Table Mountain Safety Forum Initiative

In an effort to ensure visitors safety to Table Mountain National park, the Table Mountain Safety Forum has implemented various safety and security interventions programmes. Members of the forum along with Minister Dan Plato, SAPS and SANParks met yesterday to highlight the results of the initiative. To tell us more…

7 Dec 2015 8 min

City Responds To Vendors Concerns And Market Changes

Still on the topic of the Cape Town Summer Market we now get a response from Councillor Gareth Bloor, Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development Guest: Gareth Bloor Position: Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development

7 Dec 2015 9 min

BDS Infiltrated By A Mole

Explosive details have emerged of how Woolworths allegedly deployed a spy to infiltrate the South African branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to gather information on the organisation. As we know, BDS is engaged in a protracted boycott campaign against the retailer. Yesterday, the Weekend Argus reported that…

6 Dec 2015 8 min

16 Days Of Activism

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…

6 Dec 2015 8 min

Feel Good Story – Profile Rushdi Magiet

If you a sport person or ever had the opportunity to be a team member of any sporting club, you know well how much effort goes into administration and organising these events. In this morning’s edition of your feel good story I will be chatting to to Rushdi Magiet, recipient…

3 Dec 2015 10 min

Why Are Our City Spaces Designed For Serial Killers?

Ever wondered how the structural design of a city could influence the statistics of crime in an area. This morning I will be chatting to Sean Dayton from Future Cape Town about his recent article on the design or city spaces and serial killers Guest: Sean Dayton Position: corporate lawyer,…

3 Dec 2015 6 min

Somerset Night Market Logistical Nightmare

As you may know the Somerset West Night Market traders have been faced with a few logistical challenges after the City of Cape Town informed them of proposed changes to the dates of this year’s event. With just a few more days remaining to the opening organisers have been continues…

3 Dec 2015 9 min

City of Cape Town: Festive Season Events

Still on the topic of the City of Cape Town’s Festive season initiative we now chat to Councillor Gareth Bloor, Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development Guest: Gareth Bloor Position: Mayco member for Tourism, Events and Economic Development

3 Dec 2015 6 min

16 Days of Activism: Talaq as a form of abuse

Now we are continuing our focus on the 16 days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children and our topic this morning is that abuse is not necessarily always physical. Abuse against women specifically can manifest in many subtle ways. To chat more about this, we have Suraiya…

2 Dec 2015 7 min

Feel Good Story – ILM SA Hosts Underprivileged Kids

Durban based organisation ILM-SA hosted a year end celebration for 515 underprivileged kids who are part of the KZN Cricket Township and Rural Development programme. And needless to say, this lifted the spirits for so many of these budding cricket players. The director of ILM SA, Fatima Asmal joins us…

2 Dec 2015 9 min

World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town

With lung disease and TB a major challenge in South Africa, it’s interesting to note that the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from today until the 6th December. A lot of the focus will be on the changing…

2 Dec 2015 8 min

Victims of Crime Survey

We know that South Africa faces enormous challenges with regards to our policing system and the perception is that confidence in the police is definitely at a low. Well a new report released by Statistics SA says just that - it shows that South Africans simply do not feel safe…

2 Dec 2015 5 min

Impeachment of Helen Zille

The ANC and the DA in the Western Cape are again at each other’s throats – this time over the ANC’s call for Premier Helen Zille to be axed. ANC Western Cape chairperson Marius Fransman gave notice on Monday of the intention to impeach Zille. The matter was intensely debated…

2 Dec 2015 11 min

World Aids Day: The challenges Facing Women

Today is World AIDS Day - a day focused on raising awareness across the world and in the community about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. And what we want to unpack this morning is the plight of underprivileged HIV positive women in South Africa and why it’s important to…

1 Dec 2015 7 min

ASRI Fellowship 2015

Now something great that we want to chat about in the next few minutes is the 2016 ASRI Future Leaders Fellowship Program. Now you will remember that ASRI – the Auwal Socio-Economic Research Institute – was launched earlier this year as a pluralist domestic public policy institute. And one of…

1 Dec 2015 9 min

16 Days Of Activism: Child Marriages

While there has been a lot of focus gender violence during the 16 Days of Activism, one important and often overlooked issue is that of child marriages. According to a report released by UNICEF, an estimated 125 million African girls are child brides. UNICEF has demanded that governments take more…

1 Dec 2015 9 min

World Aids Day : SA’s Progress In The Fight Against HIV/Aids

December 1st is World Aids Day and while our government says we have made great strides in the fight against Hiv/Aids, there are still a number of challenges. SA currently has the biggest HIV treatment programme in the world‚ with more than 3 million of our people on life-saving anti-retrovirals…

1 Dec 2015 10 min

Overview Of The Matric Exams

Well the 2015 matric exams are now officially over and learners can now breathe a sigh of relief. The hard work now begins for thousands of examination markers across the province. To chat about this year’s National Senior Certificate exam, we have education MEC Debbie Shafer… Guest: MEC Debbie Shafer…

30 Nov 2015 4 min

TEARS : Focus on 16 Days Of Activism

The TEARS Foundation has embarked on a unique campaign to spread awareness about gender-based violence for this year’s 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children. It’s called the #bangyourpot campaign and it urges South Africans to take a stand and speak out against domestic violence and…

30 Nov 2015 9 min

MJC Engages With Manenberg Community

The leadership of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) met with the imams of masajid in Manenberg over the weekend to discuss community safety ahead of the festive season. Areas like Manenberg and Hanover Park have been hard hit by violence in recent weeks. MJC secretary general Maulana Abdul Khaliq Allie…

30 Nov 2015 8 min