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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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4,577 Episodes
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Self harm amongst teens

In the past couple of weeks we have seen and heard various stories of young people harming themselves. After the departure of Zayn Malik from the the group One Direction, many girls have resorted to cutting themselves and posting these images on social media. We chat now to project manager…
28 Apr 2015 9 min

Off the rails with Kamal Salasa

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…
28 Apr 2015 6 min

BDS plan of action

Various civil society organisations, student groups, political parties and academics held a press conference yesterday to discuss upcomig action in response the Minister Blade Nzimande being denied a visa by Israel. To tell us more, we have spokesperson for BDS South Africa, Kwara Kekana on the line…
28 Apr 2015 9 min

Women and men against child abuse

Recently it was reported that a 53 year old man was arrested in a joint raid by the SAPS and the United State's FBI on charges of possession, manufacturing and distribution of child porn. We chat now to the director of the Women and men against child abuse, director, Miranda…
28 Apr 2015 8 min

Nepal earthquake

As I’m sure are aware, Nepal was struck by a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, and the country has experienced a series of tremors since then. We have seen some tragic images of people being pulled out from under the rubble, after buildings and homes collapsed in Kathmandu. I…
27 Apr 2015 7 min

Freedom day

As South Africans celebrate 21 years of freedom this Freedom day, we look at the xenophobic attacks that is ravaging the country, and whether South Africans can truly celebrate Freedom Day. We chat now to activist Braam Hanekom about the way forward…
27 Apr 2015 6 min

Title deed handover

The City of Cape Town handed over the title deeds to a property in Simons Town, once owned by the Aziz family. The family were removed from their land as part of Apartheid's group areas act. VOC Journalist, Ra'eesah Isaacs attended the handover on Thursday and filed this report…
27 Apr 2015 6 min

Hajj Accreditation closes

South African hujjaj had until yesterday to accept, reject or cancel their accreditation. We chat now to SAHUC president, Shaheen Essop about the accreditation process…
27 Apr 2015 8 min

#MuslimNotExtremist

Comedian Riaad Moosa is at the forefront of a campaign to change the perception that people have of Muslims. This morning, we chat to one of the creators and executive producer of Muslink, Jehad Kasu about the campaign.
24 Apr 2015 10 min

Eskom

The commissioning of the first 765/400 kv substation will be synchronised to the national power grid for the first time today. To tell us more, we have the Eskom transmission grid manager, Marius van Rensburg on the line…
24 Apr 2015 6 min

Bank complaints

The banking ombudsman annual report for 2014 was recently released. This report looks at which banks draw the most complaints. To tell us more, we have banking ombudsman, Advocate Clive Pillay on the line…
24 Apr 2015 7 min

May Day Festival

The Labour research service, the International labour research and information group and the World Workers media productions will present a May Day festival to discuss the future of COSATU and trade union movements. To tell us more, we have co-ordinator of the May Day festival, Eddie Cottle on the line…
24 Apr 2015 7 min

New safety partnership

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…
23 Apr 2015 7 min

Importance of labour insurance

With the risk of illegal strikes escalating, we look at the issue of labour insurance against these labour disputes. To tell us more, we have underwriting executive at SHA Underwriters, Simon Colman on the line…
23 Apr 2015 9 min

Media monitoring

The City Press was found guilty of committing a serious offence by giving the public too much information about the young teen who allegedly ran away from home to join ISIS. This would be the first time that a major newspaper has been found to be in violation of the…
23 Apr 2015 9 min

World Book Day

Today is World Book Day, and the City of Cape Town's central library will be hosting its annual storytelling festival today. World Book Day, also known as International Day of the Book was established by UNESCO in 1995 to promote reading, publishing and copyright. On the line to tell us…
23 Apr 2015 8 min

Loadshedding linked to road accidents

The issue of loadshedding could be linked to the increase in road accidents, especially at intersections. We chat now to Mayco member for safety and security, Alderman JP Smith…
23 Apr 2015 11 min

Anti-xenophobic march

PASSOP supporters and Anti-xenophobic supporters from Keizergracht to Parliament yesterday in solidarity with victims of xenophobic attacks. VOC journalist, Ra'eesah Isaacs was at the march and filed this report…
22 Apr 2015 7 min

Schools democracy week

The School's democracy week kicks off this week. This joint project between Electoral commission and the Department of Basic education aims to encourage, educate and empower learners to understand and participate in the democratic process in the country. To tell us more, we have the spokesperson at the Department of…
22 Apr 2015 9 min
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