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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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Schools poised to reopen on 6 May, according to dept

Pupils could be returning to school as soon as May 4 if the current lock-down period is not extended. Many argue that this decision could cause havoc in South Africa amid the corona-virus outbreak. Now we had various unions on yesterday expressing some of there concerns about this but today…
30 Apr 2020 12 min

Inspire Network provides meals during national lock-down

The lock-down has caused immense hardship to many homes, including lack of income and extreme hunger. Many organisations and people in their individual capacity are doing their bit to share what they have with those who are struggling to make ends meet during this time. The Inspire Network is one…
29 Apr 2020 5 min

Consumer Focus

As always on a Thursday we bring you all you need to know about your right as a consumer and this week will be no different. Let us chat to Moesfiqah Botha, Head of Research and Consumer Education At National Debt Advisors.
29 Apr 2020 9 min

Update on Strandfontein sports ground housing homeless individuals

Many organisations including the human rights commission are concerned about the conditions under which the homeless are being housed at the Strandfontein sports ground facility. The decision to move the homeless individuals comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the lock-down imposed on all South Africans to try and curve the…
29 Apr 2020 16 min

Unions express concern about reopening of schools ahead of briefing

A leaked national covid-19 curriculum recovery plan document by Angie Motshekga’s department stated last week that pupils in grades 12 and 7 could be the first to return to school on May 6, while grades 11 and 6 were scheduled to return on May 20, with all the remaining grades…
29 Apr 2020 15 min

Are the most vulnerable benefiting from food parcels given by organisations

Now, last Tuesday, during President Cyril Ramaphosa's big announcement of R500 billion to help South Africa recover from the socio-economic impact of the corona-virus, he acknowledged that we are not just facing a health crisis but also a humanitarian one. Alongside R20bn for municipalities, he also stated that 25 thousand…
28 Apr 2020 11 min

WC health department on covid-19

The Western Cape has recorded more than 1500 confirmed cases of covid-19 infection, with more than two hundred recoveries. The province has recorded two more deaths- a 53-year-old man with significant co-morbidities and a 76-year-old man, bringing the total number of deaths to 32 in the province. Joining us online…
28 Apr 2020 13 min

Some economic activity from the 1 May

So major news over the weekend that more than 1.5 million South Africans will be able to go back to work under level 4 lockdown regulations. Government has clarified some of the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier this week to ease the lockdown to allow for some economic…
27 Apr 2020 8 min

residents get creative during lockdown

The covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many countries closing their borders and locking down their countries in a bid to curve the spread of the covid-19 virus. While President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a national lock-down, chaos has erupted in various parts of the country from looting shops to simply being…
27 Apr 2020 4 min

Police conduct in arrest of Muslim congregants criticised

This past weekend we saw a very disturbing video on social media showing how police officers stormed a place of worship and arrested 17 of the Muslim congregants. The video has been widely circulated and shows members of SAPS shouting at the congregants for violating lockdown regulations. Several policemen are…
27 Apr 2020 12 min

Update on New Heights Travel case

Loads of developments have taken place in the case of Fazila Khan Seedat, the director of New Heights Travel who was arrested last month. Fazila was re-arrested on Monday on two additional charges – this in relation to alleged umrah fraud and theft. As you would recall, the embattled umrah…
23 Apr 2020 20 min

Mayhem on R300

The last few days on the Cape Flats have been a bit chaotic with another incident that happened on the R300 yesterday as hundreds of people burnt tyres and attempted to loot a truck travelling on the road. We received many different accounts of what transpired but let us chat…
23 Apr 2020 8 min

Labour Lowdown: Implications for employees during the national COVID19 lockdown

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a 21-day lockdown for South Africa as a precautionary measure to control the COVID19 virus. Many questions are left unanswered. Who pays the salaries during the lockdown? How important is it for companies especially small businesses to comply with the rules and what are the…
22 Apr 2020 14 min

Analysis of Presidents speech on covid19

Earlier on we looked at the economic impact of the president’s announcements last night. Certainly, what the president said really puts into perspective the sheer gravity facing the country right now. I am sure a lot of you were feeling more depressed after hearing the speech last night. Although were…
22 Apr 2020 17 min

Analysis of Presidents speech on covid19

The president's address to the nation has become almost a weekly thing now and again last night South Africans were glued to their screens as the president Ramaphosa announced a raft of new economic and social measures to the tune of R500 billion. Most significant for VOC listeners of course…
22 Apr 2020 12 min

Safety plan for victims of domestic abuse

Movement restrictions aimed to stop the spread of the coronavirus may be making violence in homes more frequent, more severe and more dangerous. Police Minister Bheki Cele says police have received more than 87 000 complaints during the first week of the 21-day national lockdown with one of those including…
21 Apr 2020 7 min

MJC sets Fidya and Fitrah

Muslims in South Africa will have to dig deep into their pockets this Ramadan, given the enormous need for food in our local communities as a result of the lockdown. That’s the call of the MJC, as it announced that Fitrah has been set at R40 and Fidyah is R10…
21 Apr 2020 9 min

Looting of trucks

So it seems as though looting has really become a new trend Cape Town …last week we saw several shops looted and yesterday, three trucks were looted within a couple of hours in the Netreg / Kreefgat. In the first incident, protesters apparently blocked the road with large pieces of…
21 Apr 2020 11 min

Food Distribution in Cape Town

We have received so many call and messages with people asking where they can get food parcels during the national lockdown imposed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to curve the spread of the Covid 19 virus. Now many people are feeling the impact of the lockdown as many are at home…
21 Apr 2020 11 min
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