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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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Front line physician explains challenges medical staff face due to Covid-19

Last week, Premier Alan Winde said the province is ramping up efforts to deal with the influx of new covid patients by making extra bed space available and employing more healthcare workers at our hospitals. In response, a Cape Town doctor wrote a long thread sharing his experience on the…
6 Jan 2021 20 min

Early signs to indicate peak in second wave of Covid-19 in Cape Metro

As the Covid-19 figures continue to rise, the Western Cape Department of health held a digital press conference yesterday to provide an update on what the situation seems to look like for the province. As many of you may recall, this week was said to be the peak of the…
6 Jan 2021 9 min

Calls for urgent rollout of Vaccine for South Africa

So, one of the biggest discussions on social media over the past few days has been the rollout of COVID19 vaccines in South Africa. The governments vaccine procurement strategy has come under fire. President Ramaphosa said last week that SA could only receive the vaccine in the second half of…
5 Jan 2021 8 min

The trauma of losing multiple relatives due to covid 19

Many people are confronting the loss of a loved one to the global covid 19 pandemic—a challenge made even more difficult by physical distancing orders that prevent them from saying goodbye in person or gathering with others to mourn, however deaths aren’t the only losses that people are reckoning with…
5 Jan 2021 8 min

Impact alcohol ban has on hospitals

The health department has seen a sharp drop in trauma related cases over the new year period following the announcement of a level 3 national lockdown which has seen alcohol being banned once again and a new curfew being introduced. Now as many of us know, round about this time…
5 Jan 2021 7 min

New Year’s long weekend operations

It was very different new year’s weekend in Cape Town as most people adhered to the curfew restrictions. Some hospitals even reported that they had very little trauma admissions because of the alcohol ban. But let’s find out overall how operations went over the long weekend. Richard Bosman, the City’s…
4 Jan 2021 4 min

Call for masajid to obey government regulations

On Friday, VOC News received some reports that two masajid held Jumuah prayers – which of course is in contravention of the adjusted alert level 3 regulations. Woodstock police stopped the Jumuah at Tennyson street masjid in Salt River on Friday. The masjid said in a statement that it complied…
4 Jan 2021 12 min

Nehawu welcomes level 3 lockdown announcement

It was the news that South Africa really needs at this point in time. President Cyril Ramaphosa last night announced that …… We know that the healthy system is under tremendous strain and unions are saying their health workers are not prepared for the second wave. Online for comment is…
29 Dec 2020 7 min

SAMA and SAAPA welcome adjusted government restrictions under level 3 lockdown

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) wants South Africa to be taken back to Level 2 lockdown, with particular restrictions on gatherings. As we know, social gatherings have been the biggest problem in terms of fuelling the number of covid19 infections. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South Africa Medical…
29 Dec 2020 13 min

Part one: South Africa's criminal justice system

Although this year has been plagued by news of the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africans are accustomed to another plague: and that is, crime. Hundreds, if not thousands, of citizens take to social media and lash out at government and the criminal justice system for doing everything but provide justice. In…
28 Dec 2020 7 min

MJC urges Muslims to take responsibility as virus cases continue to rise

South Africa has now surpassed one million cases of COVID-19 with 9000 new cases reported yesterday. The health department reported 214 COVID-19 related deaths with a whopping 123 deaths in the Eastern Cape alone. We know that President Ramaphosa is expected to meet with the national command council this weekend,…
28 Dec 2020 9 min

Undertakers overwhelmed due to spike in janazas

According to Muslim Stats SA, more than 150 Muslims have died of COVID-19 related complications in South Africa in December alone. Muslim undertakers are overwhelmed at present. As we see a rise in janazas, the concern is whether COVID19 protocols are being respected. Online we have the head of the…
24 Dec 2020 9 min

Gift of the Givers to assist WCape hospitals

Gift of the Givers has announced that they will be extending their Covid19 relief efforts to Cape Town. The humanitarian agency has been doing amazing work in the Eastern Cape, which has been identified as a coronavirus hotspot. Dr Imtiaz Soolioman joins us now…
24 Dec 2020 11 min

Judge Siraj Desai steps into his new role as Legal Ombud

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed recently retired Honourable Justice SiraJ Desai as the Legal Services Ombud. It follows discussions between Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola and the president, who appointed Judge Desai in terms of Section 47 of the Legal Practice Act No. 28 of 2014. Desai…
23 Dec 2020 6 min

Obligations of employers and employees during the second wave

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, more employees are testing positive, leaving employers in a state of disarray. In todays’ special labour lowdown segment, we chat about the obligations of employers and employees during the second wave and how the Health & Safety Act benefits both the employer and employee…
23 Dec 2020 15 min

Weekly Western Cape Covid19 update

Listeners – we need to be real with you. The Western Cape is struggling at present. Hospitals are full and we can no longer downplay the severity of the second wave of covid19. To those of you who still think this is being exaggerated…you heard the interview with Yaseen Kippie…
23 Dec 2020 20 min
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