The Voice of the Cape VOC Breakfast

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.
Weekly English South Africa Technology · News
4,577 Episodes
160 – 180

''Hunger: A Quest for Justice'' - Community Chest releases Covid-19 impact report

Following the announcement of the national lockdown imposed earlier this year, due to the corona virus pandemic, Community Chest embarked on a food relief programme to address hunger in marginalised communities. The Cape Town-based NGO has now released its online Impact Report on the scope of its work during the…
6 Dec 2020 8 min

Gatvol Capetonian campaign hopes to bring peace to the cape flats

Gang violence has really become so rife in many areas across the Cape Flats with many people becoming desensitized to the soaring levels gang violence and the crimes in their respective communities. Now many people are familiar with who the guilty parties are but are so afraid to speak out…
4 Dec 2020 9 min

Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape continues to rise

As we await news on whether the Western Cape will be seeing another lock down or stricter measures to curve the spread of the covid 19 virus, the Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says lockdowns are blunt instruments that have disastrous consequences and should be avoided at all costs. Winde,…
3 Dec 2020 11 min

Capetonians urged to be safe on the roads this festive season

This time of the year is normally the busiest time as many people are wrapping up the year, doing last minute shopping and planning trips to their families for the festive season celebrations. Its normally this time of year where we see the many vehicle related accidents as the streets…
3 Dec 2020 8 min

SACE: More than police clearance needed in teacher vetting process

Following the announcement by the Education department stating that it would employ 200 000 teaching assistants and 100 000 general assistants at schools across the country for the year 2021, concerns have been raised about the safety of pupils because of inadequate vetting and shortcomings in the sexual offenders register…
3 Dec 2020 12 min

Feedback: Gatesville traders and CoCT meet again

We know there's been a lot of frustration from Gatesville traders about their possible relocation. This amid concerns that the area is too crowded and more needs to be done to ensure social distancing - given the rising numbers of covid19 cases in the western Cape. Last week, Burning Issue…
2 Dec 2020 10 min

Uproar over Israeli 7’s rugby team heading to Cape Town

The ANC Youth League in the Western Cape has warned it will protest the Israeli national rugby team should they arrive in Cape Town in mid-December. According to pro-Israeli media, the Israeli 7s side intends to travel to the SAS Rugby Academy in Stellenbosch to train with the Blitzbokke. In…
1 Dec 2020 10 min

Food prices continue to increase as the festive season approaches

As we enter the final month of 2020, a year that has been extremely challenging as we were faced with a global pandemic, which claimed so many lives but also seen us struggling financially after we had a forced lockdown which negatively impacted on our economy and people battling to…
30 Nov 2020 9 min

Yemen’s Masnoena Adams speaks about life after her husband’s death

It's almost four years since we last spoke to Mitchells Plain born Masnoena Adams who left the country for Yemen about 19 years with her late Yemeni husband Saleh, where she's been ever since. Trapped in a remote part of Yemen against her will by her husband and abused mentally…
30 Nov 2020 12 min

Localised intervention needed to deal with virus resurgence in hotspot regions

Government is considering the reintroduction of a level 3 lockdown in the parts of the country where a surge in coronavirus cases has been reported. This comes after health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize met with local business and political leaders on Friday in Port Elizabeth. While no decision has been…
30 Nov 2020 10 min

UIF applicants voice anger at slow service at labour office

Frustrated locals at the Department of Labour offices in Goodwood have criticized the processes to deal with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) applications. Due to the national lockdown, hundreds of people are applying for UIF but according to irate claimants yesterday the turnaround time is painstakingly slow. VOC News reporter…
27 Nov 2020 5 min

WC health concerned by increase in hospitalisations Cape metro

I think our worst fears are coming true. Authorities have been saying for weeks, the responsibility is on citizens to ensure that covid19 cases don’t surge. The Western Cape Health Department is now seeing an increase in the numbers of active Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations in the province. Joining us…
25 Nov 2020 10 min

Firefighters rescue mother and newborn baby off roof

A Belhar mother did the almost impossible by risking her own life to climb a roof in order to give birth to her baby this morning. Firefighters from Belhar Fire Station received a call at 4:38 am and found the mom on the roof of a house in Belhar Extension…
25 Nov 2020 5 min

UCT joins forces with Rape Crisis to strengthen support to sexual offences survivors

Proper support for victims of gender-based violence remains a challenge in South Africa. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Office for Inclusivity & Change (OIC) has joined forces with Rape Crisis to strengthen the support services to survivors of sexual offences. Dr Sianne Alves, Director at UCT’s Office for Inclusivity…
25 Nov 2020 8 min

16 days of activism of no violence against women and children kicks off

So we know 2020 has been an incredibly trying year for women due to the scourge of gender based violence during the lockdown period. Today of course marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism global campaign against gender-based violence (GBV) which runs from 25 November to 10 December…
24 Nov 2020 7 min

More than lip service needed to regulate and tackle Taxi industry turf wars

Cape Town traffic police apprehended one suspect with a firearm after multiple people were shot at by gunmen at the station deck taxi rank in the city's CBD yesterday afternoon. Preliminary reports indicate that the shooting may be related to taxi violence. Taxi violence is nothing new in Cape Town,…
24 Nov 2020 9 min
160 – 180