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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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SAJBOD responds

We heard from Tony Ehrenreich before the break, so let’s hear from the SA Jewish Board of Deputies on this matter. They plan to a lodge a complaint of hate speech against Mr Ehrenreich at the SA Human rights commission for a Facebook posting against Israel. SAJBOD president Zev Krengel…
15 Aug 2014 13 min

Cosatu to lodge SAHRC complaint against SAJBOD

Yesterday, we heard that the SA Jewish Board of Deputies plans to lodge a complaint of hate speech against Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich with the SA human rights commission over remarks he made on Facebook regarding Gaza. The post read “an eye for an eye against Zionist aggression”. It’s…
15 Aug 2014 8 min

Maternal Patient-Centred Care

Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, yesterday launched the Maternal Patient-Centred Care initiative at Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre (CHC). The initiative aims to highlight and address the mistreatment experienced by women in maternity services. VOC reporter Ra’eesah Isaacs was at the launch
14 Aug 2014 5 min

Security risks at City health clinics

The City of Cape Town’s Health department is looking at ways to minimise the impact of violence, vandalism and theft at its clinics. Already, there’s been one clinic closed in the Lotus River area this year. Mayoral Committee Member for Health, Councillor Benedicta Van Minnen joins us this morning. …
14 Aug 2014 6 min

Municipal by-elections

Polls opened in by-elections for municipal councillors at 25 wards in all nine provinces across the country yesterday. Over 200 000 registered voters are eligible to cast their ballots. The figure is one of the largest outside of general elections. To tell us more is the Independent Electoral Commission’s provincial…
14 Aug 2014 7 min

Local retailers join boycott

As pressure increases on larger supermarket chains to stop selling Israeli goods, it seems smaller companies are also heeding the call. VOC reporter Andriques Che Petersen has this story…
14 Aug 2014 7 min

Muslim response to IS in Iraq

With Gaza in the spotlight, there has been very little focus on violence elsewhere in the Middle East. Right now, we are seeing a conflict in northern Iraq, where a group called the Islamic State is persecuting Christians and other minorities. Yesterday, The Vatican called on Muslim religious leaders to…
14 Aug 2014 10 min

Link between health and climate change

Researchers are tackling the complex interactions between increasing weather extremes and the impacts on our health. Usually, we think that climate change is just temperatures getting a little hotter without understanding the real effects on society. To help us understand these links is Dr Caradee Wright, the Principal Researcher in the Climate Studies,…
13 Aug 2014 7 min

Passop on Zimbabwe

Around 250,000 Zimbabweans living in the country on temporary visas due to expire this year can get three-year extensions, delaying a possible mass expulsion of workers. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba made the announcement yesterday, said the visas would be extended until 2017. To comment this, we have Bernard Toyambi…
13 Aug 2014 6 min

UCT Gang seminar

Police officials, community activists, crime experts, and other members of civil society are meeting at UCT this week for a three day discussion on gangs in the Western Cape. The discussion kicked last night and includes a wide range of issues. To delve deeper into these discussions is Prof Elrena…
13 Aug 2014 8 min

Marikana Commission analysis

There was lots of action at the Marikana Commission of enquiry yesterday, as deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa took the stand. Political interference and putting business interests above the wellbeing of workers are some of the accusations put to Mr Ramaphosa yesterday by attorney Dali Mpofu, representing the mine workers. To help…
13 Aug 2014 8 min

Impact of Woolworths Boycott

It’s been a hot topic all week and it definitely seems as if momentum in the national boycott targeting Woolworths is growing. The boycott was announced last week in light of an intensified consumer campaign against certain companies stocking Israeli products. Is Woolworths feeling the heat? Let’s chat to the…
13 Aug 2014 9 min

Senior Certificate examination

Umalusi, the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training has successfully concluded the statistical moderation of the 2014 Senior Certificate results. The Senior Certificate examination is a special examination that allows candidates/learners who were unable to complete the old Senior Certificate in 2007 to complete the…
12 Aug 2014 9 min

Pornography case

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa's (Icasa)'s decision to allow the broadcasting of three pornography channels on TV after eight in the even-ing is being challenged in the Western Cape High Court. Yesterday, we heard that Icasa did not follow procedure when deciding to allow three pornographic channels on…
12 Aug 2014 9 min

Weekly review

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…
12 Aug 2014 6 min

Gaza ground report

Gaza residents are trying to resume their normal daily activity, as a 72-hour ceasefire enters its second day. The truce was agreed after Egypt said it had received "simultaneous consensus" from both sides for the ceasefire. Israel’s military bombardment in Gaza has killed almost 2000 people, most of them civilians…
12 Aug 2014 15 min

EFF on Gaza

The Economic Freedom Fighters were one of the parties showing their support at the Mother City’s Gaza march on Saturday. The EFF has put their weight behind calls for Israeli ambassador Arthur Lenk to be expelled. EFF Western Cape convenor Nazier Paulsen chats to us this morning… Guest: Nazier Paulsen…
12 Aug 2014 5 min

Update on 5 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators

The five pro-Palestinian activists who were arrested on Sunday were released from custody yesterday afternoon. The activists were pulled from their cars and arrested during a motorcade through Gardens after dispersing from a picket in Sea Point. The Action Forum for Palestine now says it plans to take action against…
12 Aug 2014 10 min

Teacher improvement

A recent report by education researcher, Nic Spaull and the South African numeracy chair at Wits, Professor Hamsa Venkata-krishnan shows that Grade 6 teacher are ill-equipped to deal with teching maths. In order to improve this situation, the Department of Basic Education will embark on improving content knowledge amongst teachers…
11 Aug 2014 6 min

National coalition for Palestine March Feedback

The biggest diverse march took place this weekend to highlight the plight of Palestinians suffering under the aggression of the Israeli army. We chat now to the spokesperson of the National Coalition for Palestine, Reverend Edwin Arrison..... Guest: Reverend Edwin Arrison Position: spokesperson for NC4P
11 Aug 2014 6 min
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