VOC Breakfast

Missing people

Every day people go missing, just this weekend a 23 year old young lady went missing. This morning, we find out from the Director of the Pink Ladies, Dessie Rechner about the procedure when people go missing…

27 May 2014 7 min

MJC rejecting Egypt Elections

The MJC and Egyptian community of South Africa have rejected the Egyptian elections. At a press conference yesterday the two bodies said they supported the African Union's posision that the elections were illegitimate. This is what they had to say…

27 May 2014 7 min

Register for sex offenders

The National Register for Sexual offenders which was established in 2007 aims to fight the scourge of sexual violence against children and mentally disabled people. To tell us more we have the National registrar for sexual offenders, Ntombizodwa Matjila on the line…

27 May 2014 8 min

VOC Winter outreach programme

The VOC winter outreach programme will kick off later this week. This morning we have the project manager at Gift of the Givers, Gawa Sayed on the line…

26 May 2014 7 min

Metro police update

Well it's Monday a we get our regular update from the City of Cape Town's Metro Police, who have been out and about on our roads and in our communities. On the line to tell us more we have Metro Police deputy chief Yolanda Faro…

26 May 2014 5 min

Private health care sector

Earlier this year, the Competition Commission began an investigation into South Africa's private health sector. It looked at the general state of competition in the health sector to determine how to make this service accessible to the broader society. Public Interest law centre Section 27 and Corruption Watch are co-convenors…

26 May 2014 8 min

Taxi wars

On Friday morning, we had the Transport MEC , Robin Carlisle on the show to talk about the taxi war issues. This morning, we chat to the chairperson of the Retreat Taxi Association about the ongoing taxi war in the area…

26 May 2014 5 min

President Zuma's cabinet analyses

Yesterday, President Jacob Zuma announced his cabinet. To tell us more we have political analyst and professor at North West University, Professor Andre Duvehage on the line…

26 May 2014 6 min

MPAT awards

The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency held its inaugural Management Performance Assessment Tool awards which recognises exceptional achievement in government departments both nationally and provincially. Western Cape won eight of the fifteen first place awards. the To tell us more, we have the spokesperson for Premier…

23 May 2014 3 min

Credit amnesty

he much anticipated removal of adverse credit information also known as credit amnesty saw many consumers benefit in some or other way. This morning we find out how consumers are benefitting from this credit amnesty. On the line to tell us more, we have the Public Relations Manager at Credit…

23 May 2014 4 min

Oasis focus on finance

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 May 2014 7 min

African Centre for Bio-safety

The African Centre for Bio-safety released a new report on South Africa's inequitable and genetically modified bread industry. The report shows that white bread that was tested contained high levels of Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) soya and that companies are flouting GM labelling laws. To tell us more, we have…

23 May 2014 11 min

Programmes for at risk youth

A new youth, safety and religion partnership programme is mainly aimed at youth at risk. This programme hopes to involve religious institutions into their programme to help those most at risk, especially in high affected crime areas. We chat now to the the Chief Director for civilian oversight in the…

23 May 2014 7 min

Taxi wars

The ongoing taxi violence in Vrygrond, Steenberg and Seawinds have claimed the lives of at least 9 people. To tell us more, we have the Minister of Transport and Public works, Robin Carlisle on the line…

23 May 2014 7 min

Cost of living

With the cost of living skyrocketing, many consumers are battling under ever increasing debt and taking out personal loans to cover their basic needs. To tell us more, we have the CEO of Wonga loans, Ken Hurwitz on the line…

22 May 2014 5 min

Marikana community appeal for support

The Marikana land occupation consist of a community of oppressed and disadvantaged people who live in the backyard shacks in Phillipi. Earlier in the year, the Land Invasion Unit illegally demolished these homes. The matter was taken to the High Court and the City was ordered to rebuild the homes…

22 May 2014 6 min

Black Sash

The “Hands of our Social Grants campaign” which was launched in November last year is gaining ground. This campaign looks at the unscrupulous deductions of service providers from social grant recipients. To tell us more, we have the Advocacy manager at Black Sash, Elroy Paulus on the line…

22 May 2014 8 min

Bring Back our girls march

A march will take place over the weekend in Cape Town to raise awareness and sign a petition in helping to bring back the girls who has been abducted in Nigeria. To tell us more, we have the organiser of the march, Anita Christiaans on the line…

22 May 2014 6 min

Street people's programme

With winter approaching fast we look at what the City's Department of Social development will be doing for the street people. To tell us more, we have the Mayoral Committee member for social development, Councillor Suzette Little on the line…

21 May 2014 6 min

Invest in education

For the Cape to thrive and succeed there needs to be bigger investment in education in order to boost the economy. This is the view of the CEO of Accelerate Cape Town. To tell us more, we have the CEO of Accelerate Cape Town, Chris Whelan on the line…

21 May 2014 6 min