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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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SA delegation from Gaza returns home

A 19 member South Africa delegation arrived home safely from Gaza. The delegation experienced some problems at the Rafah border. To tell us more about their experience in Gaza, we have a member from the team, Aayesha J. Soni on the line…
3 Jan 2014 4 min

Metro police out in full force

The city’s Metro Police Chief, Wayne Le Roux, popped in at various City beaches and camp sites on New Year’s Day to ensure the safety of revellers. Chief Wayne Le Roux is joins us this morning…
2 Jan 2014 5 min

Drownings in the Cape

New Year's day is probably the busiest day on Cape Town’s beaches, with thousands of families taking advantage of the hot January weather. And of course, this is when our life guards don’t get any rest. To give an update how the first day of 2014 went is, Craig Lambinon…
2 Jan 2014 7 min

The future of politics 2014

South Africa will become a political battleground in the next few months as political parties contest for the elections. 2013 was a year filled with political controversy…who can forget Nkandla, Guptagate and all the other political gaffes by some of the people in power. Joining us this morning is political…
2 Jan 2014 10 min

Update on the Road traffic

Our roads are extremely busy as holidaymakers travel to their destinations. What is the situation currently like? To tell us more is Thato Mosena, the spokesperson for the Road Traffic Management Corporation…
2 Jan 2014 5 min

SA delegation in Gaza

A 19 member South African delegation have experienced some problems in the Gaza Strip. According to reports from one of the members, they arrived at the Rafah border to find out the Egyptian side had not let the Palestinians know they were opening the border. To tell us more is…
2 Jan 2014 6 min

Minstrels

With so much revelry expected in the city on Saturday for the Tweede Nuwe Jaar celebrations, we decided to get a historical look at the minstrels. Imogen Vollenhoven has this report …
1 Jan 2014 6 min

Moulood SA launch

At the beginning of 2013, we saw a historical event for the Muslim community, the first ever mass Moulood organised by an organisation called Mawlid SA. After the success of the first event, organisers promised it would return and were aiming even bigger. To tell us more is Nabeweya Mallick…
1 Jan 2014 10 min

Latest in Valhalla Park

There seems to be a lot of movement on the ground in Agste Laan in Valhalla Park, where a fire ripped through last week. Yesterday, the ANC Youth League said it has pressured the City of Cape Town to NOT erect additional temporary structures on a piece of ground which…
1 Jan 2014 5 min

Umrah update

We continue to bring you the latest on the current umrah debacle. I think most of those people with a vested interested in this case have been pushing us to provide the latest info. Over the past week, we have been discussing the plight of the Al Faisal umrah group…
1 Jan 2014 15 min

Sun safety tips

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…
30 Dec 2013 6 min

Electricity consumers

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…
30 Dec 2013 5 min

hands on desk for the Metro police in the city

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…
30 Dec 2013 5 min

Road Traffic Management Corporation

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…
30 Dec 2013 5 min

Petrol price Increase

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…
30 Dec 2013 7 min

Court action against Travel and tour operators

The Umrah season is upon us, but unfortunately some travellers have been left stranded. These travellers have decided to institute a court action against a certain travel and tour operator. Some of these pilgrims were supposed to have left on the 24th of December, but had received no confirmation of…
30 Dec 2013 7 min

Home safety during the Festive season

Capetonians will be packing up to go on holiday from this week and in most cases, homes are left alone. This is when criminals become opportunistic. How can you safeguard your home when your leave? VOC intern reporter Gadeeja Abbass has more…
24 Dec 2013 4 min

Google Searches

Google South Africa released its 12th year end Zeitgeist report recently (zeitgeist meaning spirit of the time). The search engine creates this list through its Google trends feature which measures the volumes of searches around terms and topics. The Google searches are organised in two categories, namely Trending vs Searched…
24 Dec 2013 7 min

Cape town Tourism

The holidays are here, and we can expect an influx of tourists hitting our shores. To tell us more about what we can expect, we have the CEO of Cape Town Tourism, Enver Duminy on the line…
24 Dec 2013 7 min

Muslims in a negative light

The SABC will be taking submissions from the public regarding editorial policy. Recently, the SABC has received some flack from Muslim organisations with records to how Muslim are portrayed in its content. Are Muslims portrayed in a negative light? Let’s chat with the chairperson of the South African Muslim network,…
24 Dec 2013 14 min
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