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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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4,577 Episodes
4460 – 4480

NGOs in crisis

NGO’s tasked with keeping governments institutions in check are under threat. The South African Institute of Race Relations’ John Kane-Berman delves deeper into this issue
5 Dec 2013 24 min

Delft Protest

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…
4 Dec 2013 59 min

Coloureds smoke more

Dr Richard Van Zyl - from UCT's lung institute discusses a report which states that smoking is increasingly high amongst coloured people.
3 Dec 2013 7 min

75 Indonesian crewmen arrested

Allan Goldberg - a Cape Town Maritime lawyer speaks about his involvment in the case of the 75 Indonesian crewmen arrested over the weekend.
3 Dec 2013 5 min

update on 75 Indonesian sea-man

Cassiem Augustus - a shipping inspector from Satawu gives the latest on the plight of 75 Indonesian sea-men who were stranded in Cape Town.
3 Dec 2013 7 min

Merger of CPUT and Western Cape College of Nursing reported by Imogen Vollenhove

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…
27 Nov 2013 12 min

Mustaddafin Parent workshop

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…
22 Nov 2013 7 min

Grim conditions for Indonesian sailors

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…
22 Nov 2013 7 min

Victim Friendly Rooms

The Minister of police and the South African Police service has as part of tackling crimes against women, children and the elderly, established a total of 906 Victim Friendly Rooms. These facilities are used for taking statements and for counselling. Voice of the Cape Journalist Imogen Vollenhoven asked ministerial spokesperson…
21 Nov 2013 7 min

ANC cadres on behaviour of others

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…
21 Nov 2013 4 min

Feedback on District 6 march

Hundreds of District Six redevelopment supporters marched to parliament yesterday to hand over a memorandum calling on the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinte to enforce the bill of rights as enshrined in the constitutional South Africa and implement true restitution and restorative justice in relation to…
21 Nov 2013 4 min

District 6 working committee marches on Wednesday

The issue of land restitution has been a hot topic lately considering that government is now re-opening the land claims process for late claimants who missed the first cut off date in 1998. One organisation actively campaigning for this process is the District Six Working Committee (D6WC). They are organising…
19 Nov 2013 8 min

Stranded sailors need help

About seventy-five Indonesian sailors are stranded on seven ships in Cape Town harbour after authorities made discoveries of illegal fish and found some individuals not in possession of passports or identification documents. The sailors have been restricted from leaving the ship and the resources on the ship are quickly diminishing…
19 Nov 2013 8 min

Amanda Gouws on the DA and its conflicts

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…
18 Nov 2013 6 min

Teddy Govender on the Charity in Motion campaign

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…
18 Nov 2013 10 min

long-term effects of violence on individuals and society

Everyone is affected by exposure to crime and violence. People from different parts of the city discuss their experiences and understanding of what it is to be safe. Social Justice Coaltion with it's partners explore the long-term effects of violence on individuals and society, and how achieving safety for some…
15 Nov 2013 7 min

Volunteer Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers

The City of Cape Town announce that the first batch of Volunteer Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers is officially ‘hit the beat’ yesterday. According to the city is a triumph for the administration, as the service is the first of its kind in the country.In October 2012, the City Council approved…
15 Nov 2013 6 min

Taxi Violence

The has been a recent spike of taxi violence incidents in the province. On Monday, a taxi driver was gunned down on Govan Mbeki Road in Philippi at around 1pm. Just 24 hours later, another driver was chased down and run off the same street in Khayelitsha, opposite Kwezi Park,…
15 Nov 2013 7 min
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