VOC STAFF
- Presenters
- Staff


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News staff

Back left to right: Siraj Jones (sports reporter), Phiri Cawe (sports reporter)
Front left to right: Journalists Olivia Parker, Luthfia Carloo, Warda Sylvester, Nurahn Schroeder


Marketing and Admin staff

Back left to right: Thabit Slamang (sales consultant), Imam Allie (station manager), Hashiem Bastra (sales consultant,
Middle row left to right: Ismail Tassiem (sales consultant), Sukayna Johaardien (marketing manager), Faiza Hendricks (maintenance), Achmat Ryland (religious program manager)
Front row left to right: Galiema Dalvie (receptionist), Safeya Sameuls (sales admin clerk), Kashifa Abrahams (admin secretary), Gouwa Hendricks (sales admin clerk)

Production and technicians

Back left to right: Siraj Jones (trainee technician), Sawmiet Moos (production studio & OB sound engineer), Salie Eksteen (part-time technician), Nazeem Petersen (OB/Technical Manager), Abdul Aziz Khan (sound engineer), Goolam Fakier (back-up technician)
Front left to right: Olivia Parker (producer Open Line @ 9, 10-to-12, Talk @ 2, Tuesday Debate, Lindiwe Magija (producer Drivetime, Warda Sylvester (producer Newsbeat)

Presenters

Back left to right: Shafiq Morton (DriveTime), Munadia Karaan (Program Manager), Sadiq Samodien (religious OB's)
Front left to right: Ayesha Laatoe (10-to-12), Luthfia Carloo (Jolly Juniors), Warda Sylvester (Breakfast Beat), Faieza Peters-Dharsay (10-to-12)


New staff

Back left to right: Goolam Fakier (producer Breakfast Beat), Phiri Cawe (sports reporter), Abdul Aziz Khan (sound engineer), Siraj Jones (sports reporter & trainee technician)
Front left to right: Journalists Olivia Parker & Nurahn Schroeder, Lindiwe Magija (producer DriveTime)

Station Management


Imam Allie
(Station Manager)

Achmat Ryland
(Programming & Administration)

Munadia Karaan
(News & Production)


Imam Allie's profile:
Marital Status:Ex Durbanite. Married with three boys and two girls which includes a set of twins. Was born on 26 January.
Joined the station:As a trustee in 1995 and started at the station as the financial manager in 2001.
Hobbies:Soccer (was a soccer player) and athletics.
Favourite dish:Roast.
Role models:His father Gasan Allie.
Likes:Everything that is good and the radio.
Dislikes:Everything that is bad.
Plans for future:Wants to see the radio station become self-sufficient and move into the TV field.
Message:Thanks the listeners and all attached to the radio, the businesses etc. for their loyal support and hopes that they will always be there for the radio.
Email:info@vocfm.com

Achmat Ryland's profile:
Marital Status:Birthday 5th December. Single with no short-term solutions but long-term prospects.
Joined the station:On the 1st October 1996 and is currently the Program Administration Manager. Started in admin doing complaints and O.B's etc.
Hobbies:Playing chess, reading, cooking, baking and computer games.
Favourite dish:Mutton curry and white rice.
Role models:Parents and grandmother.
Likes:
Dislikes:
Plans for future:
Message:
Email:achmat@vocfm.com



Technical Staff



Men at work - Hard at work are VOC's technicians (clockwise from left to right): Yusuf Islam, Ebrahim Sampson, Saawmiet Moos, Nazeem Petersen, Salie Eksteen & Mahier Moos.

Admin Staff



Galiema Dalvie

Safeya Samuels

Faiza Hendricks



Kashiefa Abrahams



News Staff


Warda Sampson
(Journalist & Producer)

Lavern de Vries
(Journalist)

Roldah Lee
(Journalist)

Nadia Gamieldien-Dramat
(Producer)


Warda Sampson's profile:
Marital Status:Is a journalist/producer hailing from the Boland. Born in the Strand 16th June, precisely a year after the historical Soweto uprising. Married to VOC production technician Ebrahim Sampson; they have a one-year-old daughter named after the prophet's wife, Ayesha.
Joined the station:In 1998 to do in-service-training as journalist.
Hobbies:Reading and spending time with family.
Favourite dish:Chicken in any form, except alive!
Role models:The Prophet(saw) because he is "the epitome of being a good Muslim" and Ex-President Nelson Mandela "for his humility".
Likes:
Dislikes:Bossy people who trample on others on their way up.
Plans for future:To produce, together with Roldah Lee (a fellow journalist at VOC), a documentary on the life of the late Achmat Davids. At the moment, her short-term goal is to drive around, "cruising in my very own baby Merc"
Message:
Email:warda@vocfm.com


Boland Staff


Yusuf Gaidien
(Regional Co-ordinator)



Mustafa Solomons
(Producer/Presenter/Technician)

Taliep Samaai
(Studio Co-ordinator)


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