Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Lindy Heinecken, Professor of Sociology at Stellenbosch University about why renewed calls to deploy the military alongside SAPS to clamp down on crime is a bad idea.

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Fears that temporary Gugulethu homes might become permanent; Lesotho succumbs to pressure and allows Starlink to operate; SAPS not saying why they let an alleged rapist free instead of informing other police station. Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Lawrence, the executive director of the National Clothing Retail Federation of South Africa about how the sector is dealing with a possible VAT hike, and then possible reduction as Budget negotiations continue.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to local fisherman Faez Poggenpoel about the availability and prices of fish as the Easter weekend approaches, with score of people looking to prepare their traditional pickled fish.

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The City of Cape Town has made a number of changes in the way it has formulated its tariff structure as part of their draft budget for 2025/26. It is among a number of items which members of the public can comment on before 2 May 2025. Lester Kiewit speaks to councillor Siseko Mbandezi, Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, City of Cape Town, and also to Axolile Notywala, proportional representative councillor in subcouncil 16 in Cape Town for the Good party, on why everyone should be paying close attention to the draft budget and making their voices heard.

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Trump’s changing and complicated tariffs; the real American Psycho, and a successful space flight for an all-female crew. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Izaak Breitenbach, CEO of the Broiler Organisation of the South African Poultry Association, to look at the possible impact on the South African poultry sector due to shifting US-South Africa trade agreements.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to political analyst and former ambassador to Ireland, Melanie Verwoerd, about the differences between the functions of an envoy and an ambassador. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Mcebisi Jonas as the new envoy to the U.S, replaced expelled former ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool.

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Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of Worldwide Worx and Editor-in-Chief of Gadget.co.za, spoke to Lester Kiewit in this week’s What the Hack segment following his return from the Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas. He shared insights from an AI-enhanced screening of The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere, discussed the world’s first trifold smartphone - the Huawei Mate XT - and previewed Samsung’s new Galaxy A series, which brings AI to more affordable devices. Arthur also offered practical VPN tips for staying secure on public Wi-Fi.

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Can we soon expect the resumption of full rail commuter services along the Central Line? Lester Kiewit speaks to Raymond Maseko, acting regional manaher for the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (PRASA) about the progress which has been made to restore services along the busy railway line, which was last fully functional in November 2019

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