Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

The deadline set by the national Department of Basic Education to eradicate pit latrine toilets at schools has come and gone (31 March 2025) – but how did they do? Hair salons, vegetable stalls and other informal businesses in Cape Town’s townships are being forced to shut down because they cannot afford to pay protection fees to extortionists; Langa residents marched to Cape Town Civic Centre to demand clarity on who is to benefit from planned housing development in their ward. Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News.

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Lester Kiewit gets The Africa Report with Kiri Rupiah of The Continent. They discuss Sarkozy’s continuing Libya trial, Zimbabwe’s uprising and US airstrikes which targeted ISIS-Somalia operatives.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to world renowned diversity trainer and teacher Jane Elliott who famously conducted the blue eye, brown eye exercise with her students to demonstrate the irrational and ridiculous constructs of racism. They discuss the expulsion from the US of SA Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, after he was accused of being a race baiting politician by the Trump administration, and the fear held by right wing white America that fuelled the move.

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Slow aid to earthquake-hit Myanmar; a French political ban for Marine Le Pen; and the EU’s Armageddon Advice. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Online gambling has grown massively in South Africa and, apart from the platform owners themselves, the biggest winners appear to be the provincial regulators they are registered with. Lester Kiewit speaks to financial journalist Larry Claasen about how the gambling landscape has shifted over the last two decades.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to DA national spokesperson Karabo KhaKhau about how the party has navigated negotiations with the ANC, as the GNU forges its first budget. They discuss the sticking issues, and non-negotiables.

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Is it acceptable to put your excess trash into a neighbours refuse bin if there is a lot of space remaining prior to the arrival of the garbage collection truck, without asking for permission? Lester Kiewit speaks to Alderman grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management at the City of Cape Town.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of Worldwide Worx and editor-in-chief of Gadget.co.za, about the real state of smartphone choice in South Africa. With prices ranging from budget-friendly to premium, are consumers truly getting value for money, or are factors like import costs, network restrictions, and brand dominance limiting their options? They explore how competitive the market really is and whether there's a smartphone to suit every budget.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to COSATU parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks, about the recent visit to Washington DC by a group of South African business and labour leaders, in an unofficial capacity, to assess US sentiment towards South Africa amid escalating tensions.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Nicola Small, chair of the Steenberg CPF about how they are doing their best to reduce fatal shootings in the area, as killings continue in surrounding neighbourhoods.

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