Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Gaza’s grim death toll, protests in Turkey, and a rather unusual coffin. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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The Western Cape has been without a full-time traffic chief since the retirement of its former traffic chief Kenny Africa in August 2020, and to date a permanent traffic chief has not been appointed. Lester Kiewit speaks to Isaac Sileku, Western Cape MEC for Mobility.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to ANC Veterans leader, Snuki Zikalala, about his view that it would be naive for South Africa’s leaders to want to rebuild diplomatic relations with the U.S, especially after they booted SA’s ambassador out of the country.

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The two-pot system was made live in September 2024, and allows retirement fund members to access their savings pots once every tax year. Alexforbes has noted that more than 33 000 of their members have already made claims since 1 March 2025, the start of the current tax year, and this can be a cause for concern as it could mean that people are depleting their retirement savings prematurely. Lester Kiewit speaks to John Anderson, executive for solutions and enablement at Alexforbes.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Andrew Mason, the founder of Workplacefundi, about a symposium hosted by the City of Cape Town. The Smart and Future Facilities Management Symposium focused on how to use cutting edge technology and workplace innovation to improve efficiencies which can be implemented at municipal level.

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How should we be teaching history to children and should it even be a compulsory subject in schools? Lester Kiewit speaks to Athambile Masola and Xolisa Guzulu, co-authors of “Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid”(Jacana), an illustrated book aimed at a younger audience. Lester also speaks to Casper van Zyl, a school teacher who recently took to social media to debunk the notion that learners are only being taught about a sanitised version of Nelson Mandela.

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In need of some binge-watching options? Lester Kiewit chats to Matthew Jantjies-Green about some of the series you can spend some time watching this weekend, including:

-       Adolescence (Netflix)

-       Crush (Showmax)

-       Wheel of Time Season 3 (Amazon Prime)

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Lester Kiewit speaks to member of Israelis Against Apartheid, Ofer Neiman, about the feeling amongst his fellow citizens now that Israel has broken the ceasefire with a series of deadly attacks on Gaza, claiming more than 400 lives. It is feared this will destroy any chances of negotiating the release of 59 hostages believed to still be held by Hamas.

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A peacekeeping force for Ukraine has been discussed by 20 military leaders; four Canadians executed in China on drugs-charges; does England really have a tea break alarm? Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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After spotting his TikTok, Lester Kiewit speaks to tattoo artist Marco Abrahams about his work covering up gang tattoos for those seeking a fresh start. Marco shares the art and emotion behind these transformations and how ink can mark a new beginning.

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