Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Brand South Africa recently hosted their annual Nation Brand Forum in Johannesburg, bringing together key voices across government, business, and civil society to discuss South Africa’s global competitiveness and how we position ourselves on the global stage. Lester Kiewit speaks to Brand South Africa CEO: Neville Matjie.

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Lester Kiewit speaks with Canadian author Stephen Marsh, who wrote the book “The Next Civil War” (2022), to get his perspective of how things stand after 60 days of Donald Trump being back in the Oval Office.

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Indonesia passes law allowing military greater role in government- sparking concerns over a return to draconian Suharto-era; ⁠Australian opposition leader calls Pime Minister Anthony Albanese’s response to Chinese ships “limp-wristed”; blob fish named New Zealand’s fish of the year. Katie Macdonald shares all the details with Lester Kiewit.

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Smart glasses have been in our periphery for a while but are really coming to the forefront in 2025. The global smart glasses market was worth $1.93 billion in 2024 with a predicted CAGR of 27.3% from 2025 to 2030. Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirsty Bisset, MD of HaveYouHeard Marketing.

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Three men sentenced to death for 1981 caste massacre; redrawing India’s electoral map; Trump tariffs and Indian generic drugs. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Oleksandr Syenkevych, the mayor of the city of Mykolaiv in Ukraine. They discuss the rebuild of the city’s water infrastructure and how they can benefit from the 14th International Water Association conference, as well as the current political climate heavily influenced by the U.S.

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Israel vows to keep attacking Hamas targets; the JFK assassination files released under Donald Trump’s orders; ex England football manager decries shortage of role models for men. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to an Uber driver who is better known on social media as BrownFitBoy, about how he avoids getting into dangerous situations by avoiding known crime hotspots.

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The High Court in Pretoria recently issued an order following an out-of-court settlement reached between conservation groups and the fishing industry, to establish exclusion zones around penguin colonies for the next ten years. These measures are vital for the survival of the African Penguin, but what impact might it have on the fishing community and perhaps even on the price of fish? Lester Kiewit speaks to Shaheen Moolla, a practising advocate of the High Court of South Africa and an adviser on fisheries management.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Renier Coetzee, vice-president of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa and Associate Professor in UWC’s School of Public Health, about how to safely dispose of expired medicines.

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