Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Emma Sadleir, founder of the Digital Law Company, about the influence and power of social media in the case of missing Joshlin Smith, where a TikTok influencer was asked to testify in the trial of the little girl’s mother.

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Russian demands in Ukrained peace plan may prove unresolvable; Germany’s mega defence boost; the last Battle of Britain pilot has died. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Mark Smith, Principal of Westerford High School, about the rising issue of e-cigarette use among students. Mark highlights the unintended consequences, including blocked drains at the school due to students disposing of used vapes. The conversation explores the wider impact of adolescent vaping, drawing on recent research from South Africa and beyond.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Linda-Gail Bekker of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation discussed the FAST PrEP mobile clinics providing HIV prevention services at 16 Cape Town schools. She highlighted how the initiative offers PrEP, contraceptives, and STI services to students aged 15 and older, with support from the Western Cape Department of Education to ensure access without disrupting school activities.

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Teachers at Zanemfundo Primary School in Philippi have been given police escorts to get to school. and then back home, due to extortionists allegedly targeting them. Lester Kiewit speaks to Thandiso Xokoza of the Philippi East Community Policing Forum.

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Every Wednesday, Lester Kiewit speaks with GroundUp Deputy Editor Barbara October about their latest news.

The deadline to replace SASSA cards is only one day away and progress is plodding along. Over a million people have successfully made the switch, which has cost the department R200 million.

GroundUp will be at different pay points in the April pay week to make sure that this transition process is running smoothly.

Also in the podcast, the court has ordered fishing exclusion zones to protect endangered African penguins and awaiting-trial detainees may soon be given a lifeline in the form of a bail fund.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Eric Atmore, Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Development, about President Cyril Ramaphosa admitting the government had for decades been failing in improving Early Childhood Development standards. Now the state will be investing R10billion in this sector. Is it enough, and how should it be invested?

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Lester Kiewit gets The Africa Report with Kiri Rupiah of the The Continent. They discuss SADC peacekeepers pulling out of the DRC, Angola deporting invited leaders, and the extradition of Shepherd and Mary Bashiri to South Africa.

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Have you ever been knocked off your feet by a very strong gust of wind while walking through Cape Town? What goes into the design of a city which is often subjected to strong winds? Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Adam Goliger, a retired structural engineer who specialises in the impact of wind when it comes to urban planning.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker, Black Sash National Advocacy Manager, about the slow and problematic card migration process being undertaken by millions of grant recipients. So far Sassa and Postbank have only managed to migrate 1,1 million of 2,6 million beneficiaries from the old gold card, to the new, safer black card with three days before the deadline.

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