Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

John Maytham speaks to Izaak Breitenbach, general manager of the SA Poultry Association about the looming bird flu crisis which once again threatens the country’s farmers. SAPA is concerned that vaccines that could save the sector millions of rands are too hard to come by.

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Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes, on the Helshoogte Pass between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek; as many as 570 houses have been placed “on hold” as a Gugulethu housing project has been delayed by extortion rackets, SASSA and the Department of Social Development to brief Parliament on progress made on the investigation into vulnerabilities of the payment system as exposed by two Stellenbosch University Students. John Maytham speaks to Barbara October, Deputy Editor at GroundUp.

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John Maytham speaks to Megan Taplin, Manager for Table Mountain National Park, to get the latest update on the fires on Table Mountain.

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What remains of the Republican Palance is the symbolic centre of the Sudanese state; Rwanda-Brussels aid feud; France gives back another air base. Kiri Rupiah, community’s editor at The Continent, shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Corne Mulder, the newly elected leader of the Freedom Front Plus, about the direction the party is heading in; their views on the GNU’s trajectory ad future; and how the party no longer regards itself as strictly for Afrikaners.

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French President Emmanuel Macron tells US counterpart Donald Trump that peace must not mean the surrender of Ukraine; surgeon in France faces 299 charges in extraordinary rape trial; a spider in the cockpit. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester speaks to Zimbali Mncube, Tax and Budget policy researcher at Institute for Economic Justice, about what the new Budget should look like after it was postponed by the finance minister last week, after parties in the GNU could not agree on key points including a proposed two percent VAT hike.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird about the state of local media following an inquiry by the Competition Commission on the effect of tech giants like Meta and Google in the media and digital space in South Africa.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to David Bellairs, Director of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, about the exciting launch of the 2025 Prelude Challenge. The initiative opens up the iconic Cycle Tour to riders across the globe, allowing those unable to attend the event in Cape Town - whether due to travel commitments, work, or religious obligations like fasting during Ramadan - to still participate. David shares the inspiration behind this inclusive move, explaining how the Challenge allows riders to complete the 109km route in their own environment, and how this innovation helps the Cycle Tour remain one of the most accessible and community-oriented events on the calendar.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dean McCoubrey, founder of MySociaLife and co-founder of Humaine, about the push to regulate children's social media use. They explore misinformation, the influence of AI, and whether we are witnessing a new kind of war—one fought for control of young minds. Can the next generation navigate a digital world designed to blur the lines between fact and fiction?

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