Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Zackie Achmat about the execution-style murder of openly gay imam Muhsin Hendricks. Hendricks was shot dead in Gqeberha on Saturday morning while sitting in a vehicle outside a Bethelsdorp house.

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Today, we’re chatting about the annual Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition. This prestigious competition aims to grow economic excellence in South Africa by developing future leaders in the field of economics.

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Many schools in Cape Town have to hold their interschool athletics competitions at a limited number of venues across the City of Cape Town, which sometimes means long travel distances and the possibility of conflicting schedules. Lester Kiewit speaks to Councillor Francine Higham, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Health, to discuss how bookings can be better managed and whether there are plans to build more facilities to meet the demand.

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Muizenberg’s infamous truck-eating bridge has been put onto a diet thanks to an early-warning system which is triggered by height sensors. Kevin Rack has previously given (too many) updates each time a truck has unsuccessfully challenged “Bridget” and come up short but is now moving out of Muizenberg and heading to pastures green. He explains to Lester Kiewit how changes were introduced after all the attention in the media

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout about her latest diplomatic crisis and the invite to take up refugee status in Donald Trump’s America.

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An asylum seeker has driven into crowns of people in Germany; a controversial shirt sponsor; Mafia experiencing personnel issues, Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Nathi Ngubane, the author and illustrator of From the River to the Sea, after the book was confiscated from a bookstore in Jerusalem where authorities claimed the childrens’ colouring and activity book is an incitement to violence. The bookstore owners have been arrested and are currently under house arrest.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Corne Mulder, the leader of the Freedom Front Plus in parliament about the issues raised by President Donald Trump about the security and safety of Afrikaners in South Africa.

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Tensions escalate as Australia and China trade blame over fighter jet incident in South China Sea; nurses who were caught on videocall making anti-Semitic remarks banned from practicing anywhere in Australia; Aussies expected to have spent over $500 million on Valentine’s Day’s gifts. Lester Kiewit gets all the details on these stories from Katie Macdonald.

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Many who grew up with strict parents were discouraged from dating until after school, but does this approach set us up for future struggles, expecting us to suddenly be ready for relationships without prior experience? After a listener called in, upset that his granddaughter’s primary school is hosting a Valentine’s Day dance, the debate reignited over whether schools should encourage such events. Lester Kiewit speaks to registered counselling psychologist Charl Davids about when and how we should introduce kids to relationships in an age-appropriate way.

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