Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Sanusha Naidu of the Institute for Global Dialogue about what we can expect from President Donald Trump’s America First policy, which will see him clamp down on borders and renegotiate trade deals.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Kajal Carr, a PhD candidate in the Psychology Department at UCT and a member of the Hub for Decolonial Feminist Psychologies in Africa, about her groundbreaking research on gender-based violence. Kajal’s study invites men who have used violence against women to share their life stories through confidential, anonymized interviews. They discuss the aim of her work to uncover the underlying factors contributing to gender-based violence and how these insights could shape more effective interventions and prevention strategies.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to the new and eighth rector and vice chancellor of the University of the Western Cape, Prof John Balfour, about his vision for the historic institution.

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Video game creators have found that not all gamers are being lured by hyper-realistic graphics and are instead preferring to play games such as Roblox, Minecraft and Fortnite. Lester Kiewit speaks to Nick Holden, co-owner of Africa Cyber Gaming League about what this could mean for the future of video game development.

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Why is it that so many gardens have a rolling green lawn, or that those who don’t have manicured lawns are made to feel embarrassed about their “failure”? Lester Kiewit speaks to freelance botanist and tour guide, Rupert Koopman, about the fixation over immaculate lawns in a water-scarce country.

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A number of key pledges promises and proposals from the new US President; two executions in China; D-Day in wool. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Mike Flax, the Chair of King David Mowbray Golf Club, about the value of golf course, and how they can drive tourism and create jobs, key economic factors in this province and country.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to DA MP Edwin Bath, about what can be done to reduce the R100million that the state spends on providing accommodation to members of parliament, while the lawmakers themselves only pay a few hundred rand for their homes.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Justin Mudge, owner of Chiltern Farms about their shift away from blueberries as the local market faces saturation. The historic farm will be embarking on a new direction, focusing on pears and apples instead.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Lisa Vetten, research and project consultant in the faculty of humanities at the University of Johannesburg, to find out whether we are seeing more victims of sexual harassment stepping forward and speaking out against their perpetrators.

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