Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Ebrahim Harvey, political analyst and author, about what we can expect in the ANC’s January 8 Statement, and just what state the party finds itself in heading into 2025.

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It is the first Lester in your Lounge for 2025 and this time it is from the Gatesville (Athlone) home of Mohammed Kaprey. Lester Kiewit speaks to our gracious host to find out more about the man whose voice is often heard on air.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Alana Bailey, the head of cultural affairs at AfriForum, about why they are backing the legal process to have the matric results published, against the wishes of the Information Regulator.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Maputo-based Zenaida Machado, a senior researcher in the África Division of Human Rights Watch, to get an update on the situation in Mozambique which has seen months of violent protests following October's dispute election.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to sportswriter Daniel Gallan about the Proteas current run of form, and their chances of beating Australia to become World Test Champions.

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Gasina Waggie-Isaacs speaks to Lester Kiewiet about why her much-loved curry cafe at Newlands cricket ground has closed down after 27 years.

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Three dead and a woman arrested in Brazil for poisonous Christmas cake; Canada’s Justin Trudeau stepping down; a snowy silver lining for 38 stranded people in Yorkshire. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Salome Meyer, Director of the Cancer Alliance joins Lester Kiewit to speak on the state of cancer treatment in public vs private institutions.

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Several prominent human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, and Médecins Sans Frontières, have independently concluded that Israel's actions in Gaza constitute serious international crimes. Lester Kiewit speaks to  Dirk Moses, the Spitzer professor of international relations at the City College of New York, and asks whether the current definition of genocide is adequate to address situations like the ongoing war in Gaza, given the argument that the international community deliberately designed the definition of genocide to protect states and make it difficult to apply in armed conflict.

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Prof Cheryl Cohen, head of the National Institute for Communicable Disease’s Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitus, speaks to Lester Kiewiet about the recent increase in Covid cases in several countries around the world and the implications for South Africa.

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