Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Armand Bam, Head of Social Impact and Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch Business School and former Executive Director of The League of Friends of the Blind. They discuss the Constitutional Court once again having to step in to confirm the rights of the blind and visually impaired. The government has been tasked with amending laws which trample on the rights of the blind but has not yet given the green light to the new version.

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Dr Mala Fortuna is a specialist psychologist and human behaviourist who has successfully treated many people who had previously suffered from paraskevi-dekatria-phobia, the dreaded fear of Friday the 13th. He was MEANT to join Lester Kiewit in studio to pour cold water on the notion that there is an increased likelihood of misfortune each time Friday the 13th comes around, but his trip was delayed by a series of unfortunate circumstances. Or so we were told.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to music journalist and Apple Music Curator & Copywriter, Shiba Mazaza, about the explosive rise of Amapiano on the global stage. Shiba shares insights on what makes Amapiano resonate worldwide and why its rhythms and dance culture are captivating audiences from Kenya to Canada and Australia.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to freelance journalist Andrew Thompson about an observation, which some believe to be true - parking bays getting smaller. Are businesses, like malls, squeezing in more cars to maximize space, even at the risk of causing damage as drivers navigate tighter spots? Or is there another reason why parking feels so cramped? Andrew’s investigation takes him back to the 1980s, offering a broader perspective on this seemingly narrow issue.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Thembi Bongwana, Ph.D. candidate at the University of the Western Cape, about her research on Public Eating, Food Spaces, and Social Identities in South Africa’s Spur Family Restaurant. Thembi explores how Spur, emerging during apartheid, continues to shape social and racial dynamics in modern South Africa through its branding and identity formations.

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Syrian rebel’s close prisons and search for Assad regime criminals; right-to-die stats from Canada; a look back at 2024. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Recent drug tests conducted at clinics in the Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal have found people testing positive for Fentanyl, a lab-made opioid drug which is up to 30 times more potent than heroin and has caused tens of thousands of deaths in the United States. Lester Kiewit speaks to Shaun Shelley, Executive Director of Harm Reduction International, to discuss how concerned we should be about this discovery.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Javu Baloyi, spokesperson for the Commission for Gender Equality, about their alarming findings after carrying out a study at three campuses which indicates sexual harassment is rife at our institutions of higher learning.

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We don’t usually think of the minibus taxi industry as being safety-minded, mainly due to our observations of how many of their drivers behave on the roads. The Western Cape branch of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has launched a comprehensive road safety campaign under the banner “Your Safety, Our Priority”,  which aims to promote safer driving practices, reduce road accidents, and protect the lives of passengers, drivers, and pedestrians during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Lester Kiewit speaks to Mandla Hermanus, SANTACO regional chairperson for the Western Cape.

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Australia is to enforce a new law mandating big tech companies to pay for local news; a case of sport serving national security interests as Papua New Guinea signs $600 million dollar rugby league deal with Australia; another tale of a native animal invading a home as couple arrive home to find a koala in their bedroom. Katie Macdonald shares all the details with Lester Kiewit.

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