Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to the City's Mayco Member for Community Services and Health, Councillor Patricia van der Ross, about the opening of swimming pools across the city. Which facilities are ready to get visitors, and which pools are still undergoing maintenance or repairs, ahead of the busy festive season.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Katie Macdonald for our weekly check-in down under for the Pacific Dispatch. This week, they unpack a chilling arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, believed to be a deliberate anti-Semitic act, raising concerns about rising hate crimes in Australia. They also delve into the dramatic story of a Vietnamese tycoon racing against time to secure billions and avoid a death sentence. Finally, they explore a quirky real estate listing: the world’s largest underground hotel, nestled in outback New South Wales, which is expected to sell for less than the cost of an average Sydney home.

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The sport of Padel has been growing globally over the last few years, with facilities opening up all across the country, but are people taking to the sport too quickly without understanding the nature of the game and using incorrect racquet techniques, resulting in injuries? Toni-Lynne Monger is a physiotherapist and clinical director at The Balance Group, and she joins Lester Kiewit to discuss the injuries which are on the rise.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Gina Woodburn, CEO of Cape Town Stadium, about the upcoming international SVNS Rugby tournament which will once again be hosted in the Mother City, promising two full days of fun for fans.

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Will the collapse of Tupperware become a case study for business students in coming years? Did they fail because they stuck to their old format of using approved consultants to distribute their products? Lester Kiewit speaks to Jonathan Cherry, director of Cherryflava Media.

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It seems that despite South Africa’s stagnant economy, liquor stores are still enjoying good trade, with stores operated by the large retail chains doing especially well. Lester Kiewit speaks to financial journalist Larry Claasen about the liquor sales trends in South Africa.

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Changes afoot in France and South Korea; Italy’s key box crackdown; the world’s first YMCA to close. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Paseka Letsatsi, Head of Communication at SASSA, about the challenges facing grant recipients, including long queues, office closures, and systemic inefficiencies. We revisit concerns raised by Stellenbosch University students who uncovered a major security vulnerability in the grant system, alongside personal stories from listeners struggling to access benefits. After observing these issues first-hand at the Bellville SASSA offices earlier this week, we hear from SASSA on their plans to address these pressing challenges.

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South African Grade 9 learners have achieved global success in mathematics despite facing significant literacy challenges, as discussed by Bianca Bohmer Economics researcher at Stellenbosch University’s Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP), during a conversation with Lester Kiewit.

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A few weeks ago, it was announced that Bree Street in Cape Town’s CBD would be going car-free every Sunday this summer from 10am to 5pm, as an experiment. But how has it gone so far and could it be a permanent feature? Lester Kiewit speaks to Roland Postma of the NPO Young Urbanists.

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