Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Over the last few years, we’ve seen the emergence of child prodigies carving out careers for themselves, but what does it mean for the market and for the kids own psyche as they move forward in an adult world? Lester Kiewit speaks to Brett Rogers,  Influence Lead at HaveYouHeard Marketing.

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Lester Kiewit speaks Prof. Eric Atmore, Director at the Centre for Early Childhood Development (CECD) and Norman Jantjies, chair of the Mitchells Plain CPF. They discuss the threat gangsters pose to impressionably kids, luring them into a life of crime, and what is required to break this cycle, and give vulnerable children a viable alternative.

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Undersea internet cables “sabotaged” and fingers pointed at Russia; Hong Kong 47 jailed for pushing democracy; a “cursed palace up for sale in Venice. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Rebecca Gore, former legal researcher to the Inspecting Judge of JICS (Judge Edwin Cameron), Harvard Law graduate and current research associate with the Centre for Law and Society and the University of Cape Town, about the high number of remand detainees in South African prisons who are waiting years before getting their day in court. In some cases detainees have been behind bars for five to ten years, violating the Correctional Services Act.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Bronagh Hammond, spokesperson for the Western Cape Education Department, and Imraahn Mukaddam of the Elsies River CPF, after a grade 8 learner was shot dead outside his home. Two other kids were injured in the shooting which saw gunmen flee through a nearby school as children prepared for the start of the day.  

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Fire crews have been kept busy this week attending to fires on Table Mountain and in Hermanus. To get a sense of readiness for the 2024/2025 summer fire season, Lester Kiewit speaks to Claire Lotter, CEO of Volunteer Wildfire Services.

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The Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has been slammed by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) for the shortage of insulin pens in South Africa. The insulin manufacturer has been a long-time supplier of insulin pens but last year it decided not to bid for the new tender which began in May 2024. Because no other company applied for the tender, public health facilities across the country have been running low, with shortages of the product since earlier this year. Lester Kiewit speaks to GroundUp journalist Jesse Copelyn to find out the details behind the story.

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Lester Kiewit spoke to Rose Wang, COO of Bluesky, about the platform’s explosive growth, which has seen it skyrocket to over 15 million users, fuelled by a "stampede away from X" following the U.S. election. In their conversation, Rose shared insights into Bluesky’s origin, its mission to create an open foundation for social media, and how the platform is carving out a unique space for journalists and news agencies. With Bluesky topping app download charts and navigating the challenges of rapid expansion, Rose discussed the team’s efforts to scale operations while maintaining the platform’s core values.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Farouk Abrahams, the former SA goalkeeper coach at the Fifa World Cup 2002 in Korea and Japan. They discuss the return of Bafana Bafana to Cape Town and how the team area progressing after years of underachieving.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Johnny Swanepoel, the founder of Wanderers Haven in Amanzimtoti, about the Tidy Towns initiative which seeks to uplift the area and keep beggars off the streets. Swanepoel tries to redirect the homeless off the streets, but says by-laws and unemployment are against them.

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