Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

You might not think that climate change is impacting us because temperatures fluctuate throughout the year, but with more heatwave days measured in a year compared to a decade before, impacting those who are more susceptible such as babies and the elderly. Climate change is also impacting food and water security, and the poorer proportion of the global population will be adversely affected as a result. Lester Kiewit speaks to Mia Malan, founder and editor-in-chief of Bhekisisa.

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UN says over 100 trucks raided in Gaza; extreme pollution in Delhi; Denmark’s cow tax to tackle “agricultural emissions”. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dean Wingrin, aviation and defence journalist, about the poor state of the SA Navy as revealed by an onsite visit to Simon’s Town Navy Base by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on Security and Justice.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Farhana Patel, Chief Director Litigation at Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, about allowing the City of Cape Town to exceed approved limits for the amount of sewage being pumped into the ocean.

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Early on Tuesday (19 November) we received reports of a fire on Table Mountain above Newlands forest. Lester Kiewit spoke to Justin Buchman, fire manager for Table Mountain National Park, to get details on where it was located and whether there was a risk of the fire spreading.

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Netflix viewers around the world who tried to watch the livestreamed exhibition bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson were left hanging by the streaming provider, with pop-up messages blaming the poor connectivity on the subscriber’s side. What lessons can companies such as Netflix learn from this? Lester Kiewit speaks to Jan Vermeulen, editor at MyBroadband.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to the newly appointed CEO of the National Sea Rescue Institute, Mike Vonk, who has taken on the role after the retirement of the former CEO, Dr Cleeve Robertson.

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Trump’s top diplomat will have a keen focus on Latin America; the crisis in Haiti escalates further’ Peru’s portal to the Pacific gains momentum;  Lester Kiewit gets all the details from Prof. Lyal White,  faculty member at GIBS and research associate with the Brenthurst Foundation.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Herman Mashaba the president of ActionSA about his assertion that what people once thought was a xenophobic stance on foreign owned spaza shops, is now being seen in the right light. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation about food-related deaths after purchases at local shops. 

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Russia launches massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy sites; a spider smuggler caught with hundreds of tarantulas on him; an expensive watch auction of Titanic proportions. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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