Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Hip replacements can give mobility back to people, and this means a return to an active lifestyle, but what are the limits, if any? Can one run a full marathon after undergoing a hip replacement? Lester Kiewit speaks to Toni-Lynne Monger, physiotherapist and clinical director at The Balance Group.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to David Green, CEO of the V&A Waterfront, about developments which have been taking place there ahead of the summer season, and also about the Oranjezicht City FarmMarket, which was awarded the CEO Award at the recent V&A Waterfront Neighbourhood Retail Awards.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Ingrid Woolard, a professor of economics at Stellenbosch university and an expert on fiscal policy, about whether we are seeing cases of young people falling pregnant merely to claim a state child grant.

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Ukraine’s president has presented his “victory plan” to the Ukrainian parliament; US presidential candidate Donald Trump tells all-female audience that he “is the father of IVF”; mayor of a German town has banned the humble cactus. Verity Geere shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Shaun Shelly, a researcher and Board chairperson of the South African Network of People Who Use Drugs, about a groundbreaking study which quantifies the country’s massive multi-billion-dollar drug economy, with data gathered from drug users themselves.

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AI is growing within the food industry in assisting the concepts and flavour combinations. It is not here to replace chefs but to augment their creative capabilities. Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirsty Bissett, MD of HaveYouHeard Marketing. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Zama Mpondwana, stakeholder Management and Industry Support Manager for Eskom Distribution Cape Coastal Cluster, about the recent loss of power in the Bothasig area which lasted almost three days before being restored. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Sanjeev Raghubir, Chief Sustainability Officer at the Shoprite Group, about the South African Food Security Index 2024, which the retail group had commissioned to bring attention to the state of South Africa’s food security and timed to coincide with World Food Day on October 16. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Roland Postma of Young Urbanists SA and Councillor Ian McMahon, about a new initiative that will see bustling Bree street made a car-free zone every Sunday, allowing cyclists, skateboarders and pedestrians to enjoy the space safely.  

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