Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Ukraine’s president has accused North Korea of sending personnel to work alongside Russian troops; man with shotgun and handgun arrested near Trump rally; a first for Space X as arm successfully catches Starship booster.  Verity Geere shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Naeemah Abrahams, Chief Specialist Scientist at the SAMRC Gender & Health Research Unit, about the latest SA National Femicide study, and it shows that while more women are being killed, fewer are seeing justice.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel about his predecessor and comrade Tito Mboweni who helped set the country on a stable economic footing during his tenure as Finance Minister and Reserve Bank Governor. Mboweni passed away this weekend at the age of 65, after a short illness. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Zwelinzima Vavi, the general secretary of the SA Federation of Trade Unions about the tremendous contribution towards the rights of workers made by former Labour Minister Tito Mboweni, who passed away at the weekend, at the age of 65.

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The South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued a statement last week, saying they have noted the phenomenal growth of the use of various digital currencies by many South Africans. Prominent amongst these is the prevalence of crypto assets. Their concern is that these crypto assets and transactions have not been declared by taxpayers as they are required to. Lester Kiewit speaks to Neesa Moodle, personal finance editor at Daily Maverick. 

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Ahead of SA Auto Week in Cape Town this week from 16-17 October, a selection of key industry influencers embarked on a road trip from Johannesburg to the Eastern Cape and onwards to Cape Town with a fleet of electric vehicles to highlight the readiness of EV's in South Africa. Lester Kiewit speaks to Hiten Parmar, executive director of Electric Mission.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Tunde Macaulay, Standard Bank Head for Business and Commercial Banking Africa Regions and Offshore, to discuss some of the highlights from the 2nd African Continental Free Trade Area Business Forum taking place in Rwanda.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Jonathan Cochrane about his Guiness World Record attempt on 19 October where he will attempt the most number of lawn bowls clubs played in the space of 24 hours and without the use of private transportation.

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On 25 September, we spoke to Michael Tembo, father of 6-year-old Eva, who has been missing since July 1st. The man who has admitted to taking Eva is understood to have employed Eva’s mother as a domestic worker. The man has said that he will only return Eva is a court order compelling him to return her is reviewed by a High Court and if a lawyer is willing to represent him for free. 

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Lester Kiewit gets the Africa Report from Jean-Jacques Cornish, and this week they discuss a UN Human rights Commission decision on Sudan; peace efforts involving DRC and Rwanda; and Mozambique’s new president.

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