Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Gregg Oelofse, the City of Cape Town’s Coastal Manager, about concerns raised about high levels of contaminants on our beaches, especially Hout Bay, and what it would take to see beaches shut down because of pollution.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to by Zimasa Mpemnyama, project lead for the DG Murray Trust’s Alcohol Harms Reduction campaign, to discuss the potential benefits of raising the legal alcohol drinking age from 18 to 21.

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Antisemitism is at record levels in the US amidst events in the Middle East; France’s Rwanda genocide trial centres on an author’s denial; a Picasso was hanging on wall of an Italian for 60 years. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Frikkie Jonker, Anti-Piracy Director at Irdeto, a company focused on protecting digital platforms, and owned by Multichoice, about how they are targeting pirate streamers. And if you’re caught it could mean a massive fine or jail time.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Imraahn Mukaddam, of the Elsies River CPF, about the death of a twelve-year-old boy, which the community claims was caused by police. This sparked protests in the Avonwood area. SAPS have not been able to confirm the involvement of any of their members.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Brandon Janeka, a young man from Heideveld who was at Blouberg beach with his family when he spotted a bather in trouble in the water, and he decided to rescue her.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Michele Macfarlane, the sister of Ian Macfarlane, who was in one of the 17 vehicles hit by an out-of-control truck on Kloof Nek Road. He remains in a coma. The incident occurred as the family were out celebrating Ian’s daughter’s birthday.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to  Piet de Beer, the principal first violinist with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, whose beloved violin was stolen from the boot of his car in 2022. His violin was then bought by a couple at a flea market who later found out about the theft and contacted him, reuniting him with his missing violin. After reimbursing the couple for their troubles, he then paid the gesture forward by gifting another of his violins to a 16 year old Corban Beukes, who recently performed at Artscape’s Youth Classical Concert.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Lyal White about news from Latin America, including Mexico’s first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum; The past, present, and future of soy in South America; and a Brazilian artist exalts the walls of New York’s Museum of Modern  Art in colour and transformation.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Salim Abdool Karim who, along with his wife Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, were recently announced as winners of the prestigious Lasker Award for public service, a top recognition for medical research described as the “US equivalent of a Nobel prize” for science.

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