Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Dozens killed in latest gang violence in Haiti; 3 days stuck up in the Himalayas; the ultimate superyacht. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Gustavo de Carvalho, Senior Researcher at SAIIA’s African Governance and Diplomacy Programme, about how the events of October 7, 2023, changed global politics.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, about his plan to make broadband more accessible in order to grow the economy. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Jo Barnes, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, in the Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University, about her testing of Hout Bay beach which shows high levels of raw sewage.

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Desperate people seeking property to rent have found themselves standing outside of houses they believed they were about to take occupation of, only to discover they had been conned out of their money by paying a deposit on a non-existent rental unit. Lester Kiewit speaks to Anton Jansen van Vuuren, Chief Operating Officer at Harcourts, about this worrying trend.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Councillor Zahid Badroodien, the Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, about their battle to clear sewer lines blocked with stubborn masses of solid fat. It is a reminder to residents to not dispose of oil, and fats down the drain.

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After its debut in 1971 at the then Nico Malan theatre, Artscape and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra is presenting the 53rd Youth Classical Concert, taking place Saturday 5 October at 7:30pm. It will be featuring 13 young soloists with an age range of 11 to 27, who will be performing along with the orchestra. Lester Kiewit speaks to Simone Heradien, Artscape Senior Manager for  Communication and Brand Management, as well as Loren Ehlers, a 20-year old 3rd year BMus composition student at UCT, who will be performing his own composition “Fantasy for accordion and orchestra in D Major”

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Africa Melane speaks to Swys De Bruin, performance coach with the South African Women’s Rugby team, who are to play Australia at Athlone Stadium on Saturday 5 October in the second round of the WXV 2 tournament.

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Africa Melane gets the Africa Report from Jean-Jacques Cornish. This week they discuss Britain giving up its last colony; why a Turkish ship is heading to Somalia and how Mozambique will continue to protect a massive gas project from insurgents.

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Dozens of big cats have died in two zoos in Vietnam; a French puzzle finally solved after three decade search for a golden owl; James Blunt makes promise to change name legally if album tops charts. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Africa Melane

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