Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

India considers synchronisation of all elections; Indian space station gets cabinet nod; 100 days of the Modi government. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University.

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False and misleading information were widely circulated on social media platforms over the course of the 2024 South African general election. Lester Kiewit speaks to elections analyst and consultant Ben Graham Jones about the lessons we can learn from this experience. 

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A wave of new blasts across Lebanon; boxing world champ detained at airport; Tupperware files for bankruptcy. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Nearly 4 000 credit providers have allowed their National Credit Regulator (NCR) registrations to expire, leaving many vulnerable consumers at risk of being taken advantage of. Lester Kiewit speaks to Zolile Mngqundanisa: Registration Manager at the National Credit Regulator.

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The South African Reserve Bank is expected to lower interest rates by 25 basis points, reducing the benchmark repo rate to 8%. Mia Kriegler, Director of Asset Management at Kruger International Asset & Wealth Management, discussed the implications of this decision with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Megan Taplin, Park Manager at SANParks for Table Mountain, to discuss security concerns on Table Mountain especially for events such as the RMB Ultra Trail Cape Town. A number of participants were mugged while participating in 2023, which has led to a reluctance among some international athletes to enter for this year’s race. 

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On this week’s edition of Trendspotting Thursday, Kirsty Bisset talks about “microtrends”, which have been defined as “accelerated trends that last a month instead of a season.” Kirsty shares with Lester Kiewit how individuals and brands jump on these microtrends and how unsuspecting (yet powerful) they can be.

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The Groote Schuur Hospital Trust (GSH Trust), in collaboration with Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town's Surgical Society, has just announced the launch of the Emergency Fund for Emergency Surgery (EFES) project. This will allow the hospital to add 70 emergency theatre lists over the course of one year and help alleviate the backlog caused by having to deal with emergency cases caused by violent crime. Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Lydia Cairncross, Professor and Head of Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town/Groote Schuur Hospital Academic Complex.

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The Springbok Women’s Team will be facing Spain’s Las Leonas in a test match at DHL Cape Town Stadium on Thursday 19 September.  For both teams it will be their final match before the three WXV tournaments kick off. Lester Kiewit speaks to Eloise Webb and Lindelwa Gwala.

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Over the years there have been calls for a rethink on the amount of homework that children are given, with some saying that homework should be done away with, because they should be taught what they need to know in the classroom. Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Verbra Pfeiffer of the English Studies Department at UNISA, and to Coralie Thompson, Principal at Sun Valley Primary, which has a predominant no-homework policy. 

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