Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to proud principal of Hoër Landbouskool Oakdale in Riversdale, about their tug-of-war team being crowned world champs three years in a row, after an international tournament in Germany recently.

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The Purple Mountain Heritage Festival is taking place in Porterville and will run until 24 September (Heritage Day), with a programme which includes  art, photography, ceramics, live music and talks on indigenous herbs and medicine, film, human libraries and walking tours (to scour for indigenous flora). Lester Kiewit speaks to organisers Aldo Brincat and Carl Collison. 

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Just ahead of speaking to Lester Kiewit with news from the African Continent, Africa Correspondent Jean Jacques Cornish shared with Lester Kiewit how he used to attend boxing classes at the gym with the late Pravin Gordhan.

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The US will support two permanent African seats on UN security Council; Russian President Vladimir Putin says 34 more countries want to join BRICS; Senegal's President Faye promises to combat human trafficking after shipwreck claims at least 125 lives. Jean-Jacques Cornish shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Bridget Masango, chair of portfolio committee on social development, after it was revealed that SA Social Security Agency has underspent by about R4billion in relation to distribution of the social relief of distress grant.

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Six UN aid workers killed after attack on Gazan refugee shelter housed in school; Donald Trump decides against 2nd TV debate; rocker Jon Bon Jovi has saved a woman’s life. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to author and journalist Jonathan Ancer, who co-wrote an unauthorised biography on Pravin Gordhan titled Join The Dots. They discuss the former Finance Minister’s political legacy.

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“What Pravin was focussed on was just getting the job done and getting those responsible for state capture to  face justice”. National Treasury official Ismail Momoniat speaks to Lester Kiewit following the passing of close friend and colleague Pravin Gordhan.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Edward Kieswetter, Commissioner at the South African Revenue Service, following the passing of former Minister Pravin Gordhan at the age of 75.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to sign into law the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill later today, but the bill has been somewhat contentious and various interest groups and political parties have been speaking out against certain elements within the bill. Lester Kiewit speaks to Willie Aucamp, national spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance.

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