Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to consumer journalist Wendy Knowler, who has been following up on a complaint by retired Constitutional Judge Edwin Cameron, after an experience at OR Tambo airport where a “profiler”, hired by an airline to perform additional checks on passengers, singled out his spouse and took his travel documents without any explanation given, nor an apology for the actions. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, about the impact on the City’s budget of a negotiated five-year wage increase deal with municipal worker unions. It was feared it could leave the city with a shortfall of about R2billion.

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Apple’s most-anticipated event of the year has just taken place in Cupertino, California – launching the latest generation of iPhones, AirPods 4, and Apple Watch 10. Lester Kiewit speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International.

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Are malls drawing fewer and fewer customers? Is it due to the rise of e-commerce or is it due to the tough economic times we live in? Lester Kiewit speaks to Kagiso Mahlangu, the Director and Head of Real Estate and Conveyancing at CMS South Africa, about the various factors which malls need to address in order to make themselves a part of the community they serve.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Domitilla Raimondo, the Threatened Species Programme Manager at the South African National Biodiversity Institute, about the alarming rate of illegal wild plant harvesting, particularly succulents. 

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The post-election crisis in Venezuela continues and worsens, with opposition leader leaving for Spain and Argentinian embassy surrounded by Venezuelan forces; gridiron showcased in Brazil. Lester Kiewit gets all the details on these stories from Prof. Lyal White, faculty at GIBS and research associate at the Brenthurst Foundation. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Umalusi spokesperson Biki Lepota, on the education quality assurance body’s response to the University of South Africa’s announcement of the launch of its online secondary school, Unisa Open School.

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A super typhoon has wreaked havoc in Vietnam and China; gunman shoots at random vehicles on US highway; Wisconsin boy rescued after getting lost in a corn field. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dean Wingrin, aviation and defence journalist, about the final report into the deaths of three submariners during a training exercise off the coast of Kommetjie last year. A special enquiry found freak waves and “nature” caused the tragedy, and that victims “were at the right place at the wrong time.”

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Mvuyisi Mzukwa, the Chairperson of the SA Medical Association about the horrific state of the Gauteng public healthcare system, after journalist and broadcaster Tom London shared his Hellish experience at Helen Joseph hospital on social media.

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