Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

The Springboks will be taking on the All Blacks in front of a capacity crowd this Saturday at Cape Town stadium, and that means a lot of green and gold will be the theme of the day (along with the expected smatterings of black). Lester Kiewit speaks to Dirk Klopper, director of Kloppers Sport, to find out how busy they have been with demand for supporter merch. 

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Dr. Saadiq Kariem, Chief Operating Officer for the Western Cape Government Department of Health, joins Lester Kiewit to discuss the protocols in emergency care, particularly the South African Triage System, and how such incidents are managed in overwhelmed medical institutions.

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It has been possible to “grow” meat in a laboratory through the collecting of stem cells from an animal and creating an environment in which the building blocks of muscle and other organs can grow, resulting in cultured meat. Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirsty Bisset, MD of HaveYouHeard Marketing, about the possibilities this can bring. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Candice Royal, an experienced paediatrician, allergy specialist and an expert from the South African Allergy and Clinical Immunology Foundation about how Cape Town's spring wildflower season, while beautiful, triggers hay fever for many. They discuss the causes, common triggers, and practical ways to manage symptoms, offering advice on treatments and natural remedies to help listeners cope during this season.

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Lester Kiewit is joined by dental expert Elna van der Ham to explore the rise of TikTok dental DIY trends and their potential dangers.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Goodman Sibeko, Head of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at UCT about a recent UN Office on Drugs and Crime workshop held in South Africa, looking at improving treatment standards. The workshop took place as the world marked International Overdose Awareness Day, a reminder of the need for effective drug treatment solutions as South Africa struggles with a high rate of addiction and substance abuse.

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Sipokazi Fokazi, Senior Health News Reporter for Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, joins Lester Kiewit to discuss South Africa's contraceptive shortages and the Health Department's initiative to roll out vending machines for free sexual health products, including future birth control pills. While these machines aim to increase access and reduce stigma, they face challenges such as regulatory hurdles and the need for robust support systems.

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Russia has introduced the war with Ukraine into school curriculum; Pope Francis visits Indonesia; a robbery victim in Argentina runs into help of the best kind. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Jonathan Jansen, professor of education at Stellenbosch University, about the long-term consequences we could see from government’s decision to cut the basic education budget, which will see many teacher posts being cut from 2025. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Wally Ramokopa, the Department of Water and Sanitation’s Director of Dam Safety, about the latest incident in which a Cape dam wall burst, flooding major roads nearby. This follows a series of dam wall collapses in Swartland last month that led to R50million in infrastructural damage. So just how vulnerable are our dam walls?

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