Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Jodi Allemeier, an independent urban development consultant, about the proposed release of City of Cape Town-owned land in Rondebosch East, for a mixed-use development with a potential yield of 800 residential units. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Lance Joel, Chief of Operations of the SA Local Government Association, about the impact on service delivery of the massive debt owed to struggling municipalities by the state. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, in a written parliamentary reply, stated that government owes municipalities collectively R18.6 billion.

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Are you inundated with a constant bombardment of unwanted marketing calls? Did you know that you can opt-out from receiving such marketing by registering to have your name taken off the lists used by companies? Lester Kiewit speaks to David Dickens, CEO of the Direct Marketing Association of South Africa.

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Following a winter which has been marked by heavier-than-usual rainfall relative to the past few years, Lester Kiewit speaks to Councillor Roberto Quintas, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, to find out if there have been more potholes in the roads as a result, and whether preventive measures such as pre-winter drain clearing had led to fewer incidents of flooding. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Els Vermeulen of the Whale Unit of the Mammal Research Institute (MRI) at the University of Pretoria about where and when we are mostly likely to see whales and their calves along our coastline.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Ryk Neethling about the 'Awesome Foursome' being inducted into the South African Sport Hall of Fame. 

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The Animal Welfare Society of SA has been giving regular updates on their Facebook page of a baboon which has been seen on the run in Plumstead, Ottery, Kenwyn, and warning the community not to engage with it as it is a wild animal, and to keep pets indoors. Lester Kiewit speaks to Jaco Pieterse, Chief Inspector at the Cape of Good Hope SPCA.

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It has been almost five months since there has been loadshedding in South Africa. How has this been achieved and at what cost? Lester Kiewit speaks to Isaac Malgas, author of “Power Struggle: Why Rolling Blackouts Continue”

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A touching moment of community support. When Stanley described the situation with his daughter’s spectacles being crushed by a school learner, CapeTalk listeners stepped up at once and rallied to help with such generous acts of kindness.

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A superyacht goes down in storm off island of Sicily; the US Democratic National Convention gets underway in Chicago; judging a book by its cover. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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