Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Jean Jacques Cornish to get the latest headlines from the continent in the Africa Report. This week he looks at Lesotho’s record-high suicide rate, humanitarian aid to the DRC, and WHO’s concern about a global monkeypox outbreak.

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Two arrested in Vienna and three concerts cancelled; Love not hate – some community spirit has dampened the UK riots; China’s crackdown on over-enthusiastic Olympic fans. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit is joined by Amanda Gouws, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch to confront the gritty realities of women’s representation at the Olympics. While the Paris Games are touted as the most gender-equal yet, they exposed ongoing controversies.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Stefanie De Saude Darbandi, immigration law specialist at DSD Immigration Attorneys, about the unfolding case of Chidimma Adetshina, who has now withdrawn from the Miss SA competition. The Home Affairs department has confirmed they are investigating her mother for possible irregularities surrounding the registration of her birth.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Marlon Truter, a Swartland community leader who is involved in relief efforts after about 300 people were left without shelter when a dam wall burst and their homes in the Dassenberg and Riverlands area were affected by flood waters.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Chante Venter, CEO of Wise Move, a startup which is planning to change the moving industry in South Africa.  Dubbed “the Uber for movers,” the female-led startup Wise Move says they have a simple, efficient, and reliable way for customers to book moving services online. The platform has already registered over 500 local moving companies, providing a wide range of services, from home contents relocation to transporting vehicles and even pet transport.

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Regional stability concerns after a New Zealand pilot is killed in Papua New Guinea; the smelly fruit that’s banned from public transport in Thailand; there is a link between Taylor Swift and Pickleball in Asia. Katie Macdonald shares all the details with Lester Kiewit

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How do top flight athletes put in just enough effort to qualify to the next round of competitions and save their best performance for the final event? Lester Kiewit speaks to  Toni-Lynne Monger, physiotherapist and clinical director at the Balance Group, as well as their biokineticist and strength-and-conditioning expert, Adrian Matthys.

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Lester Kiewit is joined by Nicky Lurwengu, Labour Law Consulting Specialist and The Director of Operations at Labour Excel Consulting to explain the process by which UIF claimants must conduct an efficient claim, as well as Michael Bagraim, Labour lawyer and member of the parliamentary Employment and Labour Portfolio Committee.

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We have a very real problem of binge-drinking in South Africa, and there are established links to issues such as assaults and gender-based violence – so should we not be restricting such advertising on television, especially when it is portrayed as cool and fun? Lester Kiewit speaks to  Samantha Filby, research officer at the Research Unit Economics of Excisable Products and Economics (REEP) as well as Lecturer and Course Convenor at the University of Cape Town.

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