Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

US presidential candidate Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz as her running mate in the elections. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Henry Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, discuss the role Walz will play.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Stefanie De Saude Darbandi, an immigration law specialist at DSD Immigration Attorneys, on citizenship, and the xenophobic storm surrounding Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina.

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All aboard! Lester Kiewit speaks to Keith Lindsay, founder of the Waterfront Duck Company, which will allow tourists (near and far) to experience the highlights of Cape Town's Waterfront precinct by bus and boat in the same amphibious vehicle.

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Lester Kiewit is joined by Wrestling Coach Bennie Labuschagne to delve into the remarkable career of Cuban wrestler, Mijain Lopez. At 41, Lopez aims to retire with a historic fifth gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. What makes him a standout figure in Olympic history?

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Works of satire are often used to expose or ridicule people’s prejudices and vices when it comes to matters of contemporary politics or other topical issues, but in the online realm such works can serve as fuel for misinformation by those who take it at face value. Should works of satire be clearly labelled in an effort to prevent this? Lester Kiewit speaks to Tom Eaton, one of South Africa’s most prominent columnists, and to Professor Robert Phiddian, Professor of English at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.

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Billionaire Elon Musk has given unwelcome opinions on Britain’s violent riots; Mexican crime journalist becomes victim of violent crime; some of the unusual incentives offered by countries to competitors at Paris ’24. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prasa regional manager Raymond Maseko about improvements on the central line which sees the introduction of new blue and white modern Electric Multiple Units, along with the extension of the service from Nyanga to Mandalay station.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to chair of Santaco in the Western Cape, Mandla Hermanus, about the prospect of new bylaws affecting their drivers, and whether the relationship with local government is back on shaky ground, as it was a year ago which prompted a damaging taxi strike lasting eight days. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Ian Cameron, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, who visited the scene of a shootout between police and suspected cash-in-transit robbers in Khayelitsha on Monday evening (5 August) which saw 8 suspects fatally wounded.

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While many authors will have the assistance of an editor to fine-tune their written material, independent and self-published writers might rather use AI tools to help them, but what are the copyright implications? Lester Kiewit speaks to Refilwe Motsoeneng, from the data protection law firm Michalsons Giles Inc., who will also be covering this topic in-depth at the upcoming Fringe Fireside Chats festival in the Helderberg. 

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