Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

All eyes on Venezuela’s election results and whether the Chavistas will cold onto power at all costs; mapping Rihannah’s music around the Caribbean’s socioeconomic landscape. Professor Lyal White shares details on all these stories with John Maytham. 

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A number of flights on Sunday and Monday were delayed from departing and arriving at Cape Town International Airport due to a power supply issue which impacted on operations, including: runway lights, airside fire rescue, and air traffic navigation services. John Maytham speaks to Mark Maclean, Regional General Manager at Cape Town International Airport.

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John Maytham and Adjunct Professor Alex van den Heever, Chair of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, discuss the North Gauteng High Court’s ruling against the Health Act's "Certificates of Need." Professor van den Heever highlights the ruling's implications for the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act and its significance in light of the real need for evidence-based policymaking.

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UN & others call for restraint in Israel-Hezbollah conflict; French railway arson; an amazing marble floor from lost Roman city discovered underwater. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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John Maytham speaks to Natalie Abel, whose flight from Mauritius to Cape Town on Sunday evening was delayed  as a result of power supply issues at Cape Town Airport. Her flight was in a holding pattern over Cape Town before being diverted to Johannesburg. She eventually flew from Johannesburg to Cape Town in the early hours of Monday morning.

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John Maytham speaks to Professor Bavesh Kana, the Head of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research at the University of the Witwatersrand, about their breakthrough in enhancing the 100-year-old BCG vaccine for tuberculosis using gene-editing.

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John Maytham speaks to Mayor Geordin Hill Lewis about the opening of Ebenezer Safe Space 3 in Green Point which will house those evicted from sites across the city. This comes amid criticism of Safe Space 1, where occupants say living conditions are poor.

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Does the South African youth have a culture of saving or do they keep splurging to satisfy their lifestyle choices? John Maytham speaks to Thabo Qoako, Manager, Consumer Financial Education: Momentum Group Foundation, about how South Africa’s Generation Z stacks up in saving behaviour.

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Informal residents at SAS Wingfield have been living in muddy conditions following this winter’s higher-than-usual rainfall. Although the land fall under the Department of Public Works, some of the emergency relief assistance has been provided by the City of Cape Town. John Maytham speaks to Ward 56 Councillor Cheslyn Steenberg to find out more.

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With a wetter-than-usual winter, there have been a number of community activations where residents have made donations so that waterproof jackets and ponchos can be distributed at nearby schools, or collected previously-loved rain jackets for this same purpose. Lester Kiewit speaks to Patsy Bagraim about one such project.

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