Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Consumer Goods and Services Ombud chief executive officer Queen Munyai about concerns at an increase in cases of shoppers buying food products that are expired, and why it is important to know your rights in this regard.

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How would you feel if a part of your residential building was being used as a mortuary? Lester Kiewit speaks to Ruben Naidoo, former trustee of the Durham Square body corporate, about a mortuary which was set up in the basement of a building complex in Victoria Road, Salt River.

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The Springboks will be facing Portugal in their first-ever rugby test encounter in Bloemfontein on Saturday 20 July. Lester Kiewit speaks to Ana Ambrozio, a member of the South African Portuguese community in Cape Town, who made a trip up to Bloemfontein, in order to cheer on the teams. 

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Lester Kiewit and Matthew Jantjies-Green take a look at three shows which you can binge on this weekend. On the list there’s the first instalment of the 6th and final season of “Cobra Kai” on Netflix, “Beaulah: Queens van die Kaap” on Showmax, and “Sunny” on Apple TV.

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Video footage taken from a drone catching a smash-and-grab suspect in action has been shared widely this week on social media groups. Lester Kiewit speaks to “AJ”, the private drone pilot who has been capturing such footage for almost four years, and who hands his evidence to authorities so that they can take action and arrest them.

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Summits being held in Britain and Libya this week to address root causes on why people risk their lives to escape violence, oppression, and hopelessness at home; humanitarian truce in DRC extended for 15 days with warning that violence could spread into neighbouring countries; a common blood thinner can be used to treat spitting cobra venom. Jean-Jacques Cornish shares the details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Nazeem Moerat, the father of newly selected Springbok Captain, Salmaan Moerat, ahead of his first game leading the Bokke out against Portugal in Bloemfontein.

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Questions over Joe Biden’s ability to recover from Covid and suitability to lead Democrats in presidential race; an American neo-Nazi on trial; the woman who spied for South Korea in exchange for accessories. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Is the City of Cape Town making use of drone video footage to catch smash-and-grab robbers in action and put them behind bars? Video footage released this week showed how one such suspect smashed at least three car windows in the space of five minutes at the hotspot of Malibongwe Drive and the N7. Lester Kiewit speaks to Alderman JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security at the City of Cape Town.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Oscar van Heerden, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Diplomacy and Leadership at the University of Johannesburg, about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the opening of parliament, and the political battle he may still face over Phala Phala allegations.

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