Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Ndileka Xameni, founder and director of the Siyaphambili Orphan Village, about their needs on Mandela Day, and how kind hearts are helping make their work easier.

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In a panel discussion about flood risks and informal settlement challenges and solutions, Moegsien Hendricks, the Executive Director of The Development Action Group, and Cllr Carl Pophaim, the MMC for Human Settlements for the City of Cape Town, join Lester Kiewit to address the pressing issue of informal settlements developing in flood-prone areas.

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Six guests found dead in fancy hotel in Thailand’s capital; mega drugs bust in Ecuador; a bizarre, staged photo opportunity for Russia’s Putin. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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With the ongoing introduction of stricter rugby laws intended to maximise player safety, we ask whether this has resulted in fewer and less-serious injuries incurred during games.  Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Nic Kruger, Head of the Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital. 

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The Institute for Economic Justice has expressed concerns over the government’s continued trajectory of budget cuts, especially in key areas such as healthcare. Lester Kiewit speaks to Zimbali Mncube, Tax and Budget policy researcher at the Institute for Economic Justice.

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We continue highlighting the 2024 cohort of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation’s Leading for Humanity Programme. This week we are speaking to   Skhumbuzo Moodaley-Mpisane, Head of programs, Youth & Community Developer at enke: Make Your Mark.

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The government of Singapore has approved 16 species of insects as safe for human consumption. Should we not be doing the same? Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Vusi Mshayisa, a lecturer and curriculum officer in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and who has been researching ways of extracting edible proteins from insects.

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Great White Danger Zone is a documentary which has premiered at the start of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and goes behind-the-scenes of how marine biologists studied the behaviour of White Sharks in the waters off of Struisbaai, using cameras which were attached to the dorsal fins of sharks. Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Alison Towner, Marine Biologist: Rhodes University and South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI).

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Andrew Feinstein, the former ANC MP who blew the whistle on corruption in the controversial arms deal more than two decades ago, about his recent running for office in the British General Elections. While Feinstein didn’t win his seat, he did remarkably well against rival Keir Starmer, who has since become the new Prime Minister. 

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Could JD Vance be America’s next Vice-President? A teen death in Tenerife triggers anger at social media posts; Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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