Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Lukas Muntingh, co-founder and Project Coordinator of Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) and Director of the Dullah Omar Institute, about how this is an opportunity for improvement in correctional services as it has once again been made a separate portfolio.

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US President Joe Biden is hosting NATO leaders in Washington and is doing his best to put up a strong appearance; French horse trading to form new government; US heatwave is attracting tourists. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Bosa leader Mmusi Maimane about his party’s decision to back disgraced judge John Hlophe in is nomination for a place on the Judicial Service Commission.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis about what the city is doing to mitigate the effects of a devastating storm that has seen major roads closed, and several areas flooded.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to former head of detectives, Jeremy Vearey, about how to deal with foreign crime syndicates operating on our shores, and the call by an MP for locals to name and expose gangsters and killers who live in their neighbourhood.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Willem Boshoff, who posted on Facebook a video of a delivery rider who was having difficulty with his motorcycle in a flooded road. A number of people eventually stepped in to help despite the adverse conditions.  

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The Community Chest has joined the Western Cape Disaster Management Centre and the City of Cape Town Disaster and Risk Management Centre in the massive humanitarian relief efforts to assist those affected by the storms. Lester Kiewit speaks to Interim Chief Executive Officer, Peter Heeger.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Tivesh Nair of Mother City Liquors online store, about taking a flight to Cape Town from Johannesburg after collecting a R5million bottle of Macallan 50 whiskey.

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South Africa has numerous official languages, which some have argued is a barrier to economic success as there is no common language which everyone is compelled to communicate in. Over in China, many regional dialects have been taken over by Mandarin, otherwise referred to as Putonghua (common language), and some believe that this is one of the reasons behind China’s phenomenal economic growth in recent decades. Lester Kiewit speaks to Stephen Matthews, emeritus professor from the Department of Linguistics at Hong Kong University, where he specialises in language typology, syntax and semantics. The topic of discussion is whether the once-popular Cantonese dialect is being erased in favour of Mandarin. 

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A Russian missile attack has hit a children’s hospital in Ukraine; arrest made following crowd crush in India; Barcelona locals taking anti-tourism sentiment to another level. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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