Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Jean-Jacques Cornish shares details on a range of news events from the African continent with Lester Kiewit, including Nigeria declaring a crisis over a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 30.  

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A brief coup in Bolivia; futuristic Project Neom in Saudi Arabia battling with funding. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Herschelle Gibbs is a renowned South African cricket coach and former cricketer, and he joins Lester Kiewit to discuss South Africa's historic advancement to their first men's T20 World Cup final and to look forward to the final showdown against India in Barbados on Saturday.

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Gareth Newham is Head of Justice and Violence Prevention at the Institute for Security Studies and he joins Lester to discuss the ISS strategy creation project aimed at empowering South Africa's new government to enhance the effectiveness of the South African Police Force (SAPS).

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William Gumede is Associate Professor at The School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand and Executive Chairperson of The Democracy Works Foundation and he joins Lester to explore the escalating tensions and implications of the ANC and DA coalition agreements in South Africa.

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Neeshan Balton is the Executive Director of The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and he joins Lester to consider the potential implications of undue pressure placed on political parties for names and positions in the new government.

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According to the latest household affordability index from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD), food prices in the country have stabilized somewhat, and year-on-year inflation has slowed down. Lester Kiewit speaks to Mervyn Abrahams, Programme coordinator: Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Vasco Vigis, a community activist and motivator in Ocean View, who has started organising outdoor movie nights for children in the community, in a bid to take back control of the streets from criminals. 

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In this year’s Nedbank Business Ignite with CapeTalk, we’re recognising and rewarding small businesses that have dared to scale-up. We’re talking about businesses that have expanded their clientele, innovated their offerings, or transformed their operations and, in doing so, seen remarkable growth. We’ve been asking these businesses to enter. Today’s featured business is Raw Catering Services, owned by Trenton Devine.

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Shift of American capital from China to India; Westlessness – the new paradigm. Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University.

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