Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Tony Ehrenreich is COSATU's Deputy Parliamentary Officer and he joins Lester Kiewit to critique Zizi Kodwa's appointment as an MP on the grounds that it undermines the ANC's step-aside resolution.

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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 Nicola Vermooten, the Managing Director of AccessEd, an NPO committed to democratising higher education.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Councillor Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation for a status updated on the maintenance project that has left the Southern Suburbs without water for 72 hours. 

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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 Oco Life, where Annabel Biggar is the CEO.

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After spending more than five years in the UK’s Belmarsh prison, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released at London’s Stansted airport on Monday, where he board a flight to Australia. In an agreement with US authorities, Assange will plead guilty to charges and go free, spending no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK. Lester Kiewit speaks to Beauregard Tromp, Africa editor with Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project  (OCCRP), to discuss Assange’s role in exposing corruption and cover-ups.

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Is it time for South Africa to hold a conference on our constitution? Lester Kiewit speaks to Roelf Meyer who, along with Cyril Ramaphosa, led the negotiations for the drafting of the South African Constitution in the 1990s.  

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Snake terror in Bangladesh; the story of two heatwave hikers. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Alderman JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security City of CT to get insights on how amended regulations to the National Land Transport Act will affect public safety, especially when it comes to taxis and e-hailing services.

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Terry Bell is a journalist commentator and author specialising in political and economic analysis and labour matters and he joins Lester to provide a comprehensive overview of the complex and evolving political landscape in South Africa, highlighting the challenges and potential paths forward for the nation's governance.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International, about plans announced by Meta that publicly uploaded posts, photos and videos to its Facebook and Instagram, will be used to train their AI system, unless users choose to decline this before 25 June. 

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