Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

We are joined in the studio this morning by Crystal Orderson to discuss the role of banks such as RMB when it comes to Sustainable Finance in Africa and growth opportunities on the African continent.  This week we’re talking about trade in Africa and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Zahid Badroodien, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation, about a protest in Strand over disruption to water supplies, which was resolved. City engineers were working on  a large water supply pipeline which had burst, and had run into some difficulty. Water supply tankers were dispatched to supply water to affected communities, but at times the demand was greater than what was being delivered. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Jaap De Visser, Director of the Dullah Omar Institute and Professor of Public Law at University of the Western Cape, about the differences between coalitions and a government of national unity.

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Woman eaten whole by a python; two lost Russian children saved from wolves and bears. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Mayor Geordin Hill Lewis about whether a new government will continue moves to see the devolution of powers relating to policing and transport to provinces and metros. The mayor also addresses concerns following the horrific shooting of three children in Khayelitsha at the weekend.

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Consumers have to be increasingly aware of advanced social engineering tactics used by scammers through call, sms, instant messaging, social platforms and most commonly, via email. Lester Kiewit speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International.

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What happens to those old DVD players, big boxy TV sets or 90s style computer monitors you no longer use? To find out, Lester Kiewit Noel Bradford, Operations Manager and Owner at Cape E Waste. 

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Entries for Nedbank Business Ignite with CapeTalk are open, and this year we’re looking for small businesses that have dared to scale up. Are you wondering how your business can benefit? Lester Kiewit speaks to 2023 winner, Cleopatra Van Ster, founder of Nurse-It Primary Occupational Healthcare Services (formerly Sha'p Left Healthcare Services), to find out how winning has impacted her business.

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Three children and an adult have been shot and killed in a horrific gun attack in Khayelitsha at the weekend. This was during a mass shooting at a barber shop in  Gqrwarha Street.  Provincial Serious and Violent Crimes Unit are investigating.  Lester Kiewit speaks to Monde Bambelo, Khayelitsha CPF Chair on the situation. 

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What do the results from the recent elections held in Mexico, India and South Africa reveal about the way in which people are voting? Lester Kiewit speaks to Benjamin Fogel, Head of Publishing at Alameda and a Contributing Editor at Jacobin.

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