Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to political analyst Dr Oscar van Heerden about the direction the ANC will take in establishing a new government after their support plunged to 40 percent in the latest polls.

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Work is currently underway in constructing the Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial, to honour and remember the men who served with the South African Military Labour contingents and units and perished in service during the First World War. Lester Kiewit speaks to Henry August, National President of the South African Coloured Ex-Servicemen’s Legion.

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Australia’s defence force will open up recruitment criteria in order to bolster numbers; Indonesia’s President says plans on track to start work from new capital, Nusantara; photo of Tiger shark regurgitating an echidna shock scientists. Katie Macdonald shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to singer and actor Maria Doyle-Kennedy, who is in Cape Town where she will be performing on 19 June at Waves Theatre (44 Long Street). Maria has performed in numerous bands and released 11 solo albums, as well as acted in over 50 movies and television series. Many might recall that she played the role of Natalie Murphy in Alan Parker’s “The Commitments”

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Ukraine fires US-supplied weapons at Russia, and also claims to have downed Russian drones. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Irina Filatova, Professpr emeritus at UKZN.

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Voters usually say they can see through the empty promises being made by politicians, so why is it that populist parties made some big gains in the recent elections while those which offered more realistic and gradual solutions lost out? Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Neva Makgetla,  senior researcher with Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). 

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A bomber arrested in France after being injured by one of his own devices; D-Day memories as 80th anniversary commemorations take place. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Councillor Pete Fry, a Canadian politician in Vancouver, British Columbia, about what insights can be drawn from Canada's strategic implementation of cannabis regulation after the recent legalization of cannabis in South Africa.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to EWN parliamentary reporter Lindsay Dentlinger about the implications for the ANC’s national party list after the arrest of high-ranking party member Zizi Kodwa.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to former magistrate Deon Pool, about what the law says when a defendant cannot secure legal representation, and whether a court can order a lawyer to take up a case on someone’s behalf.

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