Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Samkelo Mokhine of the Freedom of Expression Institute about concerns that the SABC has banned the airing of the Democratic Alliance election campaign ad showing a burning South African flag.

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OpenAI has just announced that it is launching a faster and cheaper version of the technology behind ChatGPT, as the startup works to hold on to its lead in an increasingly crowded market.  Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International.

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Homeowners across the City of Cape Town have been growing increasingly concerned over a tiny pest that might or might not be destroying the trees in their gardens. The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle first arrived in South Africa in 2017 and has since resulted in the deaths of thousands of trees.  Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Mashudu Victor Phalanndwa, Head of Green Jobs and Environmental Management – City of Cape Town, to get a sense of how the fight against the parasitic insect is progressing. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Beaumont, National Chairperson of ActionSA, the political party founded by businessman and former Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba. 

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Anti-tourism demonstrations in Ibiza; an unusual traffic jam in China.  Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit. 

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Stephen Marshall, the Events & Marketing Executive for Gold Circle, addresses the aftermath of a protest that led to the cancellation of a major race meeting at Hollywoodbets Greyville. This incident particularly affected the last five races, including three Grade 2 events.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Roy Mnisi, the executive director of Master Builders South Africa, about what is known so far about the cause of the deadly George building collapse.

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Did you know that you might be paying for a service for which you already have cover? Sometimes the add-ons which come with a new contract are an unnecessary and hidden expense which you can opt out of – and one such example would be for credit life cover. To discuss the nuances around the topic of credit life insurance, lester Kiewit speaks to Mishaya Chettiar, Executive Head at Everything.Insure.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Charles Helm, a Research Associate at the African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience at Nelson Mandela University, who has delved into the fascinating phenomenon of scratch circles. These natural formations, possibly made by early human ancestors, could represent some of the earliest instances of artistic expression. His insights illuminate their significance and what they reveal about early human cognitive abilities.

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Why are some of the political party campaign posters on our streetlamps looking as if they have been through a war? Why are some of them peeling away from the backing boards or folded over from the wind? Lester Kiewit speaks to Craig Petersen, factory and production manager at Trident Press, which is one of many companies which print such posters. 

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