Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

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   Farah Abdurahman, political communicator, facilitator,  Fairfax Journalist, advocate for peace, women's rights activist.

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Zeenat Patel-Kaskar, the Executive Director of the District Six Museum, joins Lester Kiewit to chat about the District 6 Museum as the institution commemorates its pivotal 30-year journey.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Colin Deiner, Head of Disaster Management in the Western Cape, to get an update on the rescue operations currently underway in George, where a building under construction had collapsed on Monday. At the time of going to air, there were 21 workers rescued and 5 deceased. Another 49 remain unaccounted for.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Eve Jassi, who has been waiting at the site of the collapsed building in George, as her church brother is one of the construction workers still unaccounted for.

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RMB is committed to investing in Africa’s growth, and they will be sharing their deep insights through the RMB Africa Focus series on CapeTalk. The series is being hosted by Crystal Orderson, who is sharing a number of interesting stories each week with Lester Kiewit. 

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In South Africa, an estimated four out of ten Grade 1 pupils drop out of school before reaching matric. One of the contributing factors to this high dropout rate is a lack of early childhood development for many pre-schoolers.  Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Eric Atmore, Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Extraordinary Associate Professor in the department of education policy studies at Stellenbosch University.

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A vigil in Mexico after three surfers murdered; China hacks British defence; France reclaims title with record-breaking baguette. Adam Gilchrist shares all the details with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Mosiuoa Lekota, leader of the Congress of the People, former ANC MP, and Defence Minister, about his decision to step aside from politics after the May 29 elections.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Peter Morgan, CEO of the Liquid Fuels Wholesalers Association of SA, about the effects on the sector and country, as Shell prepares to leave South Africa after more than a century of operations here. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to EWN’s Natalie Malgas about the recovery operation after a building collapsed in George, where 75 construction workers were on site.

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