Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

It was announced on Monday (May 6 2024) that Open AI (owners of ChatGPT) and Stack Overflow (a Q&A forum for software engineers) will be partnering up to potentially improve the performance of AI models and to bring added technical information into ChatGPT. Lester Kiewit speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International.

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The popular Prime hydration drink went from R600 per bottle at specialist importer shops to R40, feeding a demand among young consumers. One year on since it became widely available at Checkers stores that same drink is now selling for as little as R6.99 per bottle. Lester Kiewit speaks to Brandon de Kock, Director of Storytelling at BrandMapp, about why the value has dropped so much. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Rev Dr. Munther Isaac, Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, about his visit to South Africa as part of his mission to see the people of Palestine liberated from their own apartheid at the hands of Israel.

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Wild Elections in Panama at a time of challenge and controversy.

A left wing symposium seeks to revisit an agenda from the 1970s

An IMF study finds how demographics weighs on economic growth.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to trail runner James Norbury about his life-threatening experience on Table Mountain after a lightning strike caused a fire, leaving him trapped in the middle of the blaze.

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Hacking for blackmail targeting psychiatric patients in Finland.

Free madonna the Queen of Pop’s amazing freebie in Brazil.

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The South African passport is not as welcome as before, given the number of cases where they have been fraudulently obtained, especially by people later seeking asylum in their host countries. Lester Kiewit speaks to immigration lawyer June Luna to discuss what needs to be done in order to restore the integrity of the South African passport.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to EWN political editor Tshidi Madia, about the reasons behind the postponement of Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing. The ANC says it will now be held after the elections to avoid any security threats.

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If you’re struggling to keep head above water and looking for ways to ease your financial burdens, subletting might be the solution for you.  Lester Kiewit speaks to Neesa Moodley, Personal Finance Editor at Daily Maverick.

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