Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

How cycling-friendly is Cape Town, the city which hosts the biggest timed cycling event in the world? How do we include cycling as part of a greater sustainable transport plan? Lester Kiewit speaks to Gordon Laing, Vice Chairman of the Pedal Power Association, and to Kevin Foster of the Active Mobility Forum. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Sanusha Naidu, senior researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s promise to create a national dialogue after the May 29 elections to plot a new way forward for South Africa.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for the City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Services, about how they will be marking International Firefighters Day on Saturday, May 4 at Athlone Stadium.

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Couples getting married are increasingly merging their surnames into hyphenated versions. But having these double-barrelled surnames recognised by bureaucrats is not as simple. Lester Kiewit speaks to Brett Rogers, Culture Lead at HaveYouHeard Marketing.  

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The City of Cape Town has been visiting households as part of its Household Survey, to collect information to manage the running of the city. The survey started in February and runs until May. Lester Kiewit speaks to Hugh Cole, Policy and Strategy Director at the City of Cape Town.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Emile YX(Emile Jansen) about being awarded the President’s Order of Ikhamanga in silver, as well as what he thinks about breakdancing being an Olympic sport.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr De Wet Swanepoel, Professor in Audiology in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Pretoria, about how common hearing loss is, and how he is part of a team working to bring relief to 136milliion people on the continent struggling with this condition.

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Should fires which start naturally and which don’t threaten properties and lives be allowed to continue burning? Are indigenous forests on Table Mountain fire resistant of reliant on occasional fires as part of their life cycle? Lester Kiewit speaks to Jasper Slingsby, a senior lecturer in plant ecology at the University of Cape Town.

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A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in east London by a sword-wielding man; more than 100 arrested in Spain as part of WhatsApp money scam; Italian researchers think they have identified where ancient Greek philosopher Plato spent final hours. John Adderly shares details of these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Helen Joannides, who is an archivist and Public Programmes and Outreach officer at Western Cape Archives and Records Service about the fact that it’s making some of its archival sources accessible to Grade 10 learners.

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