Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Rivonia Circle director, Tessa Dooms, about the possibility that supporter signatures were forged in order for political parties to meet the requirements and deadlines to contest the upcoming national and provincial elections, and whether any decision to investigate this might result in a delay in the elections taking place.

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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 Sandile Tshabalala,  Entrepreneur, Impact Curator, Non-Executive Director of Scouts South Africa.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to District Six Museum Executive Director, Zeenat Patel-Kaskar, and Academy of Digital Arts lecturer, Lars Espeter, about a groundbreaking virtual reality experience at the museum which allows visitors to immerse themselves in the history of the area.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Iain Harris and Rashid Lombard who pay tribute to Mac McKenzie, - musician and frontman of the 1980s band, The Genuines - who has passed away.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Western Cape IEC boss, Michael Hendrickse, to clear the air on how to cast a special vote at the upcoming national elections.

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Hamas is under pressure to accept the latest ceasefire deal; Spain’s Prime Minister decides not to quit of corruption claims linked to his wife; a gold pocket watch makes highest amount ever at an auction for Titanic memorabilia. John Adderley shares details with Lester Kiewit. 

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Former South African boxer Dingaan Thobela, nicknamed “The Rose of Soweto”, has died at the age of 57 after suffering ill health.  During his career, Thobela was a world champion in two weight classes: the lightweight division and, later, the super middleweight category. Lester Kiewit speaks to boxing promoter Rodney Berman, who knew Thobela well.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to City of Cape Town Mayco member for urban mobility, Cllr Roberto Quintas, about the roadworks currently underway in Woodstock.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Neelan Karikan, chair of the Judicial Officers Association of SA, about why the country's magistrates are up in arms about a lack of remuneration, and the prospect of industrial action to make their voices heard. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International, about the forthcoming and second global AI Safety Summit, which is set to take place 21-22 may and hosted by South Korea, where it would build on the "Bletchley Declaration" signed at the first summit, an agreement between countries - including the U.S. and China - to cooperate on AI safety.  

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