Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Willem Hollmann, a professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, about why the traditional method of teaching kids to read with phonics is not working, and why it is better to instil a love for reading and stories at a young age.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Kayla Brown of SA Cities Network, about the dangers of lumping SMME’s in the same category as criminal networks that have become known as the construction mafia.

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Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel – what it means and where to from here? Sydney man stabs six shoppers fatally. The ultimate eat-and-run in Italy. Lester Kiewit gets all the details from Adam Gilchrist. 

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Jacob Zuma, a former South African president has naturally garnered much attention upon his return to the political arena. But many are questioning his return and what is he after? What could an 82-year-old former president with many questionables possibly have to give back to this country? Lester Kiewit speaks to politial analyst, Dr Levy Ndou.

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SAHPRA has recalled 2 batches of Benilyn Paediatric Syrup. This after the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) shared a report on the detection of high levels of diethylene glycol in the medications. Lester Kiewit speaks to Deon Poovan, SAHPRA Senior manager: Inspectorate and Regulatory Compliance.

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Policing in Hanover Park will see a bump up as 30 additional police members will join the station, bringing the shortage of personal from 34 down to 4. This was announced by Police Minister Bheki Cele to angry residents at an Imbizo in the area yesterday. Lester Kiewit speaks to Hanover Park activist Yaseen Johaar.

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Eddie Cross is an economist and a former Zimbabwe MP and advisor to that country’s Reserve Bank. He speaks to Lester Kiewit about Zimbabwe’s introduction of the ZiG, as its new currency.

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The Grassy Park SAPS alerted the Cape of Good Hope SPCA of a hippopotamus on the loose in the early hours of Sunday morning. Lester Kiewit speaks to Belinda Abraham, CGHSPCA spokesperson about the roaming hippo.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to acclaimed actor Dr John Kani about his son Atandwa Kani playing the role of Othello at a Baxter production. It is the same role Kani senior played in 1987, at the height of apartheid.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Hanayani Shimange.

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