Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Are you hoping to sell your property and make a tidy sum? How certain are you that a potential buyer will be won over when they step inside for a viewing? Today on Money on a Monday Lester Kiewit speaks to Jan Myburgh of Harcourts discuss the factors which can devalue your property.

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Have you been noticing that there are fewer and fewer squash courts around these days compared to a few years ago? Is the sport in decline or are the facilities just not feasible to operate anymore? Lester Kiewit speaks to Brian Scott, head of marketing at Planet Fitness.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to former Manchester City star, Shaun Wright-Phillips who is in Cape Town as part of the club's trohpy tour to South Africa where fans can get to see the five cups City currently hold: Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Cup.

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After receiving an interesting message from a listener as to whether consumers are eating more or less jam since the peanut butter recall, the team thought to ask local jam manufacturers Jacobs Jam Co about whether a shift in demand and supply has been noted in recent weeks. Lester Kiewit speaks to Nigel Jacobs, co-owner Jacobs Jam Company.

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Lester Kiewit and binge-buddy Matthew Jantjies-Green discuss this week’s selection of binge-watching options include: Shōgun (Disney+), The New Look (AppleTV), and The Gentlemen (Netflix). 

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Somali pirates target ship carrying coal from Maputo; Kenya relieved at not having to send police to Haiti; Britain offers failed asylum seekers R70 000 to go to Rwanda. Lester Kiewit gets all the details from Jean-Jacques Cornish. 

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A Stasi trial of a former East German secret policeman who stands accused of murder; Filipino love scammers rescued from being forced into crime; Russia’s presidential elections. Lester Kiewit and Adam Gilchrist discuss some of the stories making world headlines.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Leslie Petrik, emeritus professor in the department of chemistry at the University of the Western Cape, about the impact of the City of Cape Town not properly treating sewage before it is pumped into our oceans and water system.

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The DA has called on the US to deploy election observers when South Africans vote in May. The move has angered the ruling party. But what is the view of the US on South Africa's electoral process? Lester Kiewit speaks to US Consul General, Todd Haskell.

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At midday on Thursday Microsoft was hit by a service outage across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. This led to thousands of users unable to access cloud services. Lester Kiewit speaks to Jay Mistry, Technical Solutionist at Nihka Technology Group. 

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