Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

 In order for our democracy to thrive and for our elections to be free and fair, independent election observers are needed on the ground on election day. Groundwork Collective (GWC) has just launched their Independent Election Observation registration portal, calling on all registered South Africans to sign up to be independent election observers at the polls on 29 May when South Africans will cast their votes in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections. Lester Kiewit speaks to Mbali Ntuli, founder and CEO of Groundwork Collective. 

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Lester Kiewits speaks to HaveYouHeard’s Kirsty Bisset about the growth of connected TVs (CTV) and particularly CTV advertising. Essentially, a CTV is any TV set connected to the internet, most commonly used to stream videos, but it also covers gaming consoles and set-top boxes which are similarly connected to the Internet. 

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A lot of importance is placed on a person’s academic qualifications when hiring or promoting them. But there are those who will take their chance and lie about their qualifications in order to improve their odds of landing a position, and it has become vital to ensure that credentials are verified. On this panel discussion, Lester Kiewit speaks to Martin Hall, non-executive director in South Africa for UK-based Advanced Secure Technologies, and Allan Pike, CEO of Key Recruitment. 

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AirBnB acts to stop owners from snooping on guests; toxic cat on the loose in Japan. Lester Kiewit gets the details from Adam Gilchrist. 

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The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) will decide on whether to extend or scrap the exclusive legal right of the Post Office to deliver all parcels under 1 kilogram. Lester Kiewit speaks to Garry Marshall, CEO SA Express Parcell Association.

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A group known as LockBit has unleashed a ransomware attack on the The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). There are about 1.2 million public servants and 473 000 pensioners who belong to the fund. Lester Kiewit speaks to Jan Vermuelen, CEO at Mybroadband.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Mayco member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas about the City’s tactic to turn to the courts for an interdict to stop extortion rackets from putting the brakes on the MyCITI project in Mitchells Plain.  

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Kyron Wright, Zandvlei reserve manager about reports that water quality is improving in the vlei, following years of concern at a decline in standards.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to director of the Cape Town Cycle Tour, David Bellairs, about concerns that the race might coincide with Ramadan in 2025.

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Lester Kiewit talks to former politician Phumzile van Damme about the need to be more aware of fake videos and such ahead of the elections, as people have access to technology which will allows them to create semi-convincing fake footage of politicians saying controversial things. 

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