Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Spiralling chaos ensues in Haiti as gangs appear to run amok; Indonesia looking into a midair incident; speculation galore over doctored image of royal family. Lester Kiewit gets all the details from Adam Gilchrist. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Lauren Evanthia, founder of the Organic Humanity movement, about how they managed to qualify for the upcoming elections, and what the party stands for. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Confidence Dikgole, the CEO of the Independent Examination Board, about the power and potential of introducing civic education into our schools.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Phil Craig, leader of the Referendum Party, about what they hope to achieve at the May 29 elections.

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The City of Cape Town is encouraging all pensioners, 60 years and older, to apply for financial support, as they may qualify for a rates rebate of up to 100%. Lester Kiewit speaks to councillor Siseko Mbandezi, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Finance.

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How safe are your profile on digital platforms? After Meta's big crash, people struggled to log back into their social media. Plus Forbes reported last week that millions of 2FA security codes for Google, WhatsApp and Facebook have been leaked online. To ensure that you are as safe as possible, Lester speaks to Adrian Standford CTO at ESET South Africa, a global digital security company to get the 411 on two-factor authentication.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/03/06/millions-of-google-whatsapp-facebook-2fa-security-codes-leak-online/?sh=3d35b9f97be7 

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Lester Kiewit follows up with Iain Banner to find out how their family ride went on Sunday during the Cape Town Cycle Tour, led by his 91-year-old father Stewart Banner. Stewart suffered a nasty fall at Misty Cliffs and they feared the worst, but after being attended to by medical personnel and after a delay of 45 to 50 minutes, Stewart continued and completed his ride.

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The founder of the NGO Save a Fishie, and youth member of Girl Guides South Africa, Zoe Prinsloo, is flying to Switzerland. Her beach cleanups and other work to save marine life has been officially recognised by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. And she will be attending a youth programme from the 12th to the 19th of this month. Zoe chatted to Lester Kiewit before leaving SA.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Letlhokwa Mpedi, the vice chancellor of University of Johannesburg, and father to a child with Down Syndrome, about why itis critical that we safeguard the rights of the neurodivergent, to foster a society where unique perspectives and abilities are embraced and respected.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Enrico Gennari of the Oceans Research Institute and the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University, to discuss why he led a rebuttal against a recent study which suggested that the dramatic decline in white shark sightings around South African waters is due to them fleeing predation from orcas (Killer Whales).

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