Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

The Pope has upset Ukraine with “white flag” comments; the big winners at the Oscars; Cresta Run: women get to participate for the first time since 1921. Lester Kiewit gets all the details from Adam Gilchrist.

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The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written a letter to the US asking for assistance during the forthcoming national elections. The letter is addressed to US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, through the US Ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety and was sent by Emma Powell, the DA’s Shadow Minister for International Relations. She speaks to Lester Kiewit to explain the reasoning behind the letter.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Nicholas Crisp of the Health Department following a court ruling that shot down a bid by NPO’s to legally stop the government from making Covid vaccines available. 

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SANParks is trying to decide on the best way to manage the female elephant living in the Knysna forest. According to a statement it’s also considering reintroducing more elephants to the area. It says it’s using evidence-based decision-making guided by sociological and ecological assessments. Lester Kiewit spoke to SANParks Scientist and Wildlife Ecologist. Liz Moolman. 

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One of the functions of the Master’s Office (Master of the High Court) is supervising the administration of deceased estates, with the purpose of ensuring an orderly winding up of the financial affairs of the deceased, and the protection of the financial interests of the heirs. But over the past few years, many people have been frustrated by the lengthy delays and backlogs, and the situation was to be streamlined by making the service available online. Lester Kiewit speaks to attorney Bevan Geyser of MDW Inc. to find out if he has noticed any improvements in the system. 

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The Information Regulator of South Africa recently issued its first enforcement notice following a complaint from a person on the receiving end of unwanted direct marketing (or spam) messages, despite numerous requests from the data subject to opt out of receiving such communication. Lester Kiewit finds out what this entails for marketers and unwilling recipients going forward. He speaks to Tayyibah Suliman, who is the Director in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Corporate & Commercial practice and head of the Technology & Communications sector.

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Four generations of the Banner family will be riding the 2024 Cape Town Cycle Tour together on Sunday 10 March, from great-grandfather Stewart who is aged 91, to the youngest who is 12. Lester Kiewit speaks to Iain Banner, who is the son of Stewart, and the grandfather of the pack. 

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Since 2008, it has become somewhat of a tradition that the World Naked Bike Ride Cape Town takes place the day before the Cape Town Cycle Tour. It is used as an awareness campaign on a number of issues such as cyclist safety and the need for non-polluting modes of transport. Lester Kiewit speaks to organiser Juanita Pretorius.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to award-winning comedian Rory Petzer, who is currently touring with his debut solo stand-up comedy performance and will be at the Protea Fire and Ice for one night only on Friday 8 March. 

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Sudan is becoming the world’s worst hunger crisis says chief of UN World Food Programme; khat seller greeted by hyena; Nigerian bandits kidnap more than 100 school students and a teacher. Lester Kiewit speaks to Africa correspondent Jean-Jacques Cornish. 

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