Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

US plans for “peace port” to get humanitarian aid into Gaza; autonomous ships with no crew; five movie precedents for Oscar night. Lester Kiewit chats to Adam Gilchrist to find out more. 

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Following a recent interview with Caroline Marx of Rethink The Stink, where we spoke about the ongoing issues with the rivers of Cape Town as well as Milnerton Lagoon, the City of Cape Town has reached out to discuss  some of the measures which they have put in place to address the issues with Milnerton Lagoon. Lester Kiewit speaks to Gregg Oelofse, City of Cape Town manager for Coastal Management. 

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Delays in NSFAS payments to students have meant that many have been unable to pay for meals, but what about their accommodation? How are providers of student accommodation dealing with the situation? Lester Kiewit speaks to Rasagee Pillay, owner of Baobab Student Accommodation.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Jeremy Vearey, the Cape’s former head of detectives, and also a former teacher, about the politicising of crimes against children at the time of election. This was the case when the Station Strangler was being hunted in 1994, and now in 2024, as we approach the polls, and cops unravel the case of missing Joshlin Smith of Saldanha.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Deon van Zyl, chair of the Western Cape Property Developers Forum, about how the construction mafia continues to stifle business. In the latest blow, the ACSA Symphony Way project of 3200 housing units has been put on hold after developers pulled out over extortion threats.

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Without a Pied Piper around to lend a hand, how can one deal with a rat infestation? Such is a situation in the Cape Town suburb of Claremont, where residents and local businesses are pointing the finger at a neglected plot of open land where people have been taking shelter, having meals, and relieving themselves. We ask how one can request assistance from the City of Cape Town as Lester Kiewit speaks to Bettie Leedo from the City of Cape Town’s Environmental Health department. 

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Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world and open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. Mensa Winelands is conducting a membership eligibility testing session on Saturday 9 March in Somerset West. Lester Kiewit speaks to Yvonne Steyn, Secretary of Mensa Winelands.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Toni-Lynne Monger, physiotherapist and Clinical Director at The Balance Group, about the best ways to recover after taking part in the upcoming Cape Town Cycle Tour. 

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The pioneering shark safety and research organisation Shark Spotters is turning twenty in 2024. Founded in 2004 following a spate of shark bite incidents and an increase in sightings close to popular beaches of Cape Town, the project was soon adopted by the City of Cape Town. Lester Kiewit speaks to CEO Sarah Waries.

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The conducting of health research costs money. A lot of it. As a result, funding is always sought by the institutions running the research programmes, and their targets are often big companies. A number of academics recently wrote a piece for The Conversation expressing their concerns over large companies with a reputation for manufacturing non-healthy products provding funding towards health research. Lester Kiewit speaks to lead author Susan Goldstein, Associate Professor in the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand.

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