Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

South African illusionists Brendon Peel and Li Lau were recently on Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, and they performed a trick which was based on one of the legendary duo’s acts, and for their efforts they managed to earn the bragging rights of having “fooled” them. They shared their experience with Lester Kiewit. 

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Lester Kiewit and Matthew Jantjies-Green discuss three shows worth watching on the small screen:  Avatar – The Last Airbender (Netflix),  Iwájú (Disney+), and Spinners (showmax)

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Jean-Jaques is attending the gas summit in Algiers.

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A Texas wildfire being in Texas it’s huge & wild & tough.

A baseball star’s marriage the news has got Japan in a spin.

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The DHL Stormers will be facing the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld this weekend in their United Rugby Championship clash. After ten games, the Bulls are third on the log and the Stormers placed sixth, but in terms of their URC head-to-head encounters, the Stormers have won all seven of their matches and seeking their eighth.  Lester Kiewit speaks to DHL Stormers head coach John Dobson. 

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Extortion at the hand of some elements within the taxi industry is not new, however recently drivers carrying passengers in Kraaifontein have noticed an increase threats by taxis. Lester Kiewit speaks to Ricardo Mackenzie MEC for Mobility in the Western Cape.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Gerhard van Huyssteen, Professor of Afrikaans linguistics at Northwest University, about how the swear words, “ma se p*** and its meaning and application were at the centre of a legal matter.

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Following the peanut butter recall, Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Tony Obilana about whether testing for aflatoxins in peanut products at home is possible.

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One of the byproducts of organic solid waste at our landfill sites is methane, which apart from just escaping into the atmosphere and not utilised for its energy potential, is also considered by scientists to be a greenhouse gas and a contributor to global warming. The City of Cape Town has been working on a project to tap into this source of energy and converting it into much-needed electricity. Lester Kiewit speaks to Alderman Grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management.

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As cyclists get ready to participate in the upcoming Cape Town Cycle Tour, physiotherapist and clinical director of the Balance Group Toni-Lynne Monger has noticed an increase in the number of cycling-related injuries. She shares her thoughts with Lester Kiewit

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