Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen about the decision by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to reclassify the 1964 film Mary Poppins from U (Universal / for all) to PG.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Peter Caldwell, principal vet at Old Chapel Veterinary clinic, about how he was part of a team who rescued two White Bengal Tigers from a cage in a Boksburg home.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Kevin Jacobs, the city’s traffic services spokesperson, about your rights if someone parks across your driveway or garage entrance, and what regulations say about on street parking.

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There has a been a flurry of evictions in various parts of the City, Sea Point, Castle of Good Hope and the Wynberg railway station sites have seen many who are now displaced. Lester Kiewit speaks to Carlos Mesquita, Founder: The Rehoming Collective.

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20,000 preloved sports shoes from Irish schoolchildren have landed in Cape Town for distribution to township kids, marking a milestone for the 2023 In My Shoes Campaign. This initiative is the collective effort of thousands of families and schools across Ireland, proving how small acts of kindness can have a profound impact. Lester Kiewit speaks to former South African cricket player, Vincent van der Bijl.

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In an experiment conducted among people who spoke two languages and posed with an ethical dilemma, it was found that those who heard the question in their native language reacted more on a gut level, whereas those who heard it in their second language were more rational in their choice of answer. This has become the basis of the Foreign Language Effect and suggests that you might engage with the problem at a more emotional level when hearing the problem in your second language. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Mantoa Motinyane, Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department in the Arts Faculty at the University of the Western Cape.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Janet Anderson who has been at The Hague covering the presentations to the International Court of Justice by more than 50 countries on the legal consequences of Israels occupation of Palestine.

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A U.S. airman’s suicide apparently an extreme protest against Israel.

A Rethink on Mary Poppins the 60-year-old film’s being reclassified.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Karabo Ozah, the director for the Centre for Child Law about Jacob Zuma’s statements that corporal punishment should be reintroduced and that pregnant schoolgirls will be sent to Robben Island to a special school to complete their education.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Michelle Theriault Boots, a journalist at Anchorage Daily News, about the conviction of South African Brian Smith for the murder of two women.

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