Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

An endangered Island because of India’s plan for Great Nicobar.

Mr Putin’s gift for Mr Kim entente “car-diale” between Russia & N Korea.

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The controversial voyage of the Al Kuwaiti livestock vessel which docked in Cape Town harbour on Sunday night, bound for Iraq - the carrier has 19000 cattle onboard, raising concern of animal rights activists and the general public about the state of these animals and the need for their live export. Lester Kiewit speaks to Mowlana Zakariya Philander, COO of the MJCHT.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to immigration attorney Gary Eisenberg, about the effect on tourists, a government memo has had. The directive to the Border Management Agency states tourists who held short-term visas for 90 days or fewer, up to and including 30 November 2023, who had applied for a visa renewal but not yet received an outcome by 23 February 2024, must “make the necessary arrangements to depart from South Africa on or before 29 February 2024 to avoid being declared undesirable. The Home Affairs Minister has since clarified the memo saying if you have applied for a visa extension but not yet received a response, your receipt is proof of an extension of your visa until you learn the outcome of your application.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Lisette Ijssel de Schepper, senior economist at the Bureau for Economic Research at Stellenbosch University, about what South Africans can expect from the Finance Minister’s Budget speech.

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In the aftermath of the Central Karoo power outage, Lester Kiewit speaks to Pieter van Niekerk, Manager at Koup Produsente about how local businesses were impacted by the loss of power.

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World Rugby has released a report on the level of online abuse which took place during the Rugby World Cup France 2023, where out of 1.3 million posts analysed, 2065 posts and comments were deemed to be abusive and reported to the various platforms, and the identities of 224 accounts - which were sending abusive comments- verified. Lester Kiewit speaks to Jean le Roux, research associate at the Digital Forensic Research Lab, about how online abusers can be traced and brought to book. 

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Neil Robinson, the CEO of Pedal Power, speaks to Lester Kiewit about a recent crash between a motorcyclist and a cyclist which once again raises safety concerns on Chapman’s Peak Drive.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dewald Olivier, the executive director of Red Meat Industry Services, about the standards they adhere to, and how critical the sector is to the economy. This follows the docking at Cape Town harbour, of a ship transporting livestock in awful conditions, from Brazil to Iraq. 

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A new Navalny Alexei’s widow vows to take up the torch for Russia.

Doddery versus Dithery 1 take on the probable U.S. presidential election.

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According to the ANC in the Western Cape, the DA should prioritise marginalized communities and not the controversial Powers Bill. Lester Kiewit speaks to ANC WC leader, Cameron Dugmore about last nights State of the Province address.

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