Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Trump trainers bizarrely the ex-President has launched new footwear.

The BAFTAS all the film fun of the British Academy Awards.

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Prof Irina Filitova, professor emeritus at UKZN, speaks to Lester Kiewit about the death of pro-democracy activist, Alexei Navalny while locked up in an Arctic prison for daring to challenge the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The latest cohort of medical school graduates are lamenting the lack of employment opportunities available in the country. Taking to the press and social media, doctors have called out government for not doing enough to secure public health service posts for hundreds of doctors. Lester Kiewit speaks to South African Medical Association chair Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Vanessa Lynch of DNA for Africa, about the boast by Police Minister Bheki Cele that they have eradicated the DNA testing backlog at state laboratories. Dr Lynch says this is unlikely as the government has not been transparent about the true state of testing facilities.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Elouise Matthys, GrandWest PR Manager, about their complete but temporary shutdown in order to carry out essential maintenance and upgrades. The planned shutdown period is 18 to 21 February. 

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will be delivering his budget speech on Wednesday 21 February. Lester Kiewit engages with Isaac Matshego, senior economist with Nedbank’s Group Economic Unit, on what we might expect to be announced and how it could impact the taxpayer on the ground.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Aniya Holder, a young speed climber who will be representing South Africa at the Paris Olympic Games in July this year.

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Lester Kiewit chats to Matt Green about Showmax’s new app which was recently launched, as well as a number of options to binge-watch over the weekend, including: “Killing It” (Showmax), Ted (Showmax), and “Fool Me Once” (Netflix)

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France to rescind automatic citizenship for children born on Mayotte.

Haiti hasn't given up on getting Kenyan police to help beat gangs controlling the capital Port au Prince.

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America’s serious security threat but no one’s saying what it is.

The Queen of doomsday hot tips from a savvy survivalist.

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