Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Paul Esterhuizen, CEO of School-Days, points out that children have only around 2 600 school days in their entire school career to learn and understand the curriculum. No child can afford to lose learning time as a result of bullying. Parents are under more pressure than ever before as a result of the increased cost of living – including escalating school fees - while teachers are struggling with increased class sizes. It’s a recipe for a perfect storm which is why it’s so important that all stakeholders – parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and community members – do everything in their power to encourage a kinder and more empathetic approach so that we can start to eradicate bullying in our schools and in our society. According to Paul, reducing the number of learners in classrooms is a step in the right direction to thwart bullying.

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Andy Davies, chairperson of Friends of Table Mountain, speaks to Lester Kiewit, about a petition they will be handing over to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environmental Affairs and the Police Ministry, at parliament, calling for measures to be put in place to make Table Mountain National Park safe from criminals.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Western Cape Premier Alan Winde about the reconnection of the Karoo to the electricity grid after a storm knocked out important pylons on February 10.

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In the USA the annual Super Bowl event is a massive one for fans of American Football, and as a result companies willingly pay up to $7million to flight a thirty second commercial during the broadcast. But just having the advert screened is not enough to get the message across, so we are now seeing the cross contamination of sport, marketing, and pop culture, as Kirsty Bisset, MD of Have You Heard Marketing, explains to Lester Kiewit.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill Lewis about the release of the City’s infrastructure report. The report is a comprehensive outline of the current state of infrastructure and the City’s 10-year infrastructure pipeline, covering investments in Water and Sanitation, Energy, Urban Waste, Human Settlements and Urban Mobility.

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Surplus is a niche bookstore which opened its doors in May 2021, initially as a three-month pop-up shop housing owner Andre Marais' personal collection of approximately 40 000 books gathered over four decades. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to former criminals who have been through the prison system and on their release sought a better life for themselves through the help of The Message Trust Prison and Enterprises program. This is the journey of Sinawo Bingwa, MEP Junior Trainer at Gangstar Café and Lungiswa Sidukwana, Gangstar Café Supervisor.

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Outrageous Swiss Antisemitism a ski shop turning away Jews.

 A body blow to the body shop the UK stores are under threat.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to WCED about accusations over school placements.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Marius Fransman, the leader of the People’s Movement for Change, about former mayor Dan Plato leaving the Democratic Alliance to join the newly launched PMC.

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