Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Kealeboga Maphunye, Chair of the Department of Political Sciences at Unisa, about what you need to know about the president’s State of the Nation Address.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Toni-Lynne Monger physiotherapist and clinical director at The Balance Group, about analysing and dealing with injuries, to enable sustained exercise.

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Last Friday, Hamas leaders demanded that Israel release Marwan Barghouti, a leader of its main political opposition, Fatah. But will Israel heed the call by Hamas to release the imprisoned Fatah leader in ceasefire negotiations? Lester Kiewit speaks to Arab Barghouti, the son of Marwan Barghouti.

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Political violence in Pakistan as a general election is held today.

The wrong sticks a French model maker’s been denied a world record.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Daily Maverick Associate Editor Marianne Merten on what we can expect President Cyril Ramaphosa to say at the State of the Nation Address, in a year which sees South Africa celebrating thirty years of democracy. 

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Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis joins us this morning to share the two critical issues he believes President Cyril Ramaphosa has to address at tonight’s Sona.

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With the launch of the Apple Vision Pro glasses, Brett Rogers shares some insight with Lester Kiewit on Augmented Reality as well as the practical applications of AR in South Africa, such as the Seeing the Invisible exhibition at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens and other venues across the globe in 2021. 

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Do international drugs busts cause a major disruption to the supply chain in the illicit narcotics trade? Or are they simply factored in by the drug cartels and worked around in order to minimise any impact on their operations? Lester Kiewit speaks to Neil Woods, a UK national who spent fourteen years working as an undercover operative among the deadly drugs gangs of the UK, and by Shaun Shelly, Policy, Advocacy and Human Rights Manager at TB/HIV Care.

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America’s landmark killer case a mum found guilty over her son’s crime.

The Superbowl conspiracy claims of a pro Joe Biden sporting fix.

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After seven years of providing the service, First National Bank (FNB) has switched off its contactless tap-to-pay facility for Android-supported mobile devices and are now referring clients to other in-demand mobile payment apps such as Google Wallet. This change caught some customers off guard, and they took to social media to voice their frustrations. Lester Kiewit speaks to Jason Viljoen, FNB Head of Card Digitisation.

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