Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Laingsburg mayor, Amanda Kleinbooi, about how they are coping since a storm knocked out the power supply to a number of towns in the region.

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Lester Kiewit and Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International, take a look at how two products are carving out a new way in which humans will be interacting thanks to technology. Neuralink involves surgically implanting a device the size of a coin into the skull and connecting it to the brain using ultra-thin wires, and it will detect your thoughts and convert them into computer instructions, while Apple Vision will incorporate VR headset technology and augmented reality so that you will be able to have virtual objects around you to interact with. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to former South Africa goalkeeper coach Farouk Abrahams about the heroics of Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Ronwen Williams who saved four penalty shots to reach the semi finals of Afcon.

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Voters in El Salvador choose safety and security over all else.

Venezuela’s Maduro can’t help his autocratic tactics.

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Steve Sosebee, the founder, and former leader of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), who has launched HEAL Palestine, a new NGO committed to doing everything possible to alleviate the suffering of Gaza's children through Health, Education, Aid, and Leadership (HEAL).

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American air strikes what now after Iranian-linked bases are hit?

Thailand’s monkey problem an army of Macaques has invaded a city.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Ester Mbathera a freelance journalist in Namibia, about how the nation is dealing with the passing of President Hage Geingob. Nangolo Mbumba, the former vice president of Namibia, took the oath of office on Sunday, officially becoming the nation's 4th president.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Colin Deiner, chief director for disaster management in the Western Cape about progress made in fighting a series of devastating fires across the province.

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Depending on the work which you do, you might get a monthly salary or a weekly wage based on the hours you put in, but let’s say we could choose whether to be paid monthly or weekly, or perhaps bi-weekly, which would be better for us in terms of managing our spending and for budgeting? Lester Kiewit speaks to Neesa Moodley, Personal Finance Editor at Daily Maverick. 

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Abongile Nzelenzele (standing in for Kiewit) interviews Restaurant Association of SA CEO, Wendy Alberts.

(This interview happened on 20 April 2022.)

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