Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to football analyst Sizwe Mbebe, about the business end of Afcon, with teams including Bafana Bafana, battling it out for quarter final berths.

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SA20 commissioner Graeme Smith speaks to Lester Kiewit about making the T20 tournament as popular and exciting as the IPL.

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Genomic surveillance laboratories in the UK and South Africa, renowned for their work identifying new variants during the COVID-19 pandemic, have come together to identify emerging threats from infectious diseases. The Wellcome Sanger Institute’s Genomic Surveillance Unit (GSU) and Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) have announced a new partnership to coordinate the genomic surveillance of infectious diseases globally.

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Mexican bullfighting the “sport” has returned amid controversy.

A night at The Opera / Ballet interrupted by a brawl in the interval.

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Researchers are currently busy finding potential therapies to treat vitiligo, a disease that causes the loss of skin colour in blotches. While it can be treated, they now want to trial oral systemic pharmacological treatments specifically to treat non-segmental vitiligo and are seeking candidates who would like to avail themselves for the study. Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Suretha Kannenberg, dermatologist and principal investigator for the study. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Ian Cameron of Action Society SA, about concerns that SAPS in the Western Cape have had a communications failure with the 10111 control room and are using whatsapp instead.

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By converting 1 000 tonnes of food waste into animal feed over the past six months, the Shoprite Group is providing enough fodder for up to 3 000 cattle daily, while any surplus food which is still fit for human consumption is donated to registered beneficiary organisations. Lester Kiewit speaks to Sanjeev Raghubir, Head: Group Sustainability & CSI at the Shoprite Group.

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Would you trust AI to take over HR duties for screening candidates? While they would certainly be useful when sifting through multitudes of job applications, what about the final process when there are just a few candidates remaining? Should human intuition play or role or should all bias be removed by using AI? Lester Kiewit explores the future of AI the world of HR with Nazareen Ebrahim,  CEO of Naz Consulting International.

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Children of immigrant workers are finding it increasingly difficult to access financial assistance to fund their tertiary education. Lester Kiewit speaks to Zimbabwean national and 2023 NSC graduate Makanaka Muzuzva and Gershon Mosiane chairman of the forum for immigration practitioners of South Africa.

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Deep fake Taylor Swift American calls for a law change on imaging.

The Icon of the seas the world’s largest ship has put to sea.

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