Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

India’s newest Hindu Temple and Prime Minister Modi opened it.

Human existence on a memory disk being stored in a Swiss bunker.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Gerco van Deventer, the South African paramedic who was kidnapped in Libya and held captive for six years, before being freed at the end of last year.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South Africans are generally not good at detecting whether content which has been shared on social media is real or fake, with some falling hook, line and sinker for not only deep fakes created using artificial intelligence, but also “cheap fakes” which are made using basic editing software. Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirsten Cosser, researcher at fact-checking organisation Africa Check, with a special interest in AI. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to UCT online high school’s top achiever, Tanya Du Toit, who managed six distinctions, about the challenges she faced, and what the future holds.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Lohan Marais, MD of Icon Fruit, about how the fruit export sector is suffering because of inefficiencies at Cape Town port.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Terrena Griffiths of the Chips Packet Project, which uses foil chips packets to create blankets for the homeless and safety blankets for flood victims. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Argentina’s president Javier Milei makes a thundering debut at Davos

Latin America weighs in on Gaza this year will see an election super cycle in Latin America, where the outcome will be based on the electorate’s basic needs.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ukrainian attacks Russia claims an atrocity against its own civilians.

An embarrassing accident for 2 Royal Navy ships in The Gulf.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Zwai Bala, popular South African artist, who was the victim of racist abuse at a Gordon’s Bay restaurant. A suspect has been arrested and has appeared in court.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Rise Mzansi’s Songezo Zibi about the launch of the party’s manifesto, and why it is critical that voters familiarise themselves with various party manifestos, so they are well-informed when they cast their ballot in the upcoming elections.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.