Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

America’s buffalo soldiers the exoneration of black troops in 1917.

Death by overwork an actor’s suicide at a Japanese theatre company.

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The city has proposed to improve traffic flow along the M3 by removing two signalised intersections; implementing three median closures and a road closure; and reinstating a signalised pedestrian crossing at Upper Hillwood Road in Bishopscourt. Community Interest group, Young Urbanists thinks this will not solve the congestion issue. Lester Kiewit speaks to Roland Potsma Young Urbanists MD. 

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Lisette Ijssel de Schepper, senior economist at the Bureau for Economic Research, about what South Africa’s improved employment rate means.

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We’ve spoken much about Solar energy as a way to mitigate complete load shedding. But what about wind energy? Is it feasible and what are the requirements and options available to homeowners? Lester Kiewit speaks to Henri Hattingh, chair of AW Power.

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This year, Black Friday will be taking place on 24 November - a day ahead of ‘payday’ for most South Africans. OneDayOnly.co.za has launched an online petition encouraging employees to push for early payment so they can stock up on groceries and those goods they’ve been eyeing all year. Lester Kiewit speaks to Laurian Venter, OneDayOnly.co.za Sales Director.

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The Cape Town Museum for Childhood is embarking on a new project! Collecting childhood stories from all over Cape Town. The team believes that everyone has a story to share, and they would love to include yours in the collection. Lester Kiewit speaks to Sarah Atmore, project manager for the Cape Town Museum of Childhood.

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Lester Kiewit finds out how a female shark can give birth despite having no contact with males.Lester Kiewit speaks to shark expert and CEO of White Shark Africa, Craig Ferreira, about a case in Illinois where a shark gave birth to a pup despite having no contact with a male. The process is called parthenogenesis.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to Judge Dire Tladi after his appointment to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, where he will serve with 14 other judges in dealing with matters of international law and justice.

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India’s air pollution problem & Diwali fireworks have not helped.

Vladimir Putin’s palace he’s done some dramatic home improvements.

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Why is it that South Africans are so vocal in terms of sharing their thoughts and emotions when it comes to the current situation in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas? He speaks to conflict resolution specialist Andre Vlok and asks if it might be from the externalising of all the inner conflict which people have been keeping bottled-up inside.

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