Today with Kieno Kammies

Today with Kieno Kammies

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  • The cost of naming and shaming too soon
    In this fast-paced world, where the news is a click away and the latest events
    are beamed to us via social media in realtime, we often want justice that is
    as immediate and swift. We saw this in the case of the Dros rapist whose identity was splashed across facebook and twitter before he was even charged or appeared in court. And we are seeing a similar hasty approach in the tragic deaths of scores of
    people when the Lion Air flight JT610 crashed in Indonesia last week.
    6 min
  • Update: Fires in George area
    James Brent Styan spokesman for Local government
    This morning the Premier of the Western Cape is heading to the Garden Route where a number of fires have forced 400 people to flee their homes.
    9 min
  • Are Water Management Devices being adjusted?
    Kieno Kammies speaks to Xanthea Limberg Mayco Member for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services; Energy at City Of Cape Town.
    At the beginning of October the City of Cape Town eased water restrictions from level 6B to level 5, and this included the increase in the personal water use limit from 50 to 70 litres per person per day. Derek from Durbanville asked on Friday whether Water Management Devices which were fitted to anumber of household water meters would therefore be adjusted to take this into account.
    6 min
  • The ethics of conducting medical research using animals
    Kieno Kammies speaks to Dr Bert Mohr Director at UCT's Research Animal Facility.
    Should there be any testing to be done on animals at all? What if the end result is improved medical technology that will improve the lives of people who are suffering? What if it will improve the lives of other animals.
    6 min
  • The emerging markets focus on Brazil
    Kieno Kammies speaks to Prof Lyal White Director at Johannesburg Business School
    1. Brazil’s new president is a strongman at home, but weak abroad.
    2. Bolsonaro will start clearing the bureaucratic decks for incoming administration.
    3. The Justice Minister is a politically controversial choice.
    6 min
  • Drug testing in Western Cape schools
    Kieno Kammies speaks to Jessica Shelver Spokesperson for Education MEC Debbie Schafer at Western Cape Government.
    In 2017 random drug testing of Cape primary school and high school learners found that 66percent of them tested positive for narcotics. And after the emergence of videos on social media showing learners convulsing and hallucinating on drugs, the problem is clearly real and life threatening.
    7 min

About Today with Kieno Kammies

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From 9 am to 12 pm every weekday, veteran radio personality Kieno Kammies will champion the issues facing individual Capetonians by using the station’s vast network of contacts for good, while also courting controversy by holding governmental ministers to account and seeking the truth within the politics.

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