Today with Kieno Kammies

Kieno Kammies speaks to Louis Heyneman CEO at Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra

The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra receives funding from the City of Cape Town, Western Cape Government and the Department of Arts and Culture. To run the various out reach programs which reach over 300 young people a year the CPO requires R30 Million a year.

Kieno Kammies speaks to Waheeda Carvello, Dr Roger Martin, Dominique Perrang

How are the future generation of entrepreneurs being groomed? At what age should we start teaching our children the tricks of the trade which would otherwise take years of trial and error to figure out? The Western Cape Dept of Education yesterday hosted a workshop on entrepreneurship in schools.

Kieno Kammies speaks to Adam Gilchrist, UK correspondent

1). Brazil’s Lost Treasure after fire gutted the national museum in Sao Paolo

2). Crisis What Crisis? the changing face of male middle-age angst

Kieno Kammies speaks to Obenewa Amponsah Executive director at Harvard Centre for African Studies

This morning we are looking at Swaziland since it's 50th anniversary as a state is on Sept 6th.

Kieno Kammies speaks Thinus Booysen Associate Professor at the Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department at Stellenbosch University

The smart water meter challenge has been making progress in Western Cape Schools with 326 schools currently online, and only a few left to go! Savings are at a whopping 163 million litres of water, which is the equivalent of R14 million saved at the various municipal rates!

What’s Viral with Primedia digital content sub editor Barbara Friedman

Kieno Kammies speaks to Andrew Birss Co-owner of the De Jonker Kwikspar 

We had a caller phone into the show yesterday morning regarding the brilliant work being done by De Jonker Kwikspar in Stellenbosch! This spar has chosen to say NO to plastic checkout bags! Instead customers are welocome to bring their own, or purchase a paperbag or a canvas bag.

Kieno Kammies speaks to Aaron Motsoaledi Health Minister at Department of Health

The Health Minister gave an update on efforts to contain and stamp out a deadly listeriosis outbreak in the country. The health minister announced that there is no longer a listeria outbreak in the country. The minister also said that there have been no new cases of listeria in the last 3 months. At least 180 people died from the food-borne disease earlier this year.

Kieno Kammies speaks to EWN Reporter Kevin Brandt

A blast yesterday at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) factory in Somerset West has left 8 workers dead, and their family and friends grieving. 

(Kevin also spoke to the widow of Nico Samuels, and he will introduce a soundbite)