Today with Kieno Kammies

Africa speaks to Dr David Olivier Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Global Change Institute at Wits

Many of you have been saying that the City of Cape Town is the main party
to be blamed for our current water crisis - but is that a fair comment to
make? For months they have seemingly taken a soft approach and "requested" us
to use water sparingly, but for the most part, this did not make enough of an
impact to get us through until the situation returns to normal.

Africa speaks to Alderman JP Smith Mayoral Committee Member Safety and Security at City of Cape Town

The Democratic Alliance has lifted the special leave of Cape Town mayoral committee member JP Smith. Smith had been placed on special leave from party activity, along with Mayor Patricia de Lille, after their disagreements turned into a public spat and
eventually an internal dispute.

Africa speaks to Qden Blaauw Piano prodigy pronunciation Que-den

You've not just tuned into a classical music station - but instead that is a short extract of my next guest tinkering with the ivories (and the ebonies) during a TV performance. Qden Blaauw is a 13 year old musical prodigy from Parow, who has won numerous competitions as well as been invited to attend an international master class.

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

Harvard Harvard Center for African Studiespublic health projects in Africa, particularly Botswana, Tanzania and SA. One of the focus areas for the Harvard Center for African Studies is Public Health, where Obenewa was in Tanzania last week attending a symposium relating to girls and women's health.

Kieno speaks to Dr Martyn Davies Managing Director of Emerging Markets & Africa at
Deloitte

1. China’s 7m rural migrants return home to become entrepreneurs

2. China’s building schools but are the kids going to come?

Kieno speaks to Junade Sheik Owner of Water Connections Armin Tettamanti Water Saving Compnay Neoperl from Germany in

With Day Zero fast approaching, Neoperl in Germany are visiting our waterstressed
city to demo their Neoperl range of world leading water saving devices
which should be compulsory to fit in Cape Town & SA as they are in UAE
countries where water is made from sea water. They have teamed up with Cape Town company Water Connections - which began in 1997 as a marketing company based in the Cape Province for the distribution of quality plumbing products and components.

Kieno speaks to Adam Gilchrist looks at the world stories 

1). U.K. Crashes & Rescues (the Winter weather’s made its presence felt).
2). A Bridge To France (a cross channel bridge is under serious consideration).
43. A Year Of President Trump (including analysis of the Trump Twitter feed).

Kieno speaks to Sikonathi Mantshantsha Deputy Editor at Financial Mail 

On Saturday news emerged that a new Eskom Board has been brought into
immediate effect by Government. Jabu Mabuza will serve as Eskom’s new chairperson with Phakamani Hadebe as the acting group chief executive. Since this announcement comes after a meeting held last week between Cyril Ramaphosa, President Jacob Zuma, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba - speculation is rife that this is part of a political move to better promote South Africa at the World Economic Forum this year.

Kieno speaks to Magda Wierzycka CEO at Sygnia Group 

Civil society organisations who are in a legal bid to have the Gupta family held
to account over state capture links, won a considerable victory this weekend.

The Bank of Baroda has agreed to hand over Gupta-family bank records to SA
civil society organisations, following an access to information request by the
Helen Suzman Foundation and Freedom Under Law

Kieno speaks to Greta Bredell Created Afrikaans alphabet rap song 

Back in November, we spoke to Greta Bredell- a listener with a passion to help
children learn to read. She had come up with a rap-song as a way for children in their tweens to learn the alphabet - and through a collaborative effort with other CapeTalk listeners - she's created a video to accompany it!