Tonight with Lester Podcast

By Tonight with Lester

Get the best of both worlds with Lester Kiewit, a writer for the Mail & Guardian by day and presenter by night. Rather than looking back at the news of the day, explore new subjects and new per

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March 11, 2020 Over 1600 objections to Rondebosch Golf Course lease renewal
Guests : Dr Koni Benson | lecturer at the Dept of History at University of the Western Cape
Mandisa Shandu | Attorney at Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre |
In the face of a growing housing crisis, the City of Cape Town looks set to extend a lease
agreement for the Rondebosch Golf Course.
Several weeks back, the City invited interested parties to submit comments or
objections to plans to renew the lease of 45.99 hectares of public land to the Southern
Suburbs golf club.
1 662 objections were this week handed to City officials over the Rondebosch Golf
Course lease renewal.
The renewal includes 45.99 hectares of public land leased to the Rondebosch Golf Club
for a further 10 years at a rate of R1 058 a year, according to activists.
Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been at loggerheads with the City over the
land since March last year, when they staged a protest at the golf club calling for public
land to be used to address the affordable housing crisis.
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17min
March 11, 2020 Why do South Africans make 'light' of serious issues such as Covid-19?
Guest : Prof Herman Wasserman | Professor at the Centre for Film and Media Studies
at University of Cape Town |
You may have heard the hilarious monologue (posted on social media) by award winning
stand-up comedian Kagiso Mokgadi (@KGcomic) on who is more likely to
contract the Corona Virus.
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20min
March 11, 2020 Why more MPs need to post their salary slips for transparency
Guest : Belinda Bozzoli |
In a world where we’ll quite happily share the details of our family life or how much our
house cost, it appears that what we earn at work is one of the last taboos.
Today, DA MP Belinda Bozzoli chose to break the salary sharing taboo and posted her
February salary slip (with all deductions) on Twitter in the name of transparency.
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17min
March 10, 2020 Why do fit people have heart attacks? Are heart attack victims younger than before?
Guest : Prof Liesl Zuhlke | at Cardiologist at Red Cross Hospital |
Heart attacks – once characterized as a part of "old man's disease" – are increasingly
occurring in younger people.
On Sunday, a man who took part in the Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday died soon
after completing the race.
Physiotherapist Najmee Marlie, 44, who was a member of the Walmers Athletics Club,
passed away after successfully completing the Cape Town Cycle Tour. It is believed he
died of a heart attack.
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17min
March 10, 2020 Motoring with Melinda: 2020 AutoTrader South African Car of the Year COTY competition
Guest : Melinda Ferguson
Our regular motoring journalist Melinda Ferguson is back in the driver’s seat today and
she will give us her thoughts on the much anticipated 2020 COTY competition where 14
finalists rev and rear up for the final showdown.
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14min
March 10, 2020 Travel & tourism in the time of Corona virus
Guest : Linda Balme | Commercial Sales Manager at Travelstart |
Tourism marketers are facing somewhat of a conundrum: The optics of tourism
campaigns during widespread panic can fall flat, but failing to market low-risk
destinations may make a bad problem even worse...
Certain airlines have suspended operations to certain airports and a growing number of
companies are restricting business travel amid concerns over COVID-19, raising
questions about whether people should cancel their upcoming international and
domestic trips.
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7min
March 10, 2020 Traditional healers are getting SABS standards – which recommend shunning GMOs, human body parts
Guest : Phephisile Maseko | National Co-Ordinator at Traditional Healers Association |
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8min
March 10, 2020 Vodacom to reduce data prices by 30% from April: competition commission #DataMustFall
Guests : Bonga Dlulane | Reporter at EWN |
Busi Mtabane | Communicator at Right To Know Campaign |
Competition Commissioner Thembinkosi Bonakele has on Tuesday announced that
Vodacom will reduce monthly data prices by at least 30% from the beginning of April.
Deputy commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu said the competition instructed Vodacom and
MTN to reduce prices by at least 50% and 30%.
Bonakele said the reduction would be phased in over a period of two years.
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18min
March 09, 2020 Beautiful News
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8min
March 09, 2020 Susana Kennedy : Understanding the benefits of Reiki and Acupuncture
Guests : Susana Kennedy
Charmaine Haigh |Founder at my Urban Retreat|
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18min

FAQs about Tonight with Lester Podcast:

How many episodes does Tonight with Lester Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 841 episodes available.