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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January 07, 2020 Prof Beverley Thaver - Matric Results
Guest : Prof Beverley Thaver
98.82% of pupils passed the 2019 Independent Examinations Board National Senior
Certificate exams the IEB pass rate decreased from 98.92% the previous year.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has announced the national results earlier
this evening.The matric class of 2019 has achieved a pass rate of 81.3%, from 78.2% in
2018.
The class of 2019 has breached the 80% threshold for the first time.
Around 700,000 learners sat for the national senior certificate examinations at over
7,400 venues across the country.
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25min
January 06, 2020 BENJAMIN FOGEL: ARE WE ALL GOING TO DIE IN WWIII?
Guest : Benjamin Fogel
Albert Einstein apparently said "I do not know with what weapons World War III will be
fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones"
With tensions in the Middle East at an all time high what are the chances of a regional
war spinning out of control ans sucking in 2 or more major powers like China & Russia?
or even Pakistan & India taking their decades long cold war to another level?
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11min
January 06, 2020 DO DRY JANUARIES WORK?
Guest : Gareth Carter |WeDoRecover
Dry January, the annual swearing off alcohol exercise , is it effective? what does it do to
you body? is it healthy to go cold turkey after a festive season's boozing?
Many of us will call ourselves social drinkers but when does a social drinker become a
heavy drinker and what about binge drinking? How dangerous is it?
Visit : WeDoRecover.com
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12min
January 06, 2020 FRANSINA LUKAS: WESTERN CAPE CPF BOARD
Guest : Fransina Lukas
Fransina Lukas , chairperson of the Western Cape Community Policing Forum joins us
now for her thoughts on the appointment of Lieutenant general Yolisa Matakata as
Western cape Police Commissioner and the challenges facing her in her new post
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14min
January 06, 2020 YOLISA MATAKATA: NEW WESTERN CAPE POLICE COMMISSIONER
Guest : Yolisa Matakata
Lieutenant general Yolisa Matakata was endorsed by the Western Cape government
earlier after being appointed as the new police commissioner.
Matakata briefed the media alongside Premier Alan Winde and National Police
Commissioner Khehla Sitole.
She outlined some of the key focus areas of her new role.
However, she acknowledged her new role would not be an easy task. She has a
particularly difficult province to police in the Western Cape, with complex crimes, such
as gangsterism, remaining major obstacles.
Matakata said she’d focus on five key themes from the start, including collective
leadership, discipline and professionalism.
For its part, the Western Cape government said it knew there would be no quick fixes to
the issues plaguing the province, but it was encouraged by Matakata and the vision she
had for the province.
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23min
January 02, 2020 The Subs bench with Akhona Mashaya
Guest : Akhona Mashaya
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33min
January 02, 2020 Climate Change Activist Ayakha Melithafa
Guest : Ayakha Melithafa
Australia is experiencing the worst bush fire season in living memory, Jakarta is flooded
after the worst flooding in 2 decades. We are slowly seeing a change in our climate with
some parts of the world suffering from crippling droughts and other parts under water?
We are at a point where if something doesn't give we could see an irreversible slide
into what has been described as the biggest challenge facing humanity.
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16min
January 02, 2020 People Against Apartheid and Fascism
Guest : Imraan Mukaddam | Deputy Chair and PRO at Elsies River Community Policing
Forum (CPF) |
A controversial amendment to a law was recently passed in India, sparking deadly
protests around the country and leading some to question the country's democratic
values.
The amended act has been slammed by critics as anti-Islam, and they say it further
marginalizes India's sizable Muslim minority. Violent protests have erupted across the
country in response, resulting in the deaths of six people. Dozens more have been
arrested or injured in clashes with the police.
The fight reflects the country's rising tide of bigotry directed toward minorities,
particularly its Muslim population, which makes up about 14% of the country's 1.3
billion people.
Experts have noted that India is straying away from its democratic values under the
Bharatiya Janata Party.
In response at a meeting convened by a number of concerned individuals, activists and
organizations, a citizens’ movement called People Against Apartheid and Fascism was
launched at the District 6 Museum’s Homecoming Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, on
30 December 2019.
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32min
December 30, 2019 Multi Platform Storytelling
Guests : Ashlin & Charne Simpson
Sisters Ashlin & Charne Simpson are the founders of Eight Street Stories, they tell stories
that resonate with young people of colour & are responsible for some really scary short
movies including The Hitcher & Working Late. They join us in studio to talk about their
journey & craft.
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19min
December 23, 2019 Susana Kennedy- taking stock of the good & bad
Guest : Susana Kennedy
It's the end of the year & also the end of the decade. Our regular guest Susanna
Kennedy , who is a trasnformational Speaker, producer, actress 7 a whole lot more joins
us for a talk on how to take stock of the good and bad in life.
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18min

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