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Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Join Lester Kiewit every weekday for an authentic Cape Town wake-up call. The show gets Cape Town as close to the story as possible, from high-profile interviews to did-you-hear watercooler conversations. The show is enlightening and accessible, inclusive and thought-provoking. It helps listeners navigate the (sometimes hectic) business of life. Some highlights include the daily Editorial segment at 6:10 and the flagship #LesterTester on Fridays at 8:35. The WorldView favourite Adam Gilchrest shares

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7:40

Starseed Community School faces third eviction,...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/21

Phumza Tshem, teacher and member of the Focus Group school leadership team at Starseed Community School, speaks to John Maytham about the ongoing crisis at the independent, inclusive school in Muizenberg, Cape Town, with fees based on household income. Facing its third eviction in four years, the school is caught in a bureaucratic catch-22, unable to register with the WCED without a correctly zoned property, and unable to secure such a property without registration. The conversation covers the

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13:11

What can one do if one’s social media profile has...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/20

Fraudsters have been creating duplicate profiles of user accounts on social media platforms such as Facebook, often with nefarious intent. Despite reporting such fake accounts to the administrators, little action seems to be taken, leaving users disappointed and angry. John Maytham speaks to Steven Powell, Head of Forensics at ENSAfrica, to ask whether social media companies are facilitating fraud by not taking proper action against those who are creating duplicate accounts. John also speaks to chef

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6:12

Doubling of party-political funding threshold is a...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/20

John Maytham speaks to Joel Bregman, the My Vote Counts project lead on money in politics, about why the president’s doubling of the disclosure threshold and annual donation limit in the Political Funding Act (PFA) is a blow to democracy. The new annual donation limit will be R30million, up from R15million, and the new disclosure threshold will be R200,000, up from R100,000. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic

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10:37

Magistrates in showdown with president over salary...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/20

John Maytham speaks to Hein Louw of the Association of Regional Magistrates of Southern Africa (Armsa) about why they are taking legal action to force the president to approve their salary increases as their workloads skyrocket, and risks to their safety remain a daily reality following recent court shootings. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is

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7:42

Lansdowne Tennis Club fighting to stay open

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/20

Lansdowne Tennis Club is at risk of closing down if the City of Cape Town goes ahead with disposing the property it is currently based at. Despite being in a poor state, there are still many youngsters who enjoy playing tennis there, and who will lose out if the club had to close. John Maytham speaks to Liuschen Ackerman, interim chair of Lansdowne Tennis Club, about the campaign which has been started to try and reverse the City of Cape Town’s decision. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester

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7:14

GroundUp News: City of Cape Town’s “pro-poor” budget...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/20

GroundUp journalist Steven Kretzmann speaks to John Maytham about the urgent court challenge brought by major commercial property owners against Cape Town’s new “Invested in Hope” budget. Valued at R40-billion over three years and framed as a pro-poor initiative, the budget was revised after heavy criticism to reduce the new cleaning tariff, raise the pensioner rates rebate threshold, and lower fixed water and sanitation charges for properties below R2.5-million. But companies

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4:21

The Africa Report with The Continent: Zambia’s bone...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/19

Lester Kiewit gets The Africa Report with Kiri Rupiah of The Continent. They discuss the UK skipping Kenya’s probe into its soldiers’ grievous crimes; the poisoned Zambian river so toxic it can melt bones and the “no-frills” airline forced to ground their “no-clothes” captain. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is

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19:08

10-year old is part of move to make City parks safe...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/19

Lester Kiewit speaks to Ayana, a 10-year old activist, who was approached by @movementforcare to join their #RightToPlay campaign, to advocate for safer parks. She came up with #RateThePark and spent the bulk of her winter school holidays visiting parks throughout Cape Town and conducted an audit on them and rating them accordingly. Lester also hears from Nkosikhona Swartbooi, organiser of the Right to Play Campaign, about why the project is important. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a

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8:31

Ramaphosa fiddles with the National dialogue while...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/19

Lester Kiewit speaks to professor of communication, author and journalist, Graeme Addison, about why he sees the National Dialogue as a waste of time, resources and just another failing of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant

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10:14

Is closure of Good Year Tyres a sign of the times for...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/19

Lester Kiewit speaks to Numsa spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola about whether the Good Year Tyre job losses and factory closure is a sign of the times in Gqeberha; and what can and must be done by the government to stop the bleeding in the automotive sector. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The

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12:34

Arthur Goldstuck speaks to Lester Kiewit about the...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/19

Arthur Goldstuck speaks to Lester Kiewit about the latest in tech. This week, he connects with Sukhiba founder and CEO Ananth Gudipati, virtually from Nairobi, and new SA country manager Andrew Pillay in Sandton, to explore how WhatsApp Commerce is transforming the way we buy and sell. In Gadget of the Week, Arthur argues it’s time South Africa updates its decade-old drone laws to unlock new possibilities for logistics and mobility (read more here). He also highlights the AWS Summit in

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9:25

US trade tariff kick SA’s ostrich sector and US...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/19

Lester Kiewit speaks to Arno Albertyn, the executive director for leather at Klein Karoo International, in Oudtshoorn. They discuss the impact the US’s new 30 percent trade tariff is having on the ostrich trade as the leather is highly regarded among cowboy boot makers in places like Texas. Can South Africa trade bosses negotiate with the US for an exemption for this unique selling point? Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is

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10:23

Is Cape Town unfriendly towards buskers?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/18

Kutlwano Yika is a musician who turned the the streets of Johannesburg into his personal stage and sharing his story through TikTok. He recently posted about Cape Town’s bylaws being overly strict when it comes to public performances, and popped in to chat to Lester Kiewit about his mission to help make Cape Town more vibrant when it comes to buskers. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call

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12:51

Should the legal definition of death be broadened to...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/18

A recent New York Times article has sparked debate about whether the legal definition of death should be broadened to help address the shortage of donor organs. Professor Keymanthri Moodley, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Medicine at Stellenbosch University and Founding Director of the Division of Medical Ethics and Law, speaks to Lester Kiewit about the ethical, medical and legal implications of redefining death, including whether patients who have irreversibly lost higher brain functions

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12:55

National Dialogue is state’s admission of failure,...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/18

Lester Kiewit speaks to Itumeleng Mothlabane, the organisational general secretary of Equal Education, on the National Dialogue being a flawed process, and an admission by the state that they have failed, but also why it is important to use the opportunity. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The

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7:18

No peace for Ukraine, so who is winner after Trump...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/18

Lester Kiewit speaks to Steven Gruzd, the Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at SA Institute for International Affairs, about what can be learnt from the summit between Russia and the U.S and in Alaska. It seems the Ukraine is no closer to a peace deal. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and

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7:50

The Story Station gives new joy from old books

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/18

The Story Station is an online secondhand bookstore based in Stellenbosch and has been enjoying a growing following. Lester Kiewiit speaks to founder and owner, Simoné Du Toit. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the

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8:02

Questions over wasteful France trip for new licencing...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/18

Lester Kiewit speaks to Wayne Duvenage, the CEO of the Organisation for Undoing Tax Abuse, about a wasteful trip to France by department of transport officials to inspect a licence card printing machine that wasn’t even in the country. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is informative, enlightening and accessible. The team’s ability to

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9:45

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: National...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/15

Africa Melane speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day Political Correspondent, about the latest news coming out of parliament, including: the National dialogue going ahead despite funding concerns, the ad hoc committee looking into SAPS corruption allegations and the cost of VIP Protection. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is

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7:21

G20 Correspondence Desk with Nokukhanya Mntambo

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/08/15

EWN journalist Nokukhanya Mntambo has been closely following the B20 / G20 conversations over the past few days and joins Africa Melane to share what has been emerging from our Presidency, and why it matters for the continent’s future. This feature is proudly brought to you by RMB and FNB, divisions of FirstRand Bank Limited. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wake-up call. Good Morning Cape Town

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