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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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7:46

Transforming leadership in the taxi industry

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/30

Jodie Martin, Head of Executive Education at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, speaks to Lester Kiewit about the newly launched Minibus Taxi Executive Leadership Programme. The six-month initiative, developed in partnership with the Western Cape Mobility Department, aims to empower leaders in the taxi industry with ethical, innovative, and practical leadership skills. Martin explains how the programme combines academic learning with community-based projects to

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6:11

Magistrates to march to Parliament demanding long...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

Speaking with Africa Melane on Good Morning Cape Town, Magistrate Deni Leppan said that colleagues from towns such as Malmesbury and Worcester are taking part in today’s demonstration at 1 p.m., using their own personal time to show how deeply the issue affects them. 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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5:01

What’s the fuss about Earth’s “second moon”?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

Africa Melane speaks to Carl Lindemann, former board member of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (Cape section) about the appearance of the Earth’s “second moon.” 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

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7:07

CapeNature: Preventing fires not only saves lives,...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

Africa Melane speaks to Deon Rossouw, Capability Manager for Integrated Catchments at CapeNature, about the cost of fires to the economy and environment. He shares advice on what citizens can do to prevent fires as the Cape enters its fire season. 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

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7:00

Parents raise concerns over Cape Town school...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

Parents at Growing Minds Summerfield Campus in Cape Town were shocked to learn that the school’s high school section was operating without proper registration for Grades 8 to 11. WCED spokesperson Bronagh Hammond discusses the issue with Africa Melane explaining how such situations occur, what measures are in place to monitor and regulate schools, and what parents can do to verify a school’s registration before enrolling their children. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a

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7:49

South Africa’s R3,7trillion price tag for a greener...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

Africa Melane speaks to Prof Samson Mamphweli, Head of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation’s Energy Secretariat at SA National Energy Developing Institute about the R3.7-trillion price tag government has placed on the sustainable shift to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy, This is according to the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) - South Africa’s updated climate-action plan submitted to the United Nations last week. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester

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4:55

GroundUp news: District Six claimants fear they will...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

District Six claimants fear they will die before restitution is completed; lower court judges to hold lunchtime demonstrations over poor working conditions; homegrown bicycle delivery service creates jobs in Langa. Africa Melane speaks to Marecia Damons of GroundUp News. 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

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4:05

How EdTech can play crucial role in under-resourced...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/29

The South African Ed Tech week is now in its fourth incarnation and this year’s theme is “Building EdTech readiness in under-resourced contexts”, with a focus on expanding EdTech throughout the African continent. Africa Melane speaks to Nonku Nyathi, Senior Partnerships and Ecosystem Lead at Injini, the non-profit company which has organised the event in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast

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2:45

Volvo Green Tip – the advantages of growing veggies...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

Growing your own herbs and vegetables can be satisfying and rewarding, but it can be difficult for those who don’t have enough space to set up a garden bed. Hydroponics is one of many methods which will allow you to create a garden without the need for soil, as explained here by Aaron Cullis of Urban Organics. 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

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3:51

The Africa Report with The Continent: Sarkozy gets...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

Africa Melane gets The Africa Report with Kiri Rupiah of The Continent. They discuss Sarkozy’s incarceration; Tunisians protesting for clean air, and Namibia’s mpox outbreak. 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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12:06

Bullying, leadership, and learner wellbeing — Lessons...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

Dr Nazli Domingo Salie is an education consultant and specialist who has previously worked in the Institutional Management and Governance Directorate — (IMG) of the Western Cape Education Department, which focuses on rules, regulations, and policies, as well as ensuring that schools implement them correctly. She speaks to Africa Melane about the reason why so many schools appear to be unable to effectively deal with cases of bullying, with a lack of consistent application of policy. Good

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9:19

Premier Alan Winde explains the goal behind inaugural...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

The inaugural Western Cape Investment Summit will be taking place at the CTICC from 5-7 November and aims to connect potential investors to projects which have been pre-approved and with set timelines. Africa Melane speaks to Westerm Cape Premier Alan Winde to get further insight on the goals they have set to achive through this summit. 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

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7:17

What the Hack! Chery’s bakkie breakthrough, Halo hits...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

In this week’s What the Hack! feature, Arthur Goldstuck speaks to Africa Melane about Chery’s tech-driven bakkie ambitions, Halo’s surprising PlayStation debut, and Vivo’s new mid-range challenger. 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

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9:50

The role of ShotSpotter in fight against gun crime in...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

Africa Melane speaks to Alderman JP Smith, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, about the role of ShotSpotter technology in tackling violent gun crime in Cape Town and why it can work in tandem with other interventions such as social upliftment initiatives. 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

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7:07

Madlanga Commission: justice denied to thousands as...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/28

Africa Melane speaks to Vanessa Lynch, founder of the DNA Project, about the massive backlog created by our underperforming forensic laboratories. This comes after SAPS ballistics expert, Brigadier Mishak Mkhabela painted a grim picture at the Madlanga Commission, of justice denied to tens of thousands of South Africans. He revealed that about 41,846 criminal cases are clogging the forensic system because critical ballistic evidence cannot be processed due to a number of reasons including a lack of

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8:02

The world’s deepest marathon has just taken place

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/27

60 runners from 18 countries just spent the weekend running the World’s Deepest Marathon, set 1,120 metres below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, setting two Guinness World Records in the process. This type of event would not have been possible a few years ago but has now become a reality to showcase the strides made in mining safety. Lester Kiewit speaks Corinne Smit, one of the event organisers and participants, and also the head of marketing for Newmont. Good

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16:40

What is the key to making ShotSpotter work?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/27

The City of Cape Town has been making use of the ShotSpotter system to detect gunshots in areas which are notorious for gang activities, but there are criticisms that it doesn’t prevent gunshots and also does not solve the challenge of why gangs thrive. Lester Kiewit speaks to Ralph Clark, CEO and President of SoundThinking, the developers of the technology behind ShotSpotter. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your

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5:57

A World View from London: Russia’s new scary missile

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/27

French police swoop on Louvre heist suspects; the U.S-Canada trade tiff and Russia’s new scary nuclear-powered missile. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit. 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

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11:07

Not in our name: Afrikaners reject false narrative...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/27

A group of prominent Afrikaners have jointly penned a statement that they reject the narrative being sold to the U.S and the world that Afrikaners are being racially persecuted in South Africa. Lester Kiewit speaks to one of the signatories, Dr Rudi Buys, former chief academic and dean at several institutions and now Higher Education Change consultant. 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

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7:13

Just how bright is SA’s future after getting off the...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/10/27

Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Raymond Parsons of the North West University School of Business and Governance about the significance of South Africa finally being removed the from the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list, a huge red flag for foreign investors. 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

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