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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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3:38

Fire on Table Mountain flares up overnight

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/24

Lester Kiewit speaks to Megan Taplin, Table Mountain National Park Manager, to discuss the overnight flare-up of the fire on the mountain above Newlands, which is starting to spread in the direction of Devil’s Peak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:47

Perfect storm” of breakdowns pushes SA to stage 6

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/24

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Vally Padayachee, a power and energy expert and the former executive manager of Eskom. They discuss the multiple failures of units at three power stations that plunged South Africa into stage six loadshedding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:37

Money on a Monday: What a 17% VAT will translate into...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/24

Lester Kiewit speaks to Mervyn Abrahams, programme coordinator for the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group, to discuss the impact that a two percentage point increase in South Africa’s Value Added Tax (VAT) will have on poorer households, as well as other sectors of the economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:57

Tragic start to life for baby born as dad is killed...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/24

Lester Kiewit speaks to Toni Tresthorn about the brutal murder of a friend and colleague as he was trying to get his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth. He was robbed and killed by thugs leaving his wife to give birth in the road.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:52

Binge-watching options: Local is lekker and others too

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

In need of some binge-watching options? Lester Kiewit chats to Matthew Jantjies-Green about some of the series you can spend some time watching this weekend, including: - Recipes for Love & Murder (DSTV) - ⁠Paradise (Disney+) - ⁠Apple Cider Vinegar (Netflix)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:58

Trump is using G20 boycott to punish South Africa

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof John Stremlau Honorary Professsor of Interntional Relations at Wits University, about his view that US President Donald Trump boycotting the G20 to show his unhappiness with South Africa for “doing very bad things” is an “affront to SA’s national sovereignty and a challenge to the G20’s long-standing norms.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:54

Trump is using G20 boycott to punish South Africa

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof John Stremlau Honorary Professor of International Relations at Wits University, about his view that US President Donald Trump boycotting the G20 to show his unhappiness with South Africa for “doing very bad things” is an “affront to SA’s national sovereignty and a challenge to the G20’s long-standing normsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:40

Slightly higher risk of asteroid crashing into Earth...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Carl Lindermann, former board member of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Cape section, to talk about asteroid 2024 YR4, which is being tracked by space scientists and currently has a 3.1 percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, with the potential to wipe out a city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:18

Ramaphosa invites President Zelensky to SA as Trump...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Ukraine Ambassador to South Africa, Liubov Abravitova, about an invitation that has been extended to Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky, to visit South Africa as soon as possible. This comes as relations between Ukraine and the US are at a low point with US President Donald Trump branding Zelensky a dictator.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:04

Long-covid diagnostic blood test a world first

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Biocode Technologies is a medical technology company that was spun out from Stellenbosch University, and they have patented a Long COVID diagnostic blood test, a world first! Lester Kiewit speaks to Resia Pretorius, Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:49

In conversation with UWC Vice-Chancellor as academic...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof John Balfour, UWC rector and vice-chancellor, about the start to the tertiary level academic year, and whether being a VC, is South Africa’s toughest job.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:57

Angela Yeung: Climbing for a cause

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to seasoned South African climber and Brand SA Ambassador, Angela Yeung, who is planning to summit Mount Everest via the north side sometime between April and June 2025. A seasoned climber, Yeung will once again use the event to raise awareness for survivors of gender-based violence through the EmpowerHer Campaign by the Impilo Collection Foundation. Her aim is to collect 8849 bras, one for each metre of Everest’s height—to support survivors and highlight the crisis,

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8:09

Plan B with Rebecca Davis: Budget fracas, tumbling...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/21

In this earlier edition of John Maytham’s weekly chat with Rebecca Davis, Rebecca looks at the budget fracas in comparison to international trends, the possible compensation for passengers who were on board the Delta flight which flipped over upon landing, and the science of swearing!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:44

Could Cape Town’s CBD serve as blueprint on how to...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/20

Cape Town’s inner city was once facing a similar fate to inner cities around the country and around the world: urban decay. But thanks to a partnership between government and business leading to the formation of the Cape Town Partnership and Cape Town Central City Improvement District, this decline was reversed in time and led to a rejuvenation of the CBD. John Maytham speaks to Tim Harris, an economic development advisor and CCID board member (as well as former DA Member of Parliament and

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4:49

Will a 2% VAT increase be all bad?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/20

The presentation of the 2025 Budget by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana was postponed due to a lack of consensus among coalition government members, and the sticking point seems to be over a plan to hike the VAT rate from 15% to 17%. John Maytham speaks to Dr Azar Jammine, Director and chief economist at Econometrix, to discuss whether a hike in VAT is altogether a bad idea or whether it has merit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:46

Urgent action needed as Sassa grant recipients face...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/20

Long queues, confusion, and frustration - Sassa's transition from gold to black Postbank cards has left many grant beneficiaries in the Western Cape struggling to access their funds. John Maytham speaks to Western Cape MEC for Social Development, Jaco Londt, about the challenges pensioners and vulnerable residents are facing, and what needs to be done to resolve the crisis before the March deadline.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:10

Budget delay is yet another stern test for GNU

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/20

John Maytham speaks to Prof Zwelinzima Ndevu, Director of the School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University, about the postponement of the annual Budget speech, by the finance minister, the message it sends both locally and abroad, and what it reveals about the state of the Government of National UnitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:26

Trendspotting Thursday: Splurging on pets

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/20

In South Africa, we spend over R8billion on our pets annually, and it is projected that the global pet industry is set to be valued at US$500 billion by 2030. Kirsty Bisset, MD of HaveYouHeard Marketing, shares with John Maytham some of the insane luxury services and products geared towards pets (or rather at pet owners).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:13

How can we report reckless and inconsiderate drivers?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/20

What can one do if one sees a person driving dangerously or without regard for traffic rules, and there isn’t a traffic officer around? John Maytham speaks to Stan Bezuidenhout, a Transport Risk and Accident Specialist with IBF Investigations, to find out the course of action which you will need to take.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:12

Who are the main online romance scamsters?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/02/19

Africa Melane speaks to Dr Suleman Lazarus, a visiting fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science, who he has been studying the cases of people who had been convicted of online romance scams, building up a profile of who the typical scammer is, their likely targets, and the motivating factor that drove them to commit fraud against vulnerable victims in search of love.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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