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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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8:33

Time to reconsider VIP Unit’s R2billion budget

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/24

Lester Kiewit speaks Ian Cameron, chair of parliament’s Security Cluster Portfolio Committee, about his call to reconsider the VIP Protection Unit’s R2billion budget.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:20

Buttskop crossing in shambolic state

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/24

Lester Kiewit speaks to Robin Carlisle, the former Transport and Public Works MEC for the Western Cape, who recently visited the Buttskop level crossing in order to pay his respects to the children and men who died there in accidents in 2010 and 2018. He was deeply saddened by what he saw there, as certain safety protocols appeared to be lacking.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:54

Pacific Dispatch with Katie Macdonald

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/24

Thailand becomes first South East Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage; South Australian government proposes changes to planning legislation which includes increasing the size of garages; thousands queue at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney to see an endangered Corpse plant that only flowers every 7 - 20 years in the wild.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:43

What you need to know about the law if your child...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirstie Haslam, of DSC Attorneys about school sport injuries. They discuss liability and legal steps that can be taken by parents or guardians.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:26

Get Moving: Too hot to handle

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

Cape Town recently experienced some very hot days and while some people opted to stop their physical activities, some continued as they might have had little choice. Lester Kiewit speaks to Toni-Lynne Monger of The Balance Group about exercising and physical activities when the weather is extremely hot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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22:51

Dr Ian Pearson explores the future of digital...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr. Ian Pearson, a futurist and AI expert, in a mind-bending conversation about the future of sex with robots. Dr. Pearson delves into the impact of advanced AI and robotics on human relationships, examining how these technologies might redefine intimacy and companionship. He shares his insights on the potential psychological, societal, and ethical implications of a world where sex with robots becomes commonplace, and what it means for the future of human connection.See

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6:19

A World View from London: Trump’s ultimatum to Putin

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

US President Trump issues an ultimatum to end war in Ukraine; Prince Harry scores victory against tabloid for intrusion; a US court’s unusual decision over the fate of five elephants. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:15

Is it fair to amalgamate various City of Cape Town...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

Lester Kiewit speaks to Hlalanathi Gagayi., Western Cape spokesperson for the South African Municipal Workers Union, about the City of Cape Town’s plan to amalgamate the various arms of its safety and security divisions under one unit, as a number of its members are opposed to such a move, saying it is not what they signed up for when joining. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:36

Are we already seeing massively overcrowded...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

Lester Kiewit speaks to Basil Manuel of National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa about increasing concerns that classrooms in the Cape are severely overcrowded following the cutting of 2400 teacher posts from the budget.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:47

Trendspotting Thursday: The age for atomisation

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

In the scientific world, atomisation refers to the breaking of bonds to retrieve the smaller parts, and the term has now been borrowed to describe how members of society gravitate towards individualism, breaking their bonds within communities, doing their own thing in isolation. Kirsty Bisset, Managing Director at HaveYouHeard Marketing, discusses some of the key characteristics with Lester Kiewit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:59

Denosa congress discusses South Africa’s nursing crisis

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/23

Lester Kiewit speaks to Denosa chairperson in Gauteng Simphiwe Gada, about concerns they have raised at the ninth annual congress. The union feels there is a lack of investment in health infrastructure, and the nursing shortage is not being adequately addressed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:41

Implications of US withdrawal from World Health...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

Lester Kiewit speaks to Salim Abdool Karim, Professor for Global Health in the Department of Epidemiology at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, about the implications of Donald Trump’s order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organisation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:56

Explorer Gump Suzuki hits the Cape

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

Lester Kiewit speaks to Japanese explorer Yuji “Gump” Suzuki about completing his journey from Nairobi to Cape Town, pulling a rickshaw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:33

Algorithmic literacy and social media’s hidden influence

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

Lester Kiewit speaks to Arthur Goldstuck, founder of Worldwide Worx, about algorithmic literacy in today’s digital world. As social media algorithms shape our online experiences, Arthur explains how they work, why understanding them matters, and how we can navigate the digital landscape more consciously.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:52

Remembering forgotten servicemen

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

Lester Kiewit speaks to David McDonald, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Operations Manager, about a new memorial to commemorate 1700 servicemen who died without known graves during World War 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:50

Long lines of disabled and elderly at Khayelitsha...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

Lester Kiewit speaks to Sibongiseni Faku, an activist with Freedom to The Forgotten, about concerns that disabled people are having to spend the night in queues outside Sassa’s Khayelitsha office, so they can secure a place, to apply for a disability grant.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:53

GroundUp News: Cape Town not immune to Los...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

Lester Kiewit speaks to Steve Kretzmann, journalist at GroundUp, about Cape Town not being immune from wildfires at a scale which destroyed large parts of Los Angeles. They also discuss a number of other interesting articles covered recently, including the stalling of the Clanwilliam Dam project and the long queue of people which formed outside SASSA’s Khayelitsha office when medical bookings opened up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:39

Who can afford to live in upmarket apartments?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/22

There are some really expensive penthouses and apartment units being sold in South Africa, but who can actually afford them? Lester Kiewit speaks to Ash Muller, a property broker and columnist with the Mail & Guardian.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:10

What can we expect from Trump’s ‘America first’...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Sanusha Naidu of the Institute for Global Dialogue about what we can expect from President Donald Trump’s America First policy, which will see him clamp down on borders and renegotiate trade deals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:27

Researching the lives behind the violence: Kajal...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/01/21

Lester Kiewit speaks to Kajal Carr, a PhD candidate in the Psychology Department at UCT and a member of the Hub for Decolonial Feminist Psychologies in Africa, about her groundbreaking research on gender-based violence. Kajal’s study invites men who have used violence against women to share their life stories through confidential, anonymized interviews. They discuss the aim of her work to uncover the underlying factors contributing to gender-based violence and how these insights could shape

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