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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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7:10

Africa Report

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/04

Africa Melane gets the Africa Report from Jean-Jacques Cornish. This week they discuss Britain giving up its last colony; why a Turkish ship is heading to Somalia and how Mozambique will continue to protect a massive gas project from insurgents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:25

Reliable buses and trains can solve city’s gridlock...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/04

Africa Melane speaks to Rob Quintas, the City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, about a recent panel discussion looking at solutions to the city’s traffic congestion problem. Part of the solution is having an efficient train and bus service.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:04

Resilience is antidote for teachers to surviving burnout

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/04

Africa Melane speaks to Prof Anita Padmanabhanunni, Dean of the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at UWC, about recent research which shows that resilience can act as a shield against burnout for teachers. This comes as we mark World Teachers’ Day on October 5.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:38

Teacher CAN: Ensuring that young teachers play...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/04

The Teachers Change Agent Network (Teachers CAN) is a DG Murray Trust (DGMT) initiative with a vision of allowing young teachers to feel that they play a greater role in the education ecosystem, and not confined to the bottom of the hierarchy. Africa Melane speaks to Andisiwe Hlungwane, Project Lead at Teacher CAN.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:23

Are there too many school days in South Africa?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/04

South Africa has, on average, 200 school days per year. This is on par with countries such as Brazil and Zimbabwe, but more than the UK, France, Botswana, USA, and Australia, BUT also fewer than China, Russia and India. Lester Kiewit speaks to Basil Manuel, executive director of NAPTOSA ( the National Professional Teachers' Organisation of South Africa), to discuss whether there are too many school days in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:04

Pacific Dispatch with Katie Macdonald: Former...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/04

After being found guilty of accepting gifts in high profile trial former Singapore Prime Minister is jailed; millions of Aussies turn their clocks forward on Sunday as experts warn of sleep loss; New Zealand reclaim title for most number of people performing the haka. Katie Macdonald shares all the details with Lester KiewitSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13:11

Get Moving:  Going barefoot, collapsed arches and...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

What are the benefits of walking and running barefoot? Is it better to go with what mother nature gave us or have we improved on it with modern footwear? Lester Kiewit speaks to Toni-Lynne Monger, physiotherapist and clinical director at The Balance Group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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20:52

DUI convictions quite low – why?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

It seems that there are not as many arrests or convictions for DUI offences as one might think. Lester Kiewit speaks to Alderman JP Smith, City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, and Stan Bezuidenhout, specialist forensic investigator who also served with the police as a specialist in drink-driving arrests, about the numbers as well as the process that is followed when enforcing DUI cases.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:57

Sasria seeks to extend cover to natural disasters and...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

Lester Kiewit speaks to Muzi Dladla, SA Risk Insurance Association(Sasria) Executive Manager for Stakeholder Management, about why and how they are planning to extend cover to include climate related risk and natural disasters.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:46

Officers brutally targeted for firearms as nearly 200...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

Lester Kiewit speaks to Lesiba Thobakgale, the national spokesperson for the SA Police Union about the targeting of officers for the guns, and the revelation that police have lost nearly 400 firearms in just six months. Over this period, a total of 191 police officers were robbed of their service firearms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:40

Drivers licence machine costs driven up to R1billion

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

Lester Kiewit speaks to Stefanie Fick, the director of Outa’s accountability division about the process and surrounding the securing of three new drivers licence printing machines, which have been revealed to cost a joint R1billion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:25

Trendspotting Thursday: Dumb phones

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

Dumb phones are phones from earlier generations that lack the features of today's smartphones. Without touch screens and social media apps, they make it easier for consumers to go through with their social media detox. Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirsty Bisset, MD of HaveYouHeard Marketing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:57

Hold onto your avo green baths and basins – they’re...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/03

Do you remember those avo-green baths and basins in 1990s bathrooms, along with similarly toned wall tiles? Apparently, they are becoming fashionable again among younger homebuyers, and it could become quite trendy on this side of the world as well. Lester Kiewit speaks to Charl Edwards, editor of House and Leisure about this revival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:48

Protecting our marine environment with Save a Fishie

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

Lester Kiewit speaks to Zoë Prinsloo of Save a Fishie, an NPC which sells environmentally friendly products in an effort to minimise the use of plastics, as well arranges beach cleanups.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:59

Keeping up appearances and more for Big Bay

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

Many suburbs have implemented City-and-Residential Improvement Districts in order to provide additional services which are not provided by the local municipality. Lester Kiewit speaks to Kerr Robinson of Big Bay Master Property Owners Association, and umbrella organisation which serves the property owners of Big Bay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:04

Deputy President Mashatile is in London to sell SA to...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tshepo Ncube, president of the British Chamber of Business in Southern Africa, about deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit to London to seek UK investment in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:38

City out to develop King David Mowbray Golf Course

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

Lester Kiewit speaks to Mayor Geordin Hill Lewis about the city giving the go-ahead for a mixed-use development at the King David Mowbray Golf course, and the city’s vision for the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:36

Anglican Church rejects blessing of same-sex couples

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa recently debated and ultimately rejected a proposal to allow individual bishops to approve the giving of blessings to couples in same-sex unions in local congregations which welcome the ministry. The church's ruling synod also voted against approving a set of prayers drawn up by the bishops for providing pastoral ministry to church members in civil unions. Lester Kiewit speaks to Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape TownSee

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5:10

Discovering Eden on the Bay

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

Lester Kiewit speaks to Yolande Karsten of Eden on the Bay about the beachfront mall and residential complex located in Big Bay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:20

GroundUp News: Coordinated attack on new Lottery board

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/10/02

Lotteries commission under attack and a look into the past with Lwandle Migrant Labout Museum. Lester Kiewit speaks to GroundUp editor Nathan Geffen about the stories being featured this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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