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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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6:00

A World View from London: Foreign exodus from Lebanon...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/08

Foreigners in Lebanon are queueing up to leave; dog starts house fire by chewing on portable phone battery; Belize’s one-man team captures hearts. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:47

Ramaphosa asks bosses to hire youth over experience

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/08

Lester Kiewit speaks to Afrika Tikkun CEO, Onyi Nwaneri, about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for employers to no longer consider a lack of job experience as a barrier for young employment seekers. They discuss what other measures and levers could be put in place by the state to address crisis levels of unemployment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:10

The battle for Tafelberg drags on in the Con Court...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/08

Lester Kiewit speaks to Disha Govender, head of Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre, about their case in the Constitutional Court relating to the sale of the Tafelberg site, by local government, which the group argues is a failure to address the spatial legacy of apartheid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:52

Trendspotting Thursday: Rage-baiting

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/08

Are you constantly annoyed by social media posts which are inane and pointless? Do you wonder why they continue to feature on your feed despite everyone reacting negatively to them? Lester Kiewit speaks to Kirsty Bisset, MD of HaveYouHeard Marketing about rage-baiting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:24

What’s happening with Chapman’s Peak Drive?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/08

Lester Kiewit speaks to Greg Coelen, an engineering manager with Entilini about the work which is being done to ensure the eventual opening of Chapman’s Peak drive to vehicles, following winter storm damage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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3:00

Caller: Douglas People are struggling to claim UIF

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

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11:38

Wednesday panel: dealing with scam police calls

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

Are you getting calls from people claiming to be with SAPS and that you have warrants of arrest under your name? What are these scammers after and what should you do about the calls? Lester Kiewit speaks to Steven Powell, head of forensics at ENS Africa, and to Wendy Pascoe, a private investigator and CEO of Pascoe Investigations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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5:55

A World View from London: Israel & Hezbollah trade blows

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

Amid huge Middle East tensions, Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire; well-known Italian chef killed by wasp while laying flowers on mother’s grave; Kamala Harris’s VP candidate. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:15

New peanut allergy treatment program for babies...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

In a world-first, ten paediatric hospitals across five Australian states have partnered with the National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE), hosted at Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), to be the first globally to introduce a nation-wide peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) program into mainstream care in Australia. Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Kirsten Perrett, Head of the ADAPT OIT Program and Director of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence in Australia.See

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10:32

How Rise Mzansi will take up GOOD party seat in council

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

Lester Kiewit Axolile Notywala of Rise Mzansi, and Brett Herron of the GOOD party, about an unusual arrangement they have struck which will see Notywala take up a seat on the Cape Town City council as part of GOOD’s caucus, while remaining a member of Rise Mzansi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:15

What role will Kamala Harris’ new running mate play?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

US presidential candidate Kamala Harris has chosen Tim Walz as her running mate in the elections. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Henry Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, discuss the role Walz will play.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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7:09

Xenophobic storm around Miss SA contestant’s...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

Lester Kiewit speaks to Stefanie De Saude Darbandi, an immigration law specialist at DSD Immigration Attorneys, on citizenship, and the xenophobic storm surrounding Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:43

Hop aboard the amphibious Waterfront Duck

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/07

All aboard! Lester Kiewit speaks to Keith Lindsay, founder of the Waterfront Duck Company, which will allow tourists (near and far) to experience the highlights of Cape Town's Waterfront precinct by bus and boat in the same amphibious vehicle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6:36

Mijain Lopez: The unmatched legacy of Cuba's...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

Lester Kiewit is joined by Wrestling Coach Bennie Labuschagne to delve into the remarkable career of Cuban wrestler, Mijain Lopez. At 41, Lopez aims to retire with a historic fifth gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. What makes him a standout figure in Olympic history?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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17:20

Is there space for satire in the digital world?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

Works of satire are often used to expose or ridicule people’s prejudices and vices when it comes to matters of contemporary politics or other topical issues, but in the online realm such works can serve as fuel for misinformation by those who take it at face value. Should works of satire be clearly labelled in an effort to prevent this? Lester Kiewit speaks to Tom Eaton, one of South Africa’s most prominent columnists, and to Professor Robert Phiddian, Professor of English at Flinders University in

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5:53

A World View from London: Violent riots rock Britain

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

Billionaire Elon Musk has given unwelcome opinions on Britain’s violent riots; Mexican crime journalist becomes victim of violent crime; some of the unusual incentives offered by countries to competitors at Paris ’24. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Lester Kiewit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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9:12

Central line gets new trains as Prasa makes progress

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prasa regional manager Raymond Maseko about improvements on the central line which sees the introduction of new blue and white modern Electric Multiple Units, along with the extension of the service from Nyanga to Mandalay station.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:45

Are the City and taxi bosses on rocky road?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

Lester Kiewit speaks to chair of Santaco in the Western Cape, Mandla Hermanus, about the prospect of new bylaws affecting their drivers, and whether the relationship with local government is back on shaky ground, as it was a year ago which prompted a damaging taxi strike lasting eight days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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4:41

8 killed in Khayelitsha cash-in-transit shootout

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

Lester Kiewit speaks to Ian Cameron, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, who visited the scene of a shootout between police and suspected cash-in-transit robbers in Khayelitsha on Monday evening (5 August) which saw 8 suspects fatally wounded.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8:12

What the Hack: Understanding copyright when writing...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2024/08/06

While many authors will have the assistance of an editor to fine-tune their written material, independent and self-published writers might rather use AI tools to help them, but what are the copyright implications? Lester Kiewit speaks to Refilwe Motsoeneng, from the data protection law firm Michalsons Giles Inc., who will also be covering this topic in-depth at the upcoming Fringe Fireside Chats festival in the Helderberg. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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