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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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5:27

CapeTalk switches on summer with an all-day broadcast...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

CapeTalk will Switch-On Summer live from Hout Bay Beach at the Sentinel Ocean Alliance on Thursday 11 December from 6am to 6pm. Frank Solomon, professional traveling surfer, founder and director of Sentinel Ocean Alliance, speaks to Lester Kiewit ahead of tomorrow’s broadcast, sharing the story of the NGO, from a small surf club teaching water safety to a non-profit providing ocean-based education and therapy to hundreds of children each year. Tune in tomorrow to hear more about the work

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10:05

Made in RSA to propel South African products...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

Lester Kiewit speaks to Nick Dreyer, founder of Made in RSA, a newly launched growth tech platform which will help strong South African brands break into the lucrative EU and US markets. 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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6:22

A World View from London: Australia’s teen social...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

Lithuania’s State of Emergency over smuggler balloons sent by Belarus; brazen robbery in Brazil sees art stolen, and Australia’s social media experiment banning under 16s from having smartphones has begun. 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

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9:21

Why religions can, and should, be regulated

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

Should religions, especially the “fringe” or “charismatic” ones, be regulated in some form or manner, considering that freedom of religion is enshrined in our South African constitution? Lester Kiewit speaks to Dr Tristán Kapp, Religion Studies scholar, public intellectual, and human-rights advocate specialising in comparative religion, esotericism, digital religion, politics, AI, and conspirituality, and who believes that some form of regulation should take place.

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11:28

Anti crime groups: Smash and grab death is the...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

Lester Kiewit speaks to Imraahn Mukaddam, of the Elsies River Safety Initiative, about the escalation in violent smash and grab incidents in hotspots across the city. He says the latest attack which saw an elderly woman murdered for her handbag is not an isolated incident, but the predictable, violent peak of an epidemic they have warned authorities about for years. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town

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9:38

GroundUp News: Rent control and the impact of AirBN

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

Lester Kiewit speaks to Steven Kretzman, journalist at GroundUp News, to continue the discussion on a recent theme of rent control and the impact of AirBNB on the property market in Cape Town. They also discuss the municipal failings in Kimberly, once a prosperous mining town during the diamond rush. 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,

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7:05

How you can score by learning about ‘best before’ and...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/10

Lester Kiewit speaks to Demetri Economopoulos, founder of Score grocery discounter in Claremont. They discuss the difference between expiry dates and best before dates on foods. Demetri says far too many people throw out perfectly good food because they do not understand the difference between the two. 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

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6:49

Trail and error: Why getting “high” on a hike is a...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

Lester Kiewit speaks to David Nel of Wilderness Search and Rescue about why drugs and other mind-altering substances are not a great idea when heading out on a trail or mountain hike, as one young man in Cecilia Forest discovered the hard way recently. 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

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4:02

The Luxury Lowdown: Cape Town’s luxury villas

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

CapeTalk’s design correspondent Bianca Reznekov gives Lester Kiewit the lowdown on how to indulge and spoil yourself this festive season. This week Bianca looks at how much it costs to rent a luxury villa in Cape Town. 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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6:51

The Africa Report with The Continent: US shuts door...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

Lester Kiewit gets latest news on Africa from Christine Mungai, news editor of The Continent. They discuss the US decision to stop asylum seekers from 19 African countries; Malawi’s former president caught in a missing dogs controversy; actress Danai Gurira’s theatre efforts in Zimbabwe. 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,

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7:48

Cissie Gool House welcomes City's decision to dispose...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

The recent announcement by the City of Cape Town’s Council to dispose of the land and buildings making up the former Woodstock Hospital, unofficially renamed Cissie Gool House, has been welcomed in principle by the occupiers and leadership. They believe that the plan, as presented, will offer the best opportunity to provide occupiers and others in need with affordable rental housing. The former hospital was occupied by activists and homeless residents, starting from 2017, in a protest against

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6:52

A World View from London: Death toll rises in...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

Thousands flee Thailand-Cambodia border as violence escalates; celebrating one year of freedom in Syria; people warned to stay away from bananas washed ashore. 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

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9:10

City of Cape Town’s water resilience plan will see...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

The City of Cape Town Council has in principle approved the City’s plans to begin procurement for the Faure New Water Scheme (FNWS) and the Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant using a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Killick, City of Cape Town Director for Bulk Services (Water and Sanitation) to find out what these projects will entail and whether ratepayers will end up paying more each month. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the

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9:23

Can Police Service Amendment Bill save SAPS?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

Lester Kiewit speaks to Ian Cameron, chair of the Portfolio Committee on Police about the SA Police Service Amendment Bill, which includes integrity testing of new members of the Service and lifestyle audits of all members. This as the Madlanga Commission hears testimony of the rot in SAPS ranks. 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,

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2:06

Overberg firefighting crews continue to battle fires

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

Lester Kiewit speaks to Reinard Geldenhuys, Overberg District Municipality fire chief, to get an update on the fires which have been burning in the Overstrand and Overberg districts, especially between Stanford and Gansbaai. 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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7:50

What the Hack! AWS’s AI shake-up, smarter sports...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

In this week’s edition of What the Hack!, Arthur Goldstuck shares with Lester Kiewit insights from the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, where a major announcement signalled AWS’s new direction in the global AI race. He also reflects on his conversation with Julie Souza about AI’s growing role in predicting and preventing sports injuries, unveils his top smartphone picks in the first instalment of his Gadgets of the Year series, and, time permitting, highlights Vula Medical,

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7:30

Eight-year driving licence validity back on the table...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/09

The Department of Transport is set to extend the validity of driving licences from five to eight years, a move long sought by South Africans frustrated with long queues, repeated system failures, and delays at licensing centres, while progress is also being made on a digital driving licence that could form part of the MyMzansi platform. Stefanie Fick, executive director of the accountability division of the Organisation for Undoing Tax Abuse, speaks to Lester Kiewit about how the extension will save

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14:18

Can South Africa’s churches be regulated?

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/08

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dion Forster of the Public Theology and Ethics, School of Religion and Theology in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; and Extraordinary Professor, in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University. They discuss the opposition to the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission creating a committee whose work it will be to find mechanisms for improved regulation of churches in South Africa. Good Morning

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10:53

Why the ANC is at a critical crossroads

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/08

Lester Kiewit speaks to Faiez Jacobs, of the ANC, about why this year’s National General Council is a critical one for the direction of the party. In a note to party delegates he writes: “We did not fight for a shadow state run by mafias in uniform.We did not fight to look away while whistle-blowers are killed. Delegates are not here to perform. You are here to decide direction, set priorities, and enforce accountability. Your mandate is not to protect interests; it is to defend the

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10:29

Madlanga Commission whistleblower shot dead in front...

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit ·

2025/12/08

Lester Kiewit speaks to Chad Thomas, director at IRS Forensic Investigations, about what is known so far about the murder of Marius van der Merwe, who was a witness at the Madlanga Commission. Van der Merwe testified about a 2022 murder of a robbery suspect in Brakpan and an alleged cover-up involving suspended EMPD acting chief, Julius Mkhwanazi, who he said ordered him to get rid of the body. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is

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