



Emerging economies – Focus on India: rupee breaches 90 to the dollar
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University, about simplifying labour legislations; the resumption of flights between India and China and the Indian rupee breaches 90 to the US dollar. Good Morning Cape Town with L…

Emerging economies – Focus on India: death of an environmental heroine
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University, about how freebies win elections; the death of an environmental heroine and Global AI offering free services to India. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a pod…

Emerging economies – Focus on India: Has India agreed to stop buying Russian oil?
Has India agreed to US demands to stop buying cheap oil from Russia? Despite a slump in global art trade, Indian art is experiencing an art boom, changes for India’s call centre industry. Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at W…

Emerging Economies - Latin America: What’s the US pushing for in Venezuela?
Lester Kiewit speaks to Professor Lyal White, faculty at Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) about: Is the US pushing for a regime change in Venezuela? Protest escalation for Colombia’s President Petro; Donald Trump to meet with Argentina’s Milei as soy sales could stymie $20billion bailout…

Emerging economies – Focus on India: Pakistan-Saudi defence pact
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University, about how India is responding to the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact; trouble in the Himalayas and Trump tariffs and cheaper Swiss chocolate. Good Morning Cape Town w…

The Emerging economies – Focus on India's elections
India’s elections analysed; a football legend retires. Prof Dilip Menon shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.