GroundUp News: Cape Town’s water programme beset by further delays

As water demand grows. the City of Cape Town’s New Water Programme, including its desalination plant, is now only expected to be operational by 2036; Zimbabwean community among those arrested in Robertson allegedly for immigration violations; how Apartheid spatial planning still inluences where peo…

GroundUp News: World’s largest funder of medical research lifts ban on South Africa

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News.   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 …

GroundUp News: Draft sex work decriminalisation bill heading back to Parliament for consideration

The long-awaited draft sex work decriminalisation bill will be returning to Parliament for consideration, three years after it was sent back to be redrafted; and the booming illegal trade in rare succulents is threatening South Africa's unique plant life. Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of …

GroundUp News: Jamestown luxury development row

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes the future of a farming community in Jamestown, which is under pressure as residents oppose plans for a new luxury gated development, while a police torture case involving three …

GroundUp News: The Morita Forestry investment scam

Lester Kiewit is joined by GroundUp investigative reporter Joel Cedras for a special follow-up on the Morita Forestry investment scam, which GroundUp reports has cost South Africans hundreds of millions of rand. Cedras explained how the scheme attracted investors through promises of daily returns,…

GroundUp News: Getting scammed to understand the mechanics of the fake jobs syndicates

Lester Kiewit speaks to Masego Mafata, journalist at GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This included exposing the inner workings of a fake job syndicate and how the banks and police aren’t very helpful; an elderly couple still in search of answers four years after their son’s body wa…

GroundUp News: Beacon Valley housing project stalled for years as desperate Mitchells Plain residents continue waiting for homes

Lester Kiewit speaks to Masego Mafata, journalist at GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes Mitchells Plain families still waiting for homes, but delays at Beacon Valley Housing Development continue to stall; five gambling myths that may bankrupt you; and Capetonians take a …

GroundUp News: Legal Resources Centre to represent objectors against proposed data centre

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes the Legal Resources Centre representing the Housing Assembly and Foxglove for their objections regarding the proposed Equinix hyperscale data centre at King Air Industria, reside…

GroundUp News: A young golfing star

Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes the postponement of a police torture trial after the State failed to secure an interpreter, a court ruling clearing the way for the controversial Botmaskop Estate near Stellenbos…

GroundUp News: Anti-immigration fallout

John Maytham, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Barbara October, deputy editor of GroundUp News, about the latest local stories.  This includes an editorial on the suffering linked to the anti-immigration “March and March” campaign, concerns over SAPS readiness to stock child rape kits at W…