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The Newfields Village Anti-Eviction Community Representative Forum is raising concern about the City of Cape Town threatening to jail or fine an elderly resident for selling baked goods to help make ends meet. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show…

Call to help 150 children stay dry this winter
Wendy Abrahams from the Advance Edukos Foundation spoke to Lester Kiewit about their renewed appeal to secure 150 pairs of rain boots for children in need ahead of the winter rains. The foundation, which received an outpouring of support from Cape Talk listeners last year that allowed them to exten…

Helping Hands 4: Help give shelter to those living on icy streets
The Haven Night Shelter CEO Shadrick Valayadum speaks to Lester Kiewit about their Pavement to Pillow campaign, to get homeless and vulnerable people off the city’s icy streets and into a place of safety. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. T…

Helping Hands 5: Drakenstein municipality hard at work to reach those in need after storm
Lester Kiewit speaks to Wynand Els, Drakenstein Municipality Manager for Fire, Rescue and Disaster Management, about their efforts to assist residents who are dealing with flooding, electricity outages and damaged infrastructure. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the Cap…

Saving the City’s historic Mowbray cemetery
Lester Kiewit speaks to Anwar Omar, a South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) councillor and a founding member of the Salt River Heritage Society, about the efforts to preserve and protect the historic Mowbray cemetery. But it is a complex matter and brings into sharp focus how we preserve …

Helping Hands 3: Islamic Relief springs into action as rain batters Cape communities
Lester Kiewit speaks to Ezzad Fakier, Regional Projects and Partnership Coordinator at Islamic Relief South Africa about how they are reaching out to communities left devastated by extreme wind and rain. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. Th…

A World View from London: Beatlemania is back
Ongoing effects of the Iran war, especially for oil, fertilizer and plastic; is a mystery sunken ship a Russian nuclear carrying vessel? And Beatlemania is back! Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the Cape…

Live and Local: How will government’s withdrawal of funding for integrated public transport systems impact MyCiti services?
Government has admitted that their two decade-long integrated public transport project has failed to meet its objectives and will be ending grants in a phased approach and finalising a new road-based public transport fund that will consolidate existing bus and minibus funding streams. How will this…

Helping Hands 1: Finding food and shelter for storm victims
Mercia Andrews, Director of Trust For Community Outreach and Education speaks to Lester Kiewit about their efforts to collect food, clothes, building materials and blankets for those left in need by recent storms. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast …

Helping Hands 2: Keeping the cold and hunger at bay for city's needy
Lester Kiewit speaks to Janey Ball, operations manager at the Service Dining Rooms, an institution that has been helping to feed the needy since 1935. And with a storm battering the Cape queues to get a meal at the popular spot are growing. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast…