Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit
Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit
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Fire it up: Side dishes to drool for
“Steak Chop van Zijl” (Jaap-Henk Koelewijn) of Braai Witness News discusses a number of side dishes to accompany your main attraction as it comes off the grill. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. This programme is your authentic Cape Town wa…
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What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Three tax bills passed in 2025
Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day Political Correspondent, about the latest news coming out of parliament, including: three tax bills passed by the Finance Committee in 2025; Parliament rejects Mmusi Mmaimane motion to adjust Matric pass threshold; 509 supplie…
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Cape Town’s apartment boom and Joburg’s townhouse sprawl back in focus
Cape Town’s housing boom continues to contrast sharply with Johannesburg’s development patterns. A News24 report using Stats SA data shows Cape Town added more than 38 000 flats over the past decade, while Johannesburg built just over 550, reflectin different approaches to urban growth. Limited spa…
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A World View from London: No end in sight yet for War in Ukraine
It seems that there is no end to the War in Ukraine as Russia scuppers talk of compromise; a Eurovision song boycott after Israel is not excluded. And Canada’s Santa protests arcausing problems in the town of Brantford). Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit. Good Mo…
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City wraps up Kloof stabilisation project
Lester Kiewit speaks to Brendon Abrahams, City of Cape Town head of district roads and stormwater, about the completion of the massive Kloof road slope stabilisation project, after sections of it collapsed in 2020. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast…
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Ramaphosa says SA will take break from G20 after Trump snub
Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Social Change in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities at University of Johannesburg, about what to make of South Africa deciding to “sit out” the next G20 in the U.S after they were not invited by President Donald T…
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What you need to know about the FiFA World Cup group stage draw
Lester Kiewit speaks to football analyst and commentator Sizwe Mbebe, about the upcoming Fifa World Cup 2026 draw. South Africa will be hoping for a favourable draw for Bafana Bafana to increase their hopes of advancing through the opening rounds. Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a …
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Pacific Dispatch with Katie Macdonald: Young Australians try get around social media ban
Looming social media ban has young Australians joining lesser-known platforms; fire warnings issued around Australia as temperatures escalate; man charged with theft in Auckland after swallowing pendant. Katie Macdonald shares all the details with Lester Kiewit. Good Morning Cape Town with Lest…
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Celestial talk: James Webb telescope findings challenge our view of the universe
Lester Kiewit speaks to Carl Lindemann, former board member of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa: Cape section, about the latest discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope, including insights into early galaxy formation, the size and brightness of these young galaxies, and emerging r…
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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…
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