From beeps to belongings, inside the curious world of beach metal detecting

Do you remember the childhood chant, “finders keepers, losers weepers”? On Cape Town’s beaches, Brian de Cruz is rewriting that rule. As a metal detectorist and founder of the Lost Ring Recovery Facebook page, Brian helps return lost valuables from keys and mobile phones to jewellery with sentiment…

Have mobile phone detection cameras changed driver behaviour in Australia?

While Cape Town’s traffic enforcers seek approval for the use of AI-assisted cameras to clamp down on motorists who use their cellphones while driving or fail to buckle up, such cameras have been in use for a few years in Australia. Lester Kiewit speaks to Peter Khoury, head of media at the Nationa…

A World View from London: Boy swims four hours to save family

Teen swam 4km in rough seas to save family swept out to sea; Ukraine angered by Gianni Infantino push for Russian inclusion; China bans hidden car door handles for safety reasons. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.   Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a p…

Organised crime overtakes loadshedding as major threat to SA’s economic growth

Lester Kiewit speaks to Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist at Standard Bank about his concerns that South Africa’s economic growth could be jeopardised by organised crime cartels. This comes after the country overcame the threat posed by loadshedding.   Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a …

Steenhuisen to make major decision on DA leadership

Lester Kiewit speaks to Lindsay Dentlinger, the EWN parliamentary reporter, about a major announcement expected later today, by Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen, following speculation he may not contest for a third term as party leader.   Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a …

GroundUp News: White paper on citizenship criticised by NGOs

Human rights organisations have shared their concerns over the Department of Home Affairs’ White Paper on citizenship which adopts First Safe Country Principle; Wesley Neumann’s return as principal to Heathfield High School has been delayed; explore the tunnels hidden under Cape Town’s streets. Les…

KuGompo or eMonti? What’s the fuss over East London name change?

Lester Kiewit speaks to historian and author, Dr JJ Klaas, about the renaming of East London to KuGompo, what it means, and why some are saying it should have been changed to eMonti instead.   Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show.  This programme …

The Luxury Lowdown with Bianca Resnekov: The Mount Nelson meets Thebe Magugu

CapeTalk’s design correspondent Bianca Resnekov gives Lester Kiewit a sneak peak into a groundbreaking partnership between designer Thebe Magugu and the grand dame of hotels in the city, the Mount Nelson.   Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show.  T…

The Africa Report with The Continent: Kenya semiconductor maker caught in superpower politics

Lester Kiewit gets latest news on Africa from Simon Allison, co-founder and international editor of The Continent. They discuss the problems facing Kenya's only semiconductor maker as it gets caught up in superpower politics; the mine collapse at Rubaya coltan mine in eastern DRC and Africa represe…

Is this THE comeback story of all comeback stories?

Jockey Andrew Fortune has lived a fairytale-worthy comeback story that Hallmark movies are made of. At the age of 58, he won his first ever Met this past weekend at Kenilworth. What made it even more remarkable was coming out of retirement and getting back down to his racing weight by losing almost…