Dr Lydia Cairncross is the Head of the Department of Surgery at The
University of Cape Town and she joins John as the first name on a list of over
1,200 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and other medical
staff in the Western Cape that have collectively penned an open letter to urge
the government to to halt the detrimental budget reductions within the
provincial department.

Dr Lydia Cairncross is the Head of the Department of Surgery at The University of Cape Town and she joins John as the first name on a list of over 1,200 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and other medical staff in the Western Cape that have collectively penned an open letter to urge the government to to halt the detrimental budget reductions within the provincial department.

John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604.

He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station.

Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.

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