Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to Clifford “Cliffie” Retief, the father of a young rugby fan who is non-verbal but still manages to express his passion, nonetheless. Lester decided to treat them to some tickets to the upcoming URC match between the DHL Stormers and Scarlets, and also an opportunity to meet the players ahead of the game.

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 team’s...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Eddie Andrews, city deputy mayor, about why voters should support the Democratic Alliance, as the local government elections loom.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. 

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Sharks attack survivors of a sinking boat in Mexico; a first aid drone rescues a wounded Ukrainian soldier; and a Chinese community rescue saves a small girl found dangling 40 metres up. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thou...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Louw Nel, senior political analyst at Oxford Economics Africa about the outcome of the upcoming local government elections. Will we see the ANC and DA form a coalition at local municipal level, as we see in the government of national unity?

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Henry van der Merwe, Chairman of the South African Petroleum Retailers Association about how the general fuel levy will be cut by R3.00 per litre for diesel and R1.50 per litre for petrol from 4 November until 1 December 2026. Is this enough to save jobs in the fuel retail sector and save businesses from closure.

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...

A video has been shared online of a pair of orcas attacking a whale off the Southern Cape coast. Lester Kiewit speaks to Shannon Ainslie, the eyewitness who took the video in Jongensfontein (near Stil Baai), about what drew his attention to the attack, and then to Simon Elwen, founding director and principal scientist at Sea Search, to discuss how common this type of behaviour is for orcas.

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. 

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As part of Primedia Cares’ Corporates That Care initiative, Lester Kiewit speaks to Dean Kowarski, CEO of Kauai, about the brand’s partnership with The Lunchbox Fund as it celebrates its 30th birthday. Kauai has committed to donating 100,000 meals to help ensure more children have access to nutritious food, recognising the role that proper nutrition plays in children’s wellbeing, concentration and ability to learn. They discuss how the campaign works, how customers can contribute by scanning Kauai’s birthday QR code, and the wider impact of The Lunchbox Fund’s Food Mama programme, which supports local women who prepare me...

Lester Kiewit speaks Phillip Dexter who makes the argument for why votes should consider the SA Communist Party when the head to local government elections next month. It is the first time since 1994 that SACP will contest the elections independently from their tripartite alliance partners, Cosatu and ANC.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unus...

Ukraine’s push for peace as America denies holding back on intelligence; a Hollywood misdiagnosis as a movie star falsely told she has MS; and permission to high 5 as a UK school backtracks on a no-touching rule. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual storie...

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is planning to create a cash-management company by 2027that will roll out white-label ATMs and tighten oversight of how money circulates in the South African economy to make it cheaper and easier to access. Lester Kiewit speaks to Pradeep Maharaj, executive director of the SARB’s Payments Ecosystem Modernisation Programme.

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 team...

The Independent Electoral Commission has so far received more than 700 complaints of election-related misinformation, most of them linked to social media posts. To combat this the IEC has partnered with Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and non-profit organisation Moxii Africa, to identify the misleading info, remove it, and inform voters. Lester Kiewit speaks to Moxii Africa Director William Bird.

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 ac...

Disability activists in the Western Cape are calling for clear policies on the provision of free adult nappies at clinics to disabled people who need them; protesters marched to Parliament to demand the government take urgent action to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis and El Niño conditions; seventy-two-year-old Nomalanga Magona from Gugulethu will be representing the Western Cape at the National Golden Games. Lester Kiewit speaks to Barbara October of GroundUp News about these stories.

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Nearly 868,000 people registered looking for entry level work on JOBJACK over 13 months. Between them, they submitted almost five million applications, but just 6,566 were appointed. The findings come from actual registration and appointment data, rather than estimates based on a small sample. In conversation with Lester Kiewit, JOBJACK co-founder and CEO Heine Bellingan discusses what the figures reveal about South Africa’s employment crisis, why candidates with previous work experience are appointed at 11 times the rate of those without it, and the challenge facing young people trying to secure their first job. The report also raises questions about how employers re...

Lester Kiewit gets the Luxury Lowdown from Bianca Resnekov, CapeTalk’s style and design correspondent. And this week they discuss how bespoke wellness experiences are replacing traditional corporate year-end parties in Cape Town. Holistica is a platform that curates such events in luxury locations.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the progra...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Build One South Africa’s Cape Town mayoral candidate Roger Solomons, about why they deserve your vote at the November 4 local government elections.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. 

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Lester Kiewit gets latest news on Africa from Athandiwe Saba, managing editor of The Continent. They discuss Nigeria’s shea-nut export ban; DRC’s escalating conflict and nominations for African of the Year.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at...

A political attack in Australia has left an MP in a bad way in hospital; German police arrest a robot for being a cyborg sex pest in Cologne; a North Korean luxury ship spotted close to a sprawling villa used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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, enl...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will be tabling the 2026 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on 21 October and give updates to the economic and GDP growth forecast, especially given the sharp increase in fuel prices since the 2026 budget was tabled earlier in the year. Lester Kiewit speaks to Isaac Matshego, economist at Nedbank, to get a preview on which areas will be focussed on.

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...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Democratic Alliance ward 108 candidate Rudi Stevens about why he should be given a second chance, and be allowed to stand for public office after he assaulted his wife in 2021.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View featur...

In this week’s What the Hack!, Arthur Goldstuck speaks to Lester Kiewit about the problem with Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) and changing your windscreen; a high-tech suitcase; and an audio system called Sound Shape which directs sound to specific areas of a room, and can play English to one side of a room and French to the other, simultaneously.

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. 

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How do matric exam planners manage to schedule the writing of 230 examinations into 28 days - avoiding clashes and also ensuring that they are mostly evenly spaced apart. Lester Kiewit speaks to Terence Khala, spokesperson for the Department of Basic Education.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’...

Boichoko Ditlhake, Head of Civil Society Support at the Kagiso Trust talks to Lester Kiewit about the importance of voter education, and why it is important to show up at the polls next month.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View f...

Protests and riots in France cause widespread damage; a deadly fire in Canada is sweeping across a major army base; and White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has gone. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss...

Cyclists continue to lose their lives on our roads, but for their families, the fight for justice can be long and frustrating. From Francois Esterhuizen, killed in a hit and run in Worcester in December 2025, to the cases of Idries Sheriff and Landon La Grange, where court proceedings have been delayed, several families are still waiting for answers. In September 2026, two cyclists were killed on the R102 near Elsies River, followed by the death of a 73 year old foreign visitor near Heidelberg in October. One of the most heartbreaking recent cases is that of 16 year old Lilitha Lombo, killed...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Matthew Parks, Cosatu’s parliamentary co-ordinator about interventions they would like to see bring some relief to consumers by the Minister for Finance, Enoch Godongwana as he prepares to table of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). This comes as Concerned Citizens of South Africa (CCSA) is calling for a national shutdown to force the state to intervene and help reduce the sky-high fuel price.

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. 

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It has been estimated that 65-70% of vehicles on South Africa’s roads are uninsured, and there is a strong chance that at least one vehicle involved in a crash may not have cover. Given the increase in the number of vehicles on the road as well as the popularity of delivery riders for meals and online purchases, the topic of introducing a compulsory third party insurance has come up once again. Lester Kiewit speaks to Viviene Pearson, CEO of the South African Insurance Association, to discuss the feasibility of such a system.

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Cosatu is calling on the government to ban Shein and Temu, warning that the online shopping giants could put thousands of South African jobs at risk. A 2025 study cited by unions estimates that up to 34,000 jobs could be threatened by 2030. But with consumers drawn to the platforms’ low prices, would a ban be the right solution? Lester Kiewit speaks to Michael Lawrence, Executive Director of the National Clothing Retail Federation, about the impact on local retailers, fair competition and what government should do next.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to barber Ramees Jansen who gives haircuts to the homeless, so they can have a sense of dignity. Ramees was also homeless once and wants to change the perception society has of those living on the streets.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’...

In this week’s The Bottom of the Week with Tyrone Fisher, he shares with Lester Kiewit his vision of communities being able to use school fields as recreational space, and the scourge of the AI poster, even in church. Each week, Tyrone speaks to Lester Kiewit about the week’s biggest talking points, mixing satire with sharp commentary on the stories that had the country talking.

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. 

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From schoolboy prodigy to double Rugby World Cup champion, Steven Kitshoff details his incredible journey in “Kitsie: Memoir Of A Bomb Squad Bok”. Writing alongside journalist Michael Vlismas, the iconic loosehead prop lifts the curtain on the fierce brotherhood of the Springboks' legendary "Bomb Squad" bench and his time captaining the Stormers. He joins Lester Kiewit in studio to talk about his career.

Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit is a podcast of the CapeTalk breakfast show. 

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Ukraine accuses the U.S. of betrayal over the Starshield system failure; America’s execution u-turn as the Fort Hood shooter won’t be killed in public; and AI wipes out an entire TV series weeks before premiering. Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual...

The Constitutional Court has overturned the Electoral Court’s decision to dismiss the ANC’s appeal against the IEC’s exclusion of 181 ANC candidates from the November 4 local government elections, but leaving 2,093 from other parties excluded because they did not challenge their exclusion. The Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, intended to improve stability in hung councils and regulate coalition governance, will not become law before the November 4 local government elections. Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent.

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Lester Kiewit speaks to GroundUp investigative reporter Joel Cedras, who thought he had done a good thing by alerting the Gauteng government to huge flaws in their emergency panic button app. Instead he was threatened with legal action, while the Gauteng Department of e-Government waited 14 days before reporting the serious security flaws.

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 team’s ability to spot...

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World View feature at 7:45am daily. 

Listen out for #LesterInYourLounge which is an outside broadcast – from the home of a listener in a different part of Cape Town - on the first Wednesday of every month. This show int...

This week’s Cyber Sense feature looks at SIM swap fraud and WhatsApp account takeovers, and how criminals use compromised accounts to scam unsuspecting contacts. Lester Kiewit speaks to Boikokobetso Makhetlane, also known as Mr Fingerz, a cybersecurity expert, educator, trainer, and TikTok content creator, about a South African woman's experience of losing access to her number and discovering that people close to her had also been affected. The discussion explores how these scams work, the warning signs and how to protect yourself.

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It is the start of the 2026 / 2027 season of the Investec Champions Cup, and the DHL Stormers get their campaign started with a home match against the Bristol Bears. Lester Kiewit is joined in studio by Stormers Director of Rugby John Dobson and the acrobatic winger Seabelo Senatla.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stor...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Prof. Dilip Menon, Professor of History in the International Relations Department at Wits University. They discuss why the launch of Elon Musk’s Starlink in India has been delayed; the trade imbalance between India and China; India achieves 4th place on overall medal table at 20th Asian Games.

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 team’s ability to spot...

A Sri Lankan’s blasphemy had him facing execution in Saudi Arabia; the world’s oldest shipwreck is now being searched off the coast of Turkey; and is China’s Companion industry an answer to lonely old age? Adam Gilchrist shares details on these stories with Lester Kiewit.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual st...

Lester Kiewit speaks to Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and provincial Social Development MEC Wendy Kaizer-Philander about the Safety Parent Program which provides emergency places of safety with vetted guardians for vulnerable or abused children.

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 team’s ability to spot & share relevant and unusual stories make the programme inclusive and thought-provoking. Don’t miss the popular World...

What should political parties be promising Cape Town’s children in the upcoming local government elections? Prof Eric Atmore, Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Development, joins Lester Kiewit to discuss why children’s issues must be prioritised, from early childhood development and education to healthcare, safety, housing and basic municipal services. With mayoral candidates set to debate children’s issues in Mitchell’s Plain on 21 October, the conversation looks at what meaningful commitments should look like and how voters can hold political leaders accountable.

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