GroundUp News: Farmers and state clash over handling of foot and mouth disease
South African cattle farmers are concerned that the Agricultural Research Council veterinary research campus in Onderstepoort has not sent any new Foot and Mouth Disease samples to the Pirbright Insti...
16 Sep 6min
Speaking for the dead: Meet the Coffin Confessor
Imagine a funeral being interrupted during the eulogy and tributes, by a man not known by the family or close circle of friends, with the purpose of speaking out on behalf of the recently-deceased, an...
15 Sep 12min
The Africa Report with The Continent: How Africa is tied-in with September 11 attacks
Lester Kiewit gets latest news on Africa from Christine Mungai, news editor of The Continent. They discuss how Africa was the staging ground of the 9/11 attack, and how Africa ended up being the theat...
15 Sep 10min
LIVE AND LOCAL: LEAP officer’s split-second decision to save a drowning boy at Monwabisi Beach
LEAP Officer Brent Williams was on a routine patrol at Monwabisi Beach when he noticed a young boy in distress in the water. With no lifeguards on duty because it is out of season, Williams removed hi...
15 Sep 4min
A World View from London: Turkey’s anti-LGBT campaign
Lester Kiewit speaks to world news correspondent Adam Gilchrist about major global stories, including a Russian drone strike that narrowly missed a European diplomat’s train; Turkey’s anti-LGBT campai...
15 Sep 4min
Guns and roads: Cape mom on school run threatened by armed taxi driver
Lester Kiewit speaks to Nabilah Diedericks, a local business owner and mother who found herself being threatened with a firearm in morning traffic, by a taxi driver because she would not give way to h...
15 Sep 6min
Growing pains: Can Cape Town’s infrastructure keep pace with the rising population?
Lester Kiewit speaks to Alderman Eddie Andrews, the City of Cape Town Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee Member for Spatial Planning and Environment. They discuss the City’s rapidly expanding populati...
15 Sep 12min
What will rocketing oil prices mean for South African consumers?
Lester Kiewit speaks to Tracey-Lee Solomon, Economist at Bureau for Economic Research, about oil prices surging to a near four-month high, after an escalation in conflict in the Strait of Hormuz and n...
15 Sep 4min
