Good Morning Cape Town
Lester Kiewit · Mon–Fri · 06:00–09:00 SAST. A daily recap of what the show covered, cited to the broadcast minute.
Latest recap · Tuesday, 4 August 2026
A packed Cape Town morning of hard news and debate, led by migration politics, a fight over metro police powers, strong new-car sales and a local cleanup crusader.
- 06:31
Cape Town formally declared an intergovernmental dispute with acting police minister Feroz Kachalia over metro police lacking investigative powers, forcing mediation before any court action.
- 06:32
The DA and civil groups kept pressing the Expropriation Act in the Western Cape High Court, arguing parts of the law are contradictory and that provinces voted without lawful mandates.
- 07:10
July delivered the strongest month for new passenger car sales since September 2014, with sales up 12.5% year on year and electrified vehicles now about one in every 17 new cars sold.
- 07:31
Johnny Daniels, aka the Templar of the Cape, said his cleaners group will hold its first community litter-pick on 8 August at Exeter Road in Plumstead and wants volunteers to join.
- 08:10
ATM MP Vuyo Zungula defended his shift in tone on migration, saying illegal immigration, human trafficking and border failures are all linked, but the core problem remains a failing state.