RC 261112Cape TalkLester Kiewit
Thursday, 12 November 2026
Lester Kiewit's Thursday show covered Cape Town's truck-stuck Muizenberg bridge, Dial-a-Ride cuts, and the squeeze on the middle class, plus debate on tough love versus gentle parenting.
- 06:13
President Ramaphosa announced 3.5% pay rises for MPs and cabinet ministers and 4% for judges and magistrates, below inflation, as unemployment climbed to 33.7%.
- 07:27
The City wants to scale Dial-a-Ride back to home-to-work trips for wheelchair users, citing a deficit of about a million rand a month, while the service remains before the Western Cape High Court.
- 06:10
Cape Town's councillors will be sworn in at a council meeting on 19 November, when a speaker and mayor are elected, with Geordin Hill-Lewis expected to serve a second term.
- 07:14
Sweep South says households booking domestic help fell from 1.2 million before COVID to about 800,000, with 87,000 domestic jobs lost as middle-class budgets tighten.