RMB is committed to investing in growth on the African continent, and they will be sharing their deep insights through the Africa Focus series on CapeTalk, hosted by Crystal Orderson. This week’s focus is on sustainable finance and why it is important for Africa, as well as the role of the African Development Bank in assisting African governments in accessing sustainable finance.

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Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to journalist and concerned parent Liezel De Lange about a school project on clean water supply that was pulled by education bosses because it could negatively impact young people’s voting patterns.

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Cross-border co-operation leads to arrest of a people smuggler; Russian threat levels have out military conscription on the agenda. Adam Gilchrist shares details on all these stories with Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit.

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A massive solar storm, the largest in twenty years, has been resulting in some spectacular nighttime light shows in the northern and southern skies. Carl Lindemann is a former board member of Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Cape section, and he has been fortunate enough to have seen two spectacular Aurora Borealis in his lifetime, but still hoping for his first Aurora Australis. He spoke to Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, about how these phenomena occur.

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Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Colin Deiner, Head of Disaster Management in the Western Cape, to find out how the rescue operations in George is going, just over a week since a five-storey building collapsed with a 81 workers inside.

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Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Samkelo Mokhine of the Freedom of Expression Institute about concerns that the SABC has banned the airing of the Democratic Alliance election campaign ad showing a burning South African flag.

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OpenAI has just announced that it is launching a faster and cheaper version of the technology behind ChatGPT, as the startup works to hold on to its lead in an increasingly crowded market. Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Nazareen Ebrahim, CEO of Naz Consulting International.

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Homeowners across the City of Cape Town have been growing increasingly concerned over a tiny pest that might or might not be destroying the trees in their gardens. The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer beetle first arrived in South Africa in 2017 and has since resulted in the deaths of thousands of trees. Africa Melane, standing in for Lester Kiewit, speaks to Mashudu Victor Phalanndwa, Head of Green Jobs and Environmental Management – City of Cape Town, to get a sense of how the fight against the parasitic insect is progressing.

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