The Alternative Breakfast

JSB COMMUNITY Before the Bell Rings - How Smart Start is building South Africa’s future. Dadisai Taderera, Head of Partnerships at SmartStart   

PROFILE: the beauty of neurodiversity with Multifaceted South African actress and singer Nandi Madida

JSB WORD DOMINATION - We speak to Founder of The FAIR social library,  Cayleigh Bright. The FAIR social library at Tilt is a free book-swap initiative located within Tilt Coffee in Melville, Johannesburg, South Africa

JSB THOUGHTLEADER - As the annual matric results reignite calls for a 50% pass mark, the debate exposes deep misunderstandings about how the system works and the realities facing South African schools, drawing from insights in his Daily Maverick opinion piece, “South Africa’s 50% matric pass mark proposal is just a dream,”  by education expert Professor Michael le Cordeur&nb...

JSB CIVIC EDUCATION -  speaks to political commentator Siyabonga Hadebe about how  transactional realism  is reshaping global politics, using the Venezuelan crisis to explain why today’s diplomacy is driven more by deals and interests than ideology.

JSB COMMUNITY - Prof Thinandavha Mashau, Deputy Executive Dean of Unisa’s College of Human Sciences, joins Jet Set Breakfast  to reflect on 12 years of the Decoloniality Summer School and unpack why decolonising the classroom is a critical step in transforming education and knowledge in South Africa and the Global South.  

JSB INNOVATION - A pioneering South African research project is revealing how guided stargazing experiences can reduce anxiety, improve mood and foster a sense of connection by offering people a powerful shift in perspective — with insights from co-researcher of the study, Dr Charles Takalana, AT CoCREATE Health Hub -      

JSB WORD DOMINATION - A vibrant public reading space is using Afrikan literature as a catalyst for dialogue, healing and community-building, creating room for truth, Ubuntu and bold conversations — with literary activist and Afro-Freedom Book Club founder Lungile Zakwe.   

JSB TECH - As the EU investigates Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over sexually explicit and harmful content, the controversy raises urgent questions about AI ethics, online safety and regulation in the digital age, with analysis from Fast Company Editor-in-Chief Wesley Diphoko. JSB COMMUNITY - Prof Thinandavha Mashau, Deputy Executive Dean of Unisa’s College of Human Sciences, joins Jet S...

CIVIC EDUCATION: We go a little deeper for our Civic Education segment, exploring how remembering the dead became an act of resistance, as we speak to author Lesley Mofokeng about how obituaries in the early South African black press preserved black excellence, dignity and collective memory.

We hear your Big Phat Juicy requests and for our first JSB CONVERSATION: We’ll be diving into the world of music mastery- Grammy-recognized producer and music industry architect Craig King, whose journey took him from church organ benches in Nashville to shaping hits for legends like Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Aaliyah, Kanye West, and more. -Send us your big phat juicy requests on …....

WORD DOMINATION book feature of the year we thought we look into the work of a man who told us that  When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it : #BookTok influencer  Atlegang Mosimanekgos (@kgosibookshelf) on tik tok joins us in studio to speak about  Books That Guide Us : Finding Meaning with Paul  Coelho’s Manuscript Found in Accra...

We kickstart the show with our feature  THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS: As we come out of the festive season, when family time is meant to be shared around the same table, we ask — did you spend time with your grandchildren this evening, or did you say goodnight through a screen? — as we speak to Sulette Ferreira from the University of Johannesburg about why visits are so...

For THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS this Sunday: Edwin Naidu, a strategic communications expert in financial services joins us . He’ll be unpacking a big question: Is South Africa getting a return on its massive investment in education?