The Alternative Breakfast

UJ FADA Gallery’s Tandem Exhibition featuring solos by Senzeni Marasela and Heinrich Nieuman

Sailing for Change: Chris Bertish’s Ocean Conservation Journey GUEST: Chris Bertish- South African adventurer, author, speaker, ocean pioneer and ocean advocate   South African adventurer and ocean advocate Chris Bertish is set to embark on the TransCat Expedition 2025: Oceans Without Borders, a world-first solo, unsupported crossing of the Pacific Ocean on a production beach catamaran....

GUEST: Saliem Fakir - Founder and  Executive Director - African Climate Foundation   PLOT:  Navigating Africa’s Climate Development Nexus, by African Climate Foundation founder Saliem Fakir, offers a fresh perspective on the climate crisis through an African lens. Challenging the usual divide between environmental and economic priorities, Fakir’s curated essays explore h...

GUEST Writer  and director -  Chim Onyebilanma   PLOT: CAP STUDIOS’ debut feature film, Treasure Hunt, has been officially selected for the prestigious American Black Film Festival (ABFF), taking place in Miami Beach from June 11–15, 2025. This landmark achievement places the rural Embo-based studio—nestled in South Africa’s Valley of a Thousand Hills—o...

More Than Dessert: How Tapi Tapi is Reclaiming Indigenous African Flavours Guest:Tapi Tapi  Founder Tapiwa Guzha   Located in Cape Town's artistic centre of Observatory, Lower Main Road offers a fascinating array of thrift stores, cafes and restaurants best explored on foot. Among them is an unassuming ice cream cafe called Tapi Tapi (a Bantu ideophone [nyaudzosingwi] that means "sweet s...

GUEST Jackson Tshabalala - Global Engagement Manager for Leva Foundation, leading the Tangible Africa project - 081 594 1811 #Coding4Mandela, the world’s largest Mandela Day coding intervention, returns this July, uniting thousands of learners across Africa in a celebration of tech and education. Spearheaded by Tangible Africa—an NMU and Leva Foundation collaboration—the initiati...

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

WORD DOMINATION with Tom Eaton, a Cape Town-based writer and author of In An Act of Murder

CIVIC EDUCATION: Understanding third-party insurance, a potential financial lifeline with Guest: Youlon Naidoo, Executive Head of Claims and Procurement at Miway Insurance

JSB FOOD:The Africa Food Show: Shaping the Future of Food & Beverage with Africa’s Local and Global Brands at the Forefront with Miles Kubheka—a chef, entrepreneur, and storyteller and founder of Wakanda Food Accelerator    

THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS:South Africa’s Reputation on the Line: What the Continent Still Sees in Us with Guest: Sithembile Ntombela, General Manager: Marketing at Brand South Africa  

JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Blisters for Babies: A 270km Pilgrimage to Save Tiny Lives with Guest: Louise Theron - CEO of the Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust    

JSB CONVERSATION:US funding cuts have crippled global public health - for this session we look into what been lost- GUEST 1: Glenda Gray- University of the Witwatersrand, Executive Director Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Chief Scientific Officer, South African Medical Research Council GUEST 2: Stavros Nicolau- Aspen Group Senior Executive Strategic Trade.

GUEST Melanie Nel – Marketing Director at the SA Guide-Dogs 

A bright new voice in theatre, Campbell Meas has been announced as the winner of the 2025 National Playwright Competition with her play Vakavigwa (Burials/They were buried). Guest: Campbell Meas is an actress, writer, director, facilitator, experimental film enthusiast and theatre maker. For WORD Domination this week, our guest…has been named the winner of the 2025 National Playwright Compe...

The recent wave of global VFX studio closures and the resulting job losses shaking the film industry. Guest: Alastair Orr, CEO of The Refinery Artificial intelligence is not the Terminator lurking in the projector room, here to kick VFX artists into the unemployment line while a machine wins the Oscar. As someone who’s lived inside edit suites, dailies rooms, and post facilities long enough...

Guest: Tiisetso Makhubedu is a young sangoma who is passionate about issues of youth and spirituality. For cultural activist Makhubedu  anyone should be able to practise their spiritual or cultural traditions freely after the dawn of democracy. In a world where the phrase “soft life” has become a popular aspiration, conversations about money are shifting from pure finance to inten...

Guest: Kunle Ayo -Nigeruan born South African artist  In 2025, Africa Month will see a continued surge in the growth of music and cultural work driven by factors like increasing streaming popularity, a revival of traditional genres, and a rise in global collaboration and independent artists. The continent's digital music market is projected to reach $500 million and the creative industries ar...