The Alternative Breakfast

Thoughtleaders, Storytellers and Griots Architects of Change: Women in Real Estate and Urban Vision 18.05.2025 11:59 ↓

  Guest: Ash Mueller  - property broker (082 574 6747) Our next guest has penned an article on the role of women in architecture, spatial planning and building public spaces. She outlines the important contributions of women as property developers, brokers, chief executives, and chief financial officers of publicly listed real estate investment trusts.  

Africa,month let's celebrate African music 18.05.2025 8:25 ↓

GUEST 1: Kunle Ayo -Nigeruan born South African artist  GUEST 2: Maya Molo - Musician from Kenya 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...

Evolution of Music in South Africa from the perspective of performing artists and how the creative process has changed in the last 30 years   11.05.2025 36:02 ↓

Guest: Concord Nkabinde - veteran bass guitarist Guest:  Kahn Morbee - singer-songwriter best known as the magnetic frontman of The Parlotones Guest: Sipho Hotstix Mabuse -An iconic multi-instrumentalist, Mabuse has also mastered the flute, piano, saxophone, kalimba, timbales, and African drums  

Assisted Dying in South Africa: A Constitutional Crossroads of Ethics, Compassion, and Choice- Should we fight for the Right to die 11.05.2025 17:39 ↓

Guest: Prof. JP van Niekerk - Editor Emeritus at the South African Medical Journal Assisted dying (AD) is one of the most complex and emotionally charged debates in modern medicine, ethics, and law. It raises profound questions about autonomy, dignity, compassion, and the role of healthcare in end-of-life decisions. While 15 countries have legalized some form of AD, none are in Africa—yet So...

Led by Shepherds: An Initiate’s Memoir 11.05.2025 20:14 ↓

Guest: Jeffrey Rakabe-author of Led By Shepherds; An initiate’s Memoir  #WORDDomination this week, we look into a book by …. Through education, literature, and the quiet strength of women in his life, Rakabe confronts the deeply ingrained misogyny within initiation culture and its possible ties to gender-based violence. This brave and honest account challenges cultural silence, u...

CIVIC EDUCATION Do you know what your rights are as a worker — and where to turn if they’re violated? 11.05.2025 11:17 ↓

Guest: Terry Bell - South Africa-based journalist commentator and author specialising in political and economic analysis and labour matters For Workers month we take a look at trade unions in 2025- the question looms large: are trade unions still relevant in today’s world? Once powerful forces for justice and equality, many unions now appear weakened, bureaucratic, and disconnected from the...

JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Mlilo was honoured with the People’s Choice awards for non-profit and social enterprise women in therapy and counselling services 10.05.2025 8:31 ↓

GUEST-Acclaimed narrative therapist and psychosocial specialist Ncazelo Mlilo JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Mlilo was honoured with the People’s Choice awards for non-profit and social enterprise women in therapy and counselling services.- Let’s talk about NPO Phola     

JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Botswana joins the Wings for Life World Run – Be part of a global record and help find a cure for spinal cord injury   04.05.2025 7:33 ↓

Guest: Sandile Mkhize is the Wings for Life World Run Ambassador    A Wings for Life World Run experience helped Sandile feel that he could be part of society again, today he is a passionate ambassador for the event. A horrific motorbike accident in 2013 saw Sandile Mkhize break his back in three places. For over two years he was in and out of hospital