The Alternative Breakfast

GUEST: DR. GABRIELLE WILLS - Research on Socio-Economic Policy Group Department of Economics Stellenbosch Univ Interview: New report shows opportunities for work, study after matric remain limited    

GUEST: PROF. RAYMOND PARSONS - North-West University Business School  08h20  Interview:  What are import tariffs?    

GUEST: GRIFFIN SHEA - Author and Owner of Independent books store Bridge Books in downtown Jhb Interview: Bridge Books is presenting the Next Gen Youth reading event taking place 15 March. Using reading and storytime as a tool to improve our literacy as a country WWW.BRIDGEBOOKS.CO.ZA

GUEST: HECTOR DIBAKOANE - Co-Lead CEO Makers Valley Interview: Makers Valley is a neighbourhood in Johannesburg inner city, just east of the CBD. The name ‘Makers Valley’ refers to the growing presence and activities of many forms of creative entrepreneurialism in the area.  Artists, cultural practitioners, artisans, urban gardeners, carpenters, shoemakers, metal and woodwork...

GUEST: DR. GCINA MHLOPHE : Author, Storyteller and Founder Gcinamasiko Arts and Heritage Trust Interview: Advocating for the promotion of the Mother Tongue. Yesterday the Gcinamasiko Arts and Heritage Trust hosted the “Spirit of Light” event on International Women’s Day honouring women writers and leaders.       

Interview:  Digital nomads: Where idyllic lifestyle clashes with local needs   GUEST: ZIMASA VABAZA - Socio-Economic Reporter and  Entrepreneur   GUEST: : SIMON CARLETTI - Creative Supervisor at IBN  Immigration Solutions

GUEST: PROF. ROGER GIBSON - Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology in the  School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwa tersrand   Interview: Asteroid 2024 YR4 Chance Of Hitting Earth made  news across the globe.  

Guest: CORRIN VARADY  - Education Analyst and CEO  of IDEA      

GUEST: CAS COOVADIA - B20 Sherpa and Former  CEO Business Unity SA CEO   Interview :  G20 economies must collaborate, says Cas Coovadia  The ‘sherpa’ of Business 200 says Africa can define  the agenda for developing economies    

GUEST: ZWELI NYATHI - CEO of the Jhb Roads Civic Education: What is the mandate and role of the Jhb Roads Agency      

GUEST: PROF. MICHAEL SACHS - Adjunct Professor at  University of the Witwatersrand; one of the panellists dis cussing Education Reform in Times of Crisis Interview:  80% of SA Grade 3 learners cannot read for meaning,  2030 Reading Panel reveals    

GUEST: KEVIN LEICHER - Guitarist/ Vo calist 

GUEST: JENNIFER SKIFF - Strategic Advisor and Director of International Programs Center for a Humane Economy

GUEST: MODUPEOLA FADUGBA - Multi disciplinary Artist   

GUEST: BRONWYN VAN WYK - Audiologist 

GUEST: JONATHAN VILACA - Founder  of Vilaca Racing  

GUEST: CHRIS NICKLIN - Chairman of the  Western Cape Bee Industry 

GUEST: MARY SIBANDE- Artist   GUEST: LAWRENCE LEMAOANA - Artist Interview :  Publish or Perish with Mary and Lawrence     

GUEST: DZVINKA KACHUR - Representative of the  Ukrainian Association of South Africa  Interview :  Tomorrow, 24th February marks three years since Russia  launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine       

GUEST: MIA LOUW - Galleries and Special Projects  Manager Interview:  The Cape Town Art Fair 2025 is taking place  until today 23 February. Celebrating Art, Creativity  and Exploration Through the Power of PLAY      

GUEST: SUE WILLIAMSON - Artist and Writer Interview: Sue Williamson's retrospective "There is something I  must tell you”. Spanning five decades of Williamson’s  practice, and curated by Andrew Lamprecht.    

GUEST: BRIDGET HANNAH - Innovation director at the  DG Murray Trust (DGMT) Interview:  Despite a massive jobs crisis, funding for successful pub lic employment programmes like the Presidential Em ployment Stimulus has been slashed—cutting off over  300,000 people from meaningful work.     .  

GUEST: AMB. BARBARA MASEKELA - Founder of the Jhb  Festival of Women Writers, Poet, Writer and former SA  Ambassador to the United States and France GUEST: DR. BARBARA BOSWELL - Author & Associate  Professor at the University of Cape Town Barbara Boswell set to headline third Johannesburg Festi val of Women Writers. The third edition of the Johannes burg Festival of Women Writer...

GUEST: DR. DANIEL LE ROUX - Department of Informa tion Science Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Stellenbosch University   Interview: New Report offers insight into SA teens’ smartphone habits   

GUEST: PROF. THARINA GUSE - Co-Principal Investiga tor for the Hope Barometer Research Programme De partment of Psychology at the University of Pretoria How hopeful are people across countries and cultures?  Investigating Hope for the future