The Alternative Breakfast

GUEST: DR. IRAJ ABEDIAN - Economist, Author and Founder and Chief Executive of Pan-African Investment and Research Services  Interview:  US Sovereign Wealth Fund and ‘Reciprocal’ tariffs on every country to be announced next week, Trump says    

GUEST: MKHULU NSINGIZA -  Co-founder of the Kemet/Afrikan Royal calendar. GUEST: KAREL NEL - Artist, Curator, Scholar, works with a team of the world’s foremost astronomers on COSMOS GUEST: DR. MOUMITA AICH - Astrophysicist & Head of the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome (WAADD) OUR CONNECTION TO THE STARS -  Aligning to the COSMOS      

GUEST: WANDILE SIHLOBO - Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and the author of  “A Country of Two Agricultures: The Disparities, The Challenges, The Solutions”  SA needs to hone export strategies amid rising trade friction & What can Farmers and Agribusinesses harvest from the SONA?      

GUEST: ANDI NORTON -   Trustee of the Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust. The  Stellenbosch Triennale returns from 19 February to 30 April 2025 , transforming the town into an open-air gallery.          

GUEST: NOLUVUYISO VUVU MPOFU  - Soprano Soloist

GUEST: TONY LANKESTER  - Incoming CEO Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

GUEST: LIEZEL ENGELBRECHT  - Innovation Manager in the All Children On Track Portfolio from the DG Murray Trust

GUEST: TOBY SHAPSHAK  - Editor at large Stuff Magazine   

GUEST: DR. IFEDAYO ADETIFA  - Chief Transformation Officer and CEO of FIND

GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI  - SABC Sportscaste  

GUEST: CONWAY SHIRINDZA -  S enior Conservation Officer at the National Zoological Garden 

Guest: HAPPY MAKHUMALO NGIDI - Chief Marketing Officer of Proudly South African As the State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2025 approaches, Proudly South African is calling on officials and guests to make a statement by wearing locally made fashion.       

GUEST: BRUCE HENDERSON -  Author Interview: WOOD, IRON AND STEEL: Shipwrecks Mapped Off the Western Cape     

GUEST: DR. YASEEN KHAN - Co-founder and CEO of EMGuidance Prevention or crisis: the hidden economics of South Africa’s healthcare choice      

GUEST: JEROME SEPTEMBER - Guest: Dean of Students Wits University Interview:  Student Debt Cleared for 800 Wits students amounting to R63 million collectively.           

GUEST: ZACKIE ACHMAT - Co-Founder of the Treatment Action Campaign, Activist and Film Director Interview:   CIVIC EDUCATION : CIVIC ORGANISATIONS ON PEPFAR and NHI      

New National Survey Reveals SA’s Experiences of Education and Dropout GUEST: COLIN WARDLE - Communications Lead for the Zero Dropout Campaign.  

GUEST: MPUMELELO BOND NYOKA -  Lawyer & Analyst  Interview:   CIVIC EDUCATION : THE CONSTITUTION PART 2  The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, was approved by the Constitutional Court (CC) on 4 December 1996 and took effect on 4 February 1997.        

GUEST: PETER GODWIN - Author Interview: EXIT WOUNDS: A Story of Love, Loss and Occasional Wars (A Memoir)    

  GUEST: RUTH HALL -  Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape    

Guest: Tanya Nel,  Operations Director Paws R Us Interview: Separated Dog Siblings “Lilo and Stitch” Reunited, an adoption story.          

GUEST: COLLEN DLAMINI  -  Head of Public Affairs – Mining Indaba As the global spotlight increasingly focuses on sustainable practices and community empowerment, Mining Indaba 2025 is set to lead the conversation by placing communities at the heart of mining's future.          

GUEST: ISABEAU JOUBERT -  Cape Town-based texture designer and yarn bomber GUEST: VERONICA MITCHELL  - Facilitator and Researcher in medical education at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. GUEST: PULENG SEGALO -Professor of Psychology at the University of South Africa GUEST: GEMMA McKENZIE - Researcher. Crocheter: #ThreadsOfProtest

GUEST: PROF. LARS CHITTKA - Professor in Sensory and Behavioural Ecology at Queen Mary University of London