The Alternative Breakfast

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...

  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.  

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...

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  

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...