The Alternative Breakfast

GUEST: WOUTER KELLERMAN - Award Winning flautist, producer and composer Interview:  Wouter Kellerman celebrated his third Grammy award for the collaboration album ‘Triveni’ in the best new age, ambient or chant album category  with Indian-American vocalist Chandrika Tandon and Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto  

GUEST: KIM TUCKER - Gqeberha Ambassador for 67 Blankets  The 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day celebrates 11 years  of knitting blankets on 20th March the United Nation’s international day of Happiness at Nelson Mandela University.  

GUEST: MARIAN CLAITE - Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Afrika Tikkun Services

GUEST: BENEDICT JOHNSON - Executive Head: EBS and New Initiatives at Fundi SA. Interview:  South Africa’s student accommodation crisis: urgent need for safety, security and solutions      

GUEST: BENOIT LE ROY - CEO of the SA Water Chamber Interview:  Johannesburg is grappling with a severe and ongoing water crisis, leaving residents without reliable access to water for weeks. What will it take to solve this crisis?   .   

GUEST: PROF. JOHN STREMLAU - Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand  Interview: TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER: What's Trump's beef with South Africa?      

GUEST: PROF. MUSA XULU - Cultural Expert & Heritage Development Trust Executive Director. GUEST: JARRED THOMPSON - Author of The Institute for Creative Dying

GUEST: DOMAINE RAUTENBACH - Senior Brand Manager for Jacobs Coffee

GUEST:SNOWY MATTERA - Daughter of Don Mattera and Board Member of the Don Mattera Legacy Foundation  

GUEST: PROF. SCOTT HAZELHURST - Professor of Bioinformatics in the School of Electrical & Information Engineering Wits University 

GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI  - SABC Sportscaste

GUEST: NICHOLAS COLE - part of SANParks & co-authored this article

GUEST: SONGEZO ZIBI  - National Leader of Rise Mzansi, Chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee On Public Accounts Interview:   CIVIC EDUCATION :  Hope Is Not A Strategy in the New Trump World.  The US President presents enormous risks for South Africa and the world.    

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.