The Alternative Breakfast

GUEST: SARAH JENKINS - Communications Manager at The French Institute of South Africa

Guest: Simon Sebag Montefiore - Best Selling Author  "The World : A Family History"     WORD DOMINATION: - INSTUDIO  Author of prize-winning books that have been published in forty-eight languages.

Guest: Liz McDaid – Strategic Lead at The Green Connection The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just launched its latest report on the climate crisis. The AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 summarizes five years of reports on global temperature rises, fossil fuel emissions and climate impacts.

Thought Leaders : Community Denis Hurley Centre's annual interfaith "Iftahr" will be held on Wednesday 29 March at 5pm to reflect on the traditions of ramadaan and lent. Guest: Raymond Perrier, Director of Denis Hurley Centre 

Guest: Tshegofatso Mosiapoa - IT Student and Entrepreneur    “From technologically challenged to IT Entrepreneur: A Young Girl's Inspiring Journey”.    

Guest: Nick Dall - Freelance journalist, author and copywriter  THOUGHTLEADER: The best things in life are free: In praise of our libraries   It’s National Library Week and I thought I’d take the opportunity to sing the praises of one government institution that does still bring much value (and joy!) to its citizens.  

The human immune system is arguably the most complex system in the human body. But scientists have made a lot of progress in understanding how it functions. That’s important for understanding illnesses and how to manage them. For instance, it’s important to understand that an immune response takes several days to fully develop. This knowledge would hopefully prevent people from getting impatient a...

SSM MUSIC AND ARTS (Structuring Society through Music & Arts) A CELEBRATES 13 YEARS OF EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A BENEFIT GALA (23 MARCH) AND A MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL (25 MARCH). GUEST: SIMON SFISO MSIZA - Founder SSM 

A dedicated ultra – runner has done it, she set out to complete the Ultra Asia Race and she did it, finishing 4th overall; all to make sure rural children have school shoes. GUEST: NONTUTUKHO MGABHI – Ultra Runner

The inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale is underway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This important new event for the Muslim world features numerous African artists. And the biennale’s artistic director is Sumayya Vally, a South African architecture professor and principal of Counterspace design studio. A rising star in the art and architecture worlds, Vally was intent on creating the biennale to connect with...

THE CONSTITUTION HILL HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL IS BACK 25 - 26 MARCH 2023 GUEST: MARK HEYWOOD - Human Rights Activist 

Our guest Divine Muland is a BSc in Mathematics graduate that wanted to pursue a career in quantitative analytics and investments but instead her passion in education steered her towards tutoring students. She wants to refute the “Maths is Hard” notion GUEST: DIVINE MULAND - Mathematics Teacher / Grade 8 Head at Centennial Schools

It’s a Long Weekend, ahead of Human Rights Day. Checking your car for a long distance drive (ahead of Monday's National Shutdown) GUEST REBANEILWE SEMAKANE - Motoring Journalist  

The first report on the platform, 100+ Flavours, is an archive of South African flavours and is the result of extensive research into the crosscultural cuisines that make up the region's rich culinary heritage. GUEST: DR. ANNA TRAPIDO - Anthropologist, Chef and Writer. 

Guest: Dr Ismail Mohamed   Guest: Sibahle Khwela Guest: Yewande Omotoso Interview: GUEST PRESENTER   

GUEST: DR. JANET VAN EEDEN - Award winning scriptwriter, producer, lecturer WORD DOMINATION: “CUT TO THE CHASE”  

GUEST: LUNGA NQADOLO - Managing Director - The Bookery WORD DOMINATION: THE BOOKERY has a mission to put a library in every school  

GUEST: Jacki Job – Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Researcher, Academic Interview – Ai – A Butoh dance about the delicacy of love  

Interview: BOFA GUEST: Nqobile Mafilika

THOUGHTLEARDERS GUEST: Wesley Diphoko

GUEST: DR. GILLIAN MOONEY – Dean: Academic Development and Support at the Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) THOUGHTLEADER                                          

GUEST: ANNETTE BROKENSHA - MD Jhb Children’s Home Interview: COMMUNITY  

Guest Presenter: Nimrod Nkosi   Nimrod Nkosi is a South African television presenter and actor best known for presenting the live Lotto draw on e.tv and SABC2 and for hosting the youth variety show Jam Alley. He began his career in 1994 with a role on the drama series U Bambo Lwami, which he followed up with a role on the Afrikaans rugby drama Pale Toe.   After that he had a five-year stint as pre...

Guest: Samke Mhlongo - founder and Chief Executive of The Next Chapter Wealth Partners Ringfence is a financial literacy chick-lit with psychological and legal themes. This captivating coming-of-age novel explores the illusions many young African women have about love, wealth, status and power in society. Ringfence, inspired by Samke Mhlongo’s real-life events. The book is set in the enigmatic wor...