The Alternative Breakfast

A Pan African collaboration has been underway this week at the South African Book Fair as a virtual event from September 11th till today the 13th. The initiative is a collaborative and co-ordinated approach towards increasing the promotion of local, African-owned and -controlled book production industries as well as the exchange of writers, illustrators and storytellers on the continent’s national...

Rachel Kolisi, wife of 2019 Rugby World Cup winning Springbok captain, Siya Kolisi, recently took to social media to voice her unhappiness with the publication of an updated edition of the unauthorised Siya Kolisi biography penned by author Jeremy Daniel: Siya Kolisi Against All Odds. Rachel Kolisi expressed the view that Siya Kolisi’s story should be his to tell and he did not approve the biograp...

The Children’s Hospital Trust is an NPO that raises funds to advance child healthcare through the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. From upgrades to its buildings and facilities, to the implementation of several projects and programmes and upskilling of medical professionals from across Africa since 1994. The Children’s Hospital Trust has embarked on a frontline campaign to raise funds f...

Pareto Limited is thrilled to be pioneering new pathways for visual artists working in Gauteng through Ubuciko, a uniquely curated Professional Development Programme. GUEST: ROLIHLAHLA MHLANGA - Art Curator

In 2002, at the age of 16, Claire Reid found herself sitting in her vegetable garden with a tape measure between her knees and centimetre marks drawn on her fingers. She knew that she wanted to grow vegetables to sell to her parents for extra pocket money. However she soon became frustrated by the wastage of seed and fertiliser and her inability to get the seed to stay in the soil at the correct de...

GEORGE BIZOS 14 November 1927 – 9 September 2020 passed away at 92 years; was a Greek-South African human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa. Bizos did not go to school for his first two years in the country, because he could not speak English or Afrikaans. He gained entry to the University of the Witwatersrand in 1949, where he met Nelson Mandelaand undertook a 3-year B...

In keeping with its 2020 theme of innovation, Mail & Guardian 200 Young South African's took the form of a virtual reveal this week the event launched the list that will be showcased in this week's issue of the paper, on shelves this morning and featuring profiles of all 208 winners. Guest: ATHANDIWE SABA - News Editor Mail and Guardian

GUEST: Singer & Songwriter #Karma

The way food is produced, processed, distributed, consumed and wasted has a huge impact on our lives, communities and the environment. To give people a hands-on understanding of why our choice of food matters, the Embassy of Sweden is inviting participants to explore food and the way you eat. GUEST: AMI LARSSON-JAIN - Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of Sweden

How To Make Roast Chicken That Does Not Look Like Minister Tito Mboweni’s? Chef Zola Nene tells us how. ZOLA NENE - Author of Simply Delicious & Simply Zola

52 Week Challenge LUCKY ALLEN ROGER ROGER POLLY THEMBA HANS JETCREW IAN HANS VISH LUCKY RANJAY RADITI ROD XOLANI THEMBA GAIL RAY ANTHONY ANTHONY NICK THEMBA CAL MAHUNGU ELDRID UWE LYN LYN’S HUSBAND (CHARLIE) RANJAY AWARD Guest: NICO SMIT

In a world first, a captivating new short dance film created by Cape Town City Ballet and Norval Foundation honours the work of internationally acclaimed artist William Kentridge. GUEST: DEBBIE TURNER - CEO of Cape Town City Ballet

It’s part of what we hope is a continued deepening and maturation of the medium in African media spheres. But what does it take to build a successful and sustainable podcasting enterprise in these contexts, when so much the discussion on podcasting is focused on North America and Europe? To get the conversation started, SAMIP hosted a roundtable discussion featuring expert voices from our own coho...

20-year old Tony McPherson believes in quality healthcare and medical access for all After identifying a need for medical consumables and disposables to difficult-to-deliver regions and rural communities across Africa, 20-year old Capetonian, Tony McPherson launched McPherson Trading, a tender based procurement consultancy to help fill this gap. Since opening doors in January 2019, the company has...

PROF HELEN REES- Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisation International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19. Medical researcher and the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute of the University of Witwatersrand

During the last weekend of August 2020, Jamie Marais became the only known person to cycle a vertical ascent of 9,000 metres, the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest (8,845m), in a Big 5 game reserve over 36 hours. Jamie chose to put himself through extreme discomfort and great personal risk to raise much needed funds to protect endangered wildlife and feed communities affected by COVID-19. GUES...

Katlego Maphai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Yoco, an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, run their business better, and grow. Yoco offers card payment acceptance, software-driven business tools and working capital. Katlego was born to aca-demic parents in Johannesburg in 1983, their work took the young Maphai from Soweto to Cape Town, Cambri...

At the start of Heritage Month 2020, South African Heritage Publishers, in co-operation with the University of Pretoria, are thrilled to make the following announcement about ancestral writings they came across during their research to identify historical events to be included in the Our Story series: GUEST: TERENCE BALL - Publisher at Heritage Publishers

“Dear Start-up Entrepreneur" -by Tshepo Moses Mosiedi entrepreneur, accountant, and business consultant. In this book the author outlines the principles and concepts that he wishes he could have been exposed to when he faced and experienced challenges of starting his own business. GUEST: TSHEPO MOSIEDI - Entrepreneur

“Today, South Africa is facing a crisis on three fronts. We face an energy crisis, an economic crisis and an unemployment crisis. they present us with unprecedented challenges that will require concerted effort, innovative thinking and speed”. This is from the opinion piece “Wake Up The sun is Shining” by Wido Schnabel, Chairperson of SAPVIA (South African Photovoltaic Industry Association) GUEST:...

Tomorrow is International Day of Clean Air for blue skies UN Member States recognize the need to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination by 2030, GUEST: CECELIA NJENGA - Head of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

After a decade of connecting people to nature through world-class storytelling, Cape Town based NGO, the Sea Change Project are about to unveil their first feature documentary titled My Octopus Teacher. It will premiere on Netflix to-morrow Monday, 7 September. The film showcases the delicate ecosystem that lies beneath the waves in The Great African Sea Forest for the very first time. GUEST: PIPP...

The Durban FilmMart Institute (DMI) has announced the programme for the 11th Durban FilmMart (DFM) Virtual Edition, which opened yesterday Friday and on until 13 September this year. “Using the theme Brave New Cinema, bringing together leading and emerging African film professionals in an online space, to benchmark themselves, learn from peers, pitch their ideas and projects and network, and colle...

LUCKY ALLEN ROGER ROGER POLLY THEMBA HANS JETCREW IAN HANS VISH LUCKY RANJAY RADITI ROD XOLANI THEMBA GAIL RAY ANTHONY ANTHONY NICK THEMBA CAL MAHUNGU ELDRID UWE LYN LYN’S HUSBAND AWARD Guest:NICO SMIT Guest: Charlie - LYN’S HUSBAND - PORT ALFRED

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has partnered with the South African Innovation Summit (SAIS) to host the 2020 Innovation Summit that will be held from 30 September to 01 October 2020. The event will be held virtually, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The summit brings together innovation leaders from different countries, back-grounds, disciplines and worldviews. GUEST: N...