The Alternative Breakfast

Our Thought Leader today was Prof Jonathan Jansen, Distinguished Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University and also President of the South African Academy of Science. He spoke to us about the value of the NPO sector in SA.

This week UCT Students distributed almost 800 pepper spray units and have raised over R100 000 through an online crowd funding campaign on BackaBuddy. Zoar Lewis (21), UCT student and co-founder of the online campaign against GBV spoke to us.

Prof Anne Fitchett -Associate Professor - School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wits University spoke about the importance of Green Roofs in SA. Green roofs are usually installed on flat roofs with vegetation planted in a growing medium on top of waterproofing, root barrier and cuspate sheeting.

Siphiwe Sithole is the founder of African Marmalade, an organic farming enterprise based in Krugersdorp in Gauteng’s West Rand. She spoke to us about leaving a corporate marketing job to start the organic farming enterprise business.

Our petrol head Nico Smit took on renowned food editor Hilary Biller in the JetSet Bake-off competition. Franco the cake man, chairperson of Cake Decorators Guild and Siphiwe Sithole were the judges.

Griffin Shea, owner of Bridge Books spoke about the unique bookstore in downtown Johannesburg which supports African writers by finding as many ways of getting books into the hands of as many readers as possible.

Margi Biggs, the convenor of the Wine & Food Tourism Conference, Spoke about the conference where more than 15 top-level experts will be sharing the stage at the Wine & Food Tourism Conference at Spier on 18 September. This year’s Wine & Food Tourism Conference, will feature South Africa’s most respected trends analyst, Dion Chang, as headline speaker.

Charl de Beer, CEO and Founder of Fanute Hospitality Solutions spoke about Fanute is a sustainability solutions company, in its innovative thinking the organisation provides valuable services to the market, and in just a small way, helps to save the planet.

We spoke to Justin Yarrow, the founder of ICT youth empowerment NGO, CodeMakers. He spoke about SuperScientist, an initiative where South African scientists are being immortalised as superheroes as a way to inspire youth to take an interest in the field of science.

Our Guest Presenter today was Lebo Mashile award-winning poet, author, presenter, actress, and producer. Mashile is a South African household name who is most recognisable for her lyrical and gutsy poems. She spoke to us about her career, gender-based violence in SA and her new theatre production: Venus vs Modernity: The Life of Saartjie Baartman. Her chosen guests were Keitu Gwangwa, the CEO of t...

Stina van Rooyen, Brand Specialist, Insights Division at Kantar spoke about how resilient brands defied macroeconomic challenges in the 2019 BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable SA Brands.

Mathis Wackernagel, PhD, the co-creator of the Ecological Footprint and President of Global Footprint Network spoke to us about Earth Overshoot Day. Earth Overshoot Day, previously known as Ecological Debt Day is the calculated illustrative calendar date on which Humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.

Tamryn Raynor is a matric learner at Wordsworth High School in Benoni. She spoke to us about being the youngest licenced boxing assistant coach and making history for being the youngest female coach in SA.

Our Thought Leader, Dr Morné du Plessis, chief executive officer of WWF South Africa spoke about the Amazon rain forest fires. He was followed by Jacob van Garderen, Director of The Public Interest Practice, who spoke about the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges’ Africa Chapter 2019 Conference.

Jo-Ann Bekker author of Asleep Awake Asleep, spoke about her book which entails 39 interlinked short stories which can be read as a hand-drawn narrative map, charting the course of South Africa’s turbulent history.

South African musician and charismatic guitarist Sibusile Xaba, reframes maskandi into his own humanist manifesto. He spoke to us about his debut LP, Open Letter to Adoniah which was released by local label Mushroom Hour Half Hour. He will be holding an intimate performance in the Untitled Basement on Saturday 7th September 2019

SA entrepreneurs, landowners and farmers are fast waking up to the profit potential of the Périgord, the truffle cultivated worldwide. Leon Potgieter, national director of Truffle Growers SA spoke to us about growing and selling truffles.

Mignon Hardie, FunDza's Executive Director spoke to us about extending the learning platform onto WhatsApp. FunDza Literacy Trust has partnered with Turn.io to launch FunDza on WhatsApp to get its already popular reading content into the hands of thousands of new readers.

Last night the winners of the 2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards were announced at an event held at The Empire Conference & Events Venue in Parktown. Michelle constant spoke to them and to Jennifer Platt, the Sunday Times Book Editor.

Prof Jonny Peter is the Head of the Allergy unit at UCT’s Lung Institute responsible for monitoring pollen in SA. He spoke to us about this year seeing some of the highest recorded pollen counts in history, which had cities from Europe to the US covered in clouds of pollen as a result of global warming.

SA-born fashion designer Thebe Magugu spoke to us about winning this year’s LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Earlier this year, Magugu won the International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week beating out 15 other designers from across the globe. His exhibition, titled Dawning, featured Magugu’s African Studies collection.

Sizwe Snail Ka Mtuze, senior partner at Snail Attorneys at Law spoke to us about the latest developments around defamation law in SA and how the law seeks to strikes a balance in protecting victims while also ensuring the practice of freedom of expression. Sizwe Snail Ka Mtuze is a member of the South African Information Regulator and senior partner at Snail Attorneys at Law . He is also the Inter...

Musician Ndabo Zulu joined us in-studio to talk about the Umgidi Ensemble project, which was his recent master's project at the Norwegian music Academy. He talks about how his project aims at looking at what could be a possible orchestration of a Nguni orchestration. Like in a western symphony orchestra which comprises of instrument that have a huge traditional significance to the west, the ensemb...

Joanne Techow, zoologist and owner of the edible insect business, Ensekta, discussed the subject of entomophagy (the eating of insects) and about the nutritional and environmental benefits of insects as a food source.,

Musician Danny K talks about his new company, Masterpiece Capital, which is the first company in South Africa dedicated to offering finance for the purchase of artworks.