The Alternative Breakfast

Keri-Leigh Paschal is the Executive Director of Nation Builder. She spoke to us about Nation Builder hosting its fifth In Good Company conference on 15 August in Pretoria at the Atterbury Theatre. They have a spectacular line-up of speakers that include top business men and women, social entrepreneurs, some of South Africa’s biggest philanthropists and many other significant people who have incred...

Nine year old Ngcali Metu is the author of a book titled: The Clever Twins . She joined us in studio with her mom Yondie Metu to discuss the book. The Clever Twins is about Zazi and Azi who were exceptional young children, who had hearts of gold. Empowering and uplifting their community was what they enjoyed doing the most. Little did they realise, just how intelligent they really were. Their mom...

Our Thought leader, Thando Hopa South African model, activist, and lawyer spoke about the Miss South Africa Pageant which took place this week. We were later joined by Ailyssa Pretorius, General Manager of Uber Eats and Claudette Thorne, RSA Country Manager for Travelport who both discussed the strides made by women in their respective industries.

South Africa commemorates National Book Week every first week of September, an initiative of the South African Book Development Council Elitha van der Sandt, CEO, South African Book Development Council spoke to us about some of the notable successes of the campaign, providing insights into some of the research SABDC has been conducting on reading as well as how we can encourage both kids and adult...

Malawian-American singer/songwriter Masauko spoke to us about growing up in LA,USA and being part of a large exile community from Southern Africa and the Caribbean. He also discussed the MASAUKO 'Come to Life' concert Live at UNTITLED BASEMENT, 10th August, 2019.

Toerie van der Merwe & Gerald Elliott, Co-owners of Ba Pita spoke about their restaurant Ba-Pita, based in Melville, Johannesburg. Opening in December last year, Ba-Pita may seem brand new to younger faces, but those who’ve been around the block will recognise its deliciously iconic offering, as well as the owners who’ve brought it back.

Sussie Mjwara, parenting programme trainer and artist at Clowns Without Borders (CWBSA’s) spoke about the organisation hosting free performances around Cape Town to encourage parents, caregivers, adolescents and children to explore and nurture relationships within their family. CWBSA’s work in addressing the impact of violence against children and the promotion of child wellbeing begun in 2004 thr...

A lack of funds for sanitary wear means thousands of young women are missing up to a week of school monthly, costing them in vital classroom time and setting their education back profoundly. Sue Barnes, Founder of Subz Pad and Project Dignity spoke about how she designed a re-usable sanitary pad and clip-on panty. The five-year longevity of the product means that a girl entering Grade 8 will be ab...

Faaizah Laher, ADSA Spokesperson and registered dietitian spoke to us about ageing and its nutritional challenges. Around the age of thirty years, the strength and vigour of the human body naturally begins to decline. ADSA is working on a new health/nutritional campaign looking at how nutritional needs change as people age.

Cape Town’s 26 year-old Lee-Shane Booysen has been crowned the 2019 Red Bull Dance Your Style champion. He spoke to us about heading to the European street dance mecca in Paris where he will be representing Mzansi and battling over 30 talented street dancers from around the globe.

Our guest presenter , performer, author, satirist, and social activist Pieter Dirk Uys spoke to us about his illustrious career. We were also joined on the phone by Actress and Director Lizz Meiring and Lynne Maree who is an Actress and Director. One of South Africa’s most prolific writers Steven Gray also joined the discussion.

Tebogo Bathebeng, founder of Montsho Sustainable Project spoke to us about the initiative . Montsho Sustainable Project is an ecological company that provides feed produced by Black Solider Fly larvae Inspired by nature and her ecosystem, MSP’s objectives is to create long term natural growth solutions for communities and businesses. We do this by carefully harvesting Black Soldier flies and their...

Cheraé Halley, director of DFL Playback Theatre spoke to us about the Drama for Life’s full-time professional theatre company and the Swedish national theatre Unga Klara joining creative forces at the Wits Theatre complex in Johannesburg to explore the role of the arts in building a child-centred society.

Eight year old Eli Burgh is a serial entrepreneur and one of the young 'Board of Directors' for Bata, a shoe company. He joined us in studio together with his father Lillo Burgh to talk about his businesses and his role as the director of Bata.

Dr. Corrin Varady, CEO of global digital education company, IDEA Digital Education spoke about the latest unemployment statistics released by Statistics SA this week. He warns that South Africa needs to realise that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is already here, and South Africa is dangerously ill-prepared.

Our Thought leader was Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogu. She spoke about India’s new legislation which criminalises the practice of “triple talaq.” The centuries-old custom allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq,” or “divorce” in Arabic, three times.

World Ranger Day was on Wednesday, 31 July. We spoke to Fundisile Mketeni, SANParks CEO about how South African National Parks are beginning to win the fight against rhino poaching after years of struggle to combat the crime which was threatening one of the country’s big five.

Members of the Meizana band, Bianca Wood and Phathiswa Magangane joined us in studio to talk about their new single- Another You The name is a combination of the Afrikaans word “meisie” and the Zulu word “intombazana” ultimately creating, Meizana. They have joined forces to create a never before seen South African musical offering.

Cherise Vogt, co- founder of Pink Piggy Lifestyle joined us in studio to talk about the benefits of adopting a vegan. Pink Piggy Lifestyle is a family owned online vegan shop with offices in Primrose Hill, Johannesburg, which delivers & couriers nationwide.

Maureen Grosvenor, Head of Custom Applications, APPSolve spoke to us about being among a group of women who will summit Mount Kilimanjaro next week. Prof. Thuli Madonsela will be leading an expedition of influential women up Africa’s highest peak on a mission to raise enough funds for sanitary pads for the Imbumba Foundation’s Caring4Girls programme to ensure that up to two million girl children w...

Dr Kofi Okreye Dede, spoke to us about Allegra, a proudly South African company that specialises in healthcare management. Allegra is a tech–based contributor to the medical sector that empowers healthcare communities, by providing access to information that enhances total individual care.

Ntokozo Ngubane, a registered Dietitian at the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA spoke about Rheumatic Fever Week which takes place on 1-6 August

Our guest presenter was Professor Nicola Kleyn- Dean of the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science and former President and current member of the Board of the South African Business Schools Association. Professor Nicola’s chosen guests were Mzamo Masito, Chief Marketing Officer at Google Africa and Dr Zukiswa Mthimunye who is a member faculty and alumnus at GIBS.

Nomsa Mazwai, aka NomiSupasta spoke to us about the UJ Weekend of Jazz 2019 event taking place from 23 to 25 August 2019. Organised by UJ Arts & Culture, the event will present musicians such as Gabi Motuba, Nduduzo Makhatini, NomiSupasta, Titi Luzipo and Spha Mdlalose.

Ten-year-old Relebogile Mothema, a grade 4 pupil at St Andrew’s School for Girls has written about her experience with bullying & childhood obesity in her book “Bizzarcar”, The book aims to draw the reader’s attention towards the social challenges around eating junk food and obesity - a challenge many children face in the modern age. Relebogile and her mom Khanyisa Teffo joined us in studio to tal...