The Alternative Breakfast

Siyanda Sopangisa, co-founder of Khayelitsha Canoe Club talks about how they are teaching children to paddle, whilst also raising awareness about wetlands.

South Africa's top comedy ventriloquist, Conrad Koch, joined us in-studio in studio as out guest presenter. We were also in conversation with comedian Stuart Taylor and David Gore, founder of the College of Magic, as Conrad's chosen guests

Emanuela Zuccalà an independent journalist, writer and film-maker spoke about Crossing The River, a multimedia project combining texts, videos, photos, and data journalism with interactive maps to narrate stories. Crossing The River has played an instrumental role in narrating the everyday challenges of three African female health workers who are making a difference within their communities by pro...

Stephen Hollis, partner at Adams and Adams spoke about the Copyright Amendment Bill and concerns around how it will impact the creative sector.

Our Thought leader, social cohesion advocate & one of the founding members of Lead SA, Yusuf Abramjee spoke about the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai and how we can all contribute through humanitarian aid. Later on Prof Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria talks about launching the Future Africa Campus.

Photo Journalist Anton Crone spoke about the Imizamo Yethu shack fire which displaced hundreds of residents in 2017. He also discussed the role of citizen journalism in providing coverage of the repercussions of the incident.

This year marks the 15-year anniversary of the establishment of the Durban Film Office (DFO), the eThekwini Municipality’s film industry development unit. Toni Monty, head of Durban Film Office talks reflects on this important milestone, as the offices’ achievements to date.

We spoke to Dr Tracy Nelwamondo’s who specialises in the use of heritage and indigenous food to combat modern lifestyle diseases. Her passion for the healing properties of ancient plants such as Marula and Baobab that led her to found Modern Traditions .

Former commercial apiarist Neil Rusch talks about how SA could be turned into a land of honey through tree beekeeping. Using basic tools, Rusch’s hives are made from hollowed-out tree stems and look more like surreal, plump-bellied sculptures.

David Thomson, Senior Legal Adviser for Sanlam Trust talks about the importance of writing a will and how to ensure your estate will provide sufficiently for those you leave behind?

Game developer, Bahiyya Khan talks about her online game After Hours , which won the Best Student Game’ award at the Independent Games Festival in San Francisco

Rayne Stroebel, founder of Memory Café and MD of care-home company Geratec talks about establishing the cafe in Hout Bay Cape Town . Memory Café is a place where people with dementia can hang out without feeling judged or being treated condescendingly.

James Urdang, founder and CEO of Education Africa, public speaker, humanitarian and social entrepreneur joined us as our guest presenter. We were also in conversation with Sudeshan Reddy, communication specialist at the United Nations Children's Fund South Africa Office and Rabbi Stern from the Sydenham Shul.

Mpho Vackier of Urban Native design brand, chats about her interior and furniture designs and collaborating with Brand South Africa on their recent campaign, which focuses on local entrepreneurs in the creative and design space, who have turned their passions into successful enterprises.

The 24th of March marks World Tuberculosis (TB) Day and Prof Grant Theron, Associate professor at University of Stellenbosch talks about the causes of this drug-resistant disease

Carl Bernadac, Deputy Director for Southern Africa at Agence Française the Développement (AFD) and Neo Ntsoma, lead photographer of the “Inequality: a Different Picture” exhibition joined us in-studio to talk about the exhibition, which is the end product of a mentorship project launched by AFD in partnership with Igalelo, a South African notfor-profit organisation dedicated to supporting entrepre...

Dr Jarrad Wright , Principal Engineer of Energy Systems at CSIR Energy Research Centre and Themba Masango, co-founder and secretary general of #NOTINMYNAME campaign share their stories of the weeks focusing on load shedding and gender based violence initiatives organised by #NOTINMYNAME

Zoë Gauld-Angelucci, Head of Programmes at Greenpop talks about the impact that climate change can have on animals

Dean Flanagan, media liaison of the Standard Bank Jazz Festival talks about the 32nd edition of the Standard Bank Jazz Festival, which takes place on the 27 June – 7 July in Makhanda.

Sizo Henna the owner and founder of Blaque Wine & Grill House joins us in studio to talk about the restaurant's modernised African traditional foods. Their menu includes mngusho, samp, oxtail potjie, ulushu (tender home-cooked tripe), umleqwa or ‘roadrunner’ chicken and more.

Rifqa Carr, in Driver spokesperson, talks about the local launch of a new e-hailing app called inDriver. The app is currently used by 20-million people across more than 200 cities around the world.

Dr Benjamin Smart, a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Johannesburg talks about the UJ and Oxford-led researcher which is published in The Journal for Evaluation in Clinical Practice and The Canadian Medical Association Journal . The researchers suggest that the CKD "stage" system of classification should be replaced with a "kidney age" system similar to the "heart age" system oft...

Mentalist and memory expert Michael Abrahamson talks about breaking the PI challenge record. The Pi Challenge was created for people with a penchant for numbers and more importantly those who are up for the challenge to join the ranks of the best memorisers in the world.

We profile our Guest Presenter Athol Williams who is a social philosopher, author, strategy adviser, literacy activist. We discussed his illustrious career, holding numerous senior executive roles and founding a number of companies and NGOs. We were later joined by his wife Taryn Lock co-founder of Read to Rise, and his brother Nicholas Williams a management consultant.

Linda Diedericks, Human Rights Policy Officer at the Deutsche Embassy talks about women's safety and security when browsing the internet. She also talks about an upcoming event focusing on internet spaces, to be held at the Constitution HIll.