The Alternative Breakfast

Author Niq Mhlongo is the guest curator of the Time of the Writer programme and he talks about the festival and literature in South Africa

Dr Admire Mare, Senior Lecturer: Journalism and Media Technology Communication at Namibia University Of Science And Technology talks about the study they have conducted to understand how journalists determine what to publish and how metrics are changing editorial decisions in African newsrooms

Prof. Kwandi Kondlo, Professor of Politics and Lisa Vetten, PHD fellow research associate, at Wits City Institute shared their highlights of the week focusing on the political spirituality of Robert Sobukwe’s leadership and its relevance today and the role of #NotOurLeaders campaign in fighting sexual harassment.

Lizette Moolman, Scientist (Forest & Fynbos Plant & Fauna Ecology) at San Parks talks about the study that was conducted that confirms the presence of a female elephant in the Knysna forest and its surrounds s

18 year old Marcin Patrzalek is a Polish guitar prodigy. He joined us in-studio to talk about his multi-dimensional style of acoustic guitar playing

Stacey Kirshenbaum, founder of Eat Your Heart Out, talks about their Jewish-inspired food

Julian Kubel, the founder of Butan, talks about the inspiration and growth of this local fashion brand

Niall Morris, secretary of The South African Gaelic Sports Foundation, talks about Gaelic Football and the growth of the sport in South Africa

Dr Cameron Bruce, founder of Chariot Health, talks about the reasons home care and home visits is making a come back

Musharrat Sharmee, co-founder of the Mango Meter app, talks about this feminist film review app, which was recently launched in Jakarta, Indonesia

Author Fred Khumalo, was our guest presenter this week. We were also in conversation with Dr Bongani Ngqulunga, a Director: Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and playwright and arts activist, Mike van Graan.

Dr. Same Mdluli, curator of "A Black Aesthetic: A View of South African Artists (1970 -1990)" speaks about the exhibition currently on at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg that draws from the University of Fort Hare art collection.

Urban designer and Keynote Speaker at the upcoming #cocreate Design Festival, Ifeoma Ebo, talks about design and built environment initiatives exploring the use of design to address public safety and social justice in marginalized communities

Michael Nassen Smith, editor of the book "Confronting Inequality: The South African Crisis" talks about the inequality crisis in the country and gives us some insight of the book.

This week Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers and Dr Chris Thurman, Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Language and Media (SLLM) at Wits share their story of the week focusing on the water crisis in Makhanda and Tito Mboweni's budget speech

Dr Mmaki E. Jantjies, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Information Systems Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape talks about her research that looks at the role of language in mobile maths and science learning platforms

Shaun Miller, co-founder of Urban Micro Greens & Luke Van Der Merwe, farm manager talk about growing microgreens

Cape Town based musician Yanga Yaya joined us in-studio to talk about his musical journey

Dr Martin How, Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, talks about the study they have undertaken that has found that stripes deter flies from landing on zebras.

The World Health Organisation has ranked ‘vaccine hesitancy’ as one of the top 10 threats to public health everywhere. Prof Shabir A. Madhi, Professor of Vaccinology: University of Witwatersrand talks about the importance of vaccination.

Dr Sze Wai Chan, medical oncologist and director at Sandton Oncology, talks about immunotherapy treatment for cancer patients and how it works

Hatem Alkhafaji, CEO and co-founder of Space Roasters, talks about how their start up is exploring launching a space capsule full of coffee beans into space and use the heat generated by atmosphere re-entry to roast them.

INTERVIEWEE: Sbusiso Tshabalala INTERVIEWEE: Refiloe Mpakanyane

Neo Maditla, Content strategy & partnerships at Design Indaba

Carla Tsampiras, Senior Lecturer in Medical Humanities, University of Cape Town