The Alternative Breakfast

William Bird, Director of Media Monitoring Africa, Ashoka and Linc Fellow shares his highlight/ story of the week.

We spoke to Lebo Lekoma current head of client services at Sea Monster about SARB Currency app, which is an augmented reality app, which allows you to watch Nelson Mandela's story come to live in 3D and one can also play a game to spot counterfeit currency.

In our feedback feature, Chef Grant van der Riet, Executive Chef of Southern Sun Hyde Park, joined us in-studio with some Italian delight from the restaurant Luce

Lemuel Butler, five-time US Barista Champion, talks about why and how he got to become a barista

Prof Simeon Davies, Head of Cape Peninsula University of Tecnology’s (CPUT) Sports Management Department, talks about the study, which will lend scientific credibility to the value that Rooibos supplementation can have on naturally improving athletic performance

A group of talented swimmers represented South Africa at the 8th edition of the Down Syndrome World Swim Champs. Hennie Janse Van Rensburg, the father of Minke Janse Van Rensburg, talks about his daughter's success and wins at the World Champs and the importance of LFP Training's sponsorship

Fred Bopape, co-founder of TukaAf Lifetsyle talks about vintage cars and how the business rents out these vintage cars for functions

Our guest presenter, Puleng Plessie, is the Founding Director for a non-profit organization called Keep the Dream Arts which is responsible for community art education in Johannesburg. We were also in conversation with Prominent Ndlovu, a Dream Arts Facilitator, artist Rangoato Hlasane and Genevieve Louw, an LGBTQ activist who also uses dialogical pedagogy to facilitate conversations

Ceramists, Andile Dyalvane, talks about being the Feature Designer of the Year for 100% Design South Africa 2018 and about his upcoming masterclasses

Jonathan Pepler, founder of Sanlam Top Destination Awards, describes what the awards are trying to achieve and he talks about the newly added Water Sustainability Award

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, talks about the Wikimania conference, the Wikipedia funding model and how they are trying to improve the diversity of knowledge represented on the platform

Gift Kgomosotho, Research Advisor at the South African Human Rights Commission, and moot court coach at the University of Pretoria, talks about the importance of moot courts and how this can teach youth the value of human rights

Brad Klynsmith of Gangs of Ballet joined us in-studio to talk about the band calling it quits

Anat Apter, founder of Anat & Tasneem Cassim Maganlal, Winner of #AnatPerfectPitaZA joined us in-studio to talk about the competition and the history and story of Anat

Comedian, Lazola Gola, talks about his Comedy Choice nomination and state and growth of comedy in SA

Co-founder and head of marketing and staff development of I Love Coffee, Gary Hopkins, talks about their Social Enterprise and how they employ deaf baristas as their mission is to normalise deaf employment

Dr. Charlene Makita, a Chemistry graduate turned entrepreneur and Founder of Natural Aura, talks about natural hair, good hair routine and the use of oils

Our guest presenter today was Verne Harris, Director of Archive and Dialogue at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. We spoke about the importance of archiving and key learnings of Nelson Mandela's legacy and the Foundations focus on land and Early Childhood Development. We were also joined by Obenewa Amponsah, executive director of the SA Office of Harvard's Centre for African studies, Sumaya Hendricks...

Aileen Lamb, Managing Director of New Media talks about the newly launched Eat Out app

Daniel van der Merwe, lead organiser of the PPC Imaginarium Awards talks about the growth of the awards and about design thinking and innovation in the country’s development

We spoke to architect Dr Sechaba Maape, one of the adjudicators of AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture and Innovation about the awards and the importance of sustainability in SA

Carolin Gomulia, Senior Programme Head: Strategy, Fundraising, Communications and Advocacy at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and actress Carla Classen share their highlights and stories of the week

Isla Haddow-Flood talks about the upcoming Wikimania conference and how it examines to improve knowledge equity on its sites.and the importance of expanding locally relevant content about Africa

Cape Town based band Emerger joined us in-studio to talk about their music and new album “Bloom”

Sylvester Nair, executive chef of the Da Vinci Hotel and Suites joined us in-studio