The Alternative Breakfast

Dr Catherine Laing talks about how babble teaches babies to talk

In our Thought leaders, Storytellers & Griots feature, we spoke to consumer journalist Wendy Knowler and Marketer and Entrepreneur, Musa Kalenga about their stories of the week

Dr Robert Gess, Palaeontologist at the Albany Museum, Rhodes University spoke about the discovery of two separate fossils tetrapod species

Multi-instrumentalist jazz musician Mpumi Dhlamini joined us in-studio to talk about his musical journey and his new album Note To Self

Mpho Deane of Food I Love You joined us in-studio to talk about her career and business

Dr Heidi Van Loggerenburg and Marguerite Doig-Gander, founders of JOINCIRCLES talk about how they provides innovative DNA and real-time biochemistry tests, knowledge, guidance and functional products for optimal wellness

Tshepo Mohlala, founder of Tshepo The Jeanmaker talks about the jean culture, how to make jeans and entrepreneurship

16 year old Ntando Makwela & Megan Werner talk about the Molo Africa project, and their plan to build a light aircraft with a team of 20 teens to fly from to Cairo in Egypt

Our guest presenter, Peter Knoope, is the former Director of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. We spoke about his book "The Lone Wolves’ Legion: Terrorism, colonialism and capital" . We also spoke to Stephen Buchanan Clarke, Programme Consultant at Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR...

Bongani Chinkanda, CEO of the HDI Youth Marketeers talks about the results of the Sunday Times Generation Next Youth Survey

Swedish Ambassador, Cecilia Julin, talkS about the photo exhibition “Swedish and South African Dads” that explores how modern dads are stepping out of the stereotype of the distant father, and are becoming more actively involved in domestic and unpaid child care work

Photographer Jodi Bieber talks about the Exhibition #i, where she collaborated with a wide range of young Jo’burgers from different cultures, income groups and areas over a period of two years to produce a portraiture project that expresses young people’s vision of themselves and their country.

Thought leaders, Storytellers & Griots: Economist, Xhanti Payi, and Charles Siboto talk about the stories that impacted them during the week

Barbara Mcgorian, CEO and director of the Tshemba Foundation talks about the foundation, which seeks to place medical volunteers in local, under resourced hospitals and clinics, by providing the volunteers with full secure accommodation, an African-bush experience and an opportunity to make a difference.

Our guest presenter today is Dr Beth Vale chatting about Indlulamithi SA Scenarios 2030, which is re-imagining South Africa's future through scenarios. We also talked to photographer Musa Nxumalo about politics and play within photography, Andrew Faull, Independent Researcher and Research Associate at UCT about his ethnographic study on police in South Africa and Athambile Masola about ECD, mother...

We chatted to artist and designer Faatimah Mohamed-Luke of the creative studio Mrs & Mr Luke about the “Own The Moment” Campaign which transforms Joburg’s bush shelters

As part of Youth Month, we chatted to 10 year old Hunter Mitchell, who won Gold in the Eco-youth Award category at the Eco-logic Awards and who is advocating the protection of rhinos

Visual artist, Mary Sibande, talks about her new interactive and VR installation, "A Crescendo of Ecstasy"

This week Prof Pitika Ntuli, & our very own Tebogo Radebe share their personal highlights of their week

We spoke to Yusuf Omar, co-founder of Hashtag Our Stories about mobile journalism and about teaching communities on how to tell their own stories

Nathan Ro and Graeme Watkins of Swing City Band joined us in-studio to talk about the music and SAMA nominated album

In Feedback we feature Why Cook, a corporate and personal catering company, which was started by Mathapelo Montsho and Yolanda Nomoyi.

Tumi Tsehlo Managing Director South African Mint Company talked about the value and circulation of coins

Dr Mark Bussin, chairman of 21st Century, gives advice on HR & remuneration related issues

We chatted to Swedish Prepper, Andreas Karlsson of The Blog "Urvaken" about what it means to be a prepper and crisis preparedness