The Alternative Breakfast

Our guest presenter was Dr Same Mdluli, Standard Bank Gallery Manager. We also spoke to jazz musician Sisonke Xonti about the relationship between visual arts and jazz, branding and advertising expert, Andy Rice, spoke about the Nando's documentary, Pluck and we looked at inner city book culture with Griffin Shea of Bridge Books Andy Rice is probably South Africa's best-known branding and advertis...

Cindy Helfer, co-ordinator of the Refugee Food Festival talks about the festival which is an itinerant event that sees restaurants opening their kitchens to refugee chefs for a gourmet and solidary event

Ingrid Louw, CEO of aware.org (Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education) talks about its new campaign When you drink, drink Like There is a Tomorrow.

Charlene Herselman, an academic in the University of Pretoria’s department of historical and heritage studies, talks about the impact film tourism can have for the country and its economy

Wandile Sihlobo (agricultural economist), Mmatshilo Motsei (author, speaker) Yamkela Kiviet (entrepreneur) share their personal highlights of the week

Ahead of World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, Paul Ramara, Partner at Spoor & Fisher discusses how brands can overhaul the fight against global counterfeiters

Isaac Boshomane, co-owner of Kgabo Cars Training Services CC talks about the work he has done to uplift the youth within his community in Soshanguve, after he saw the need for jobs among the youth within the community and came up with a programme to train them.

London photographer Elisa Iannacone talks about her multi-media art installation "The Spiral of Containment: Rape's Aftermath" exploring the psychological impact of rape and it re-creates the thoughts and feelings left spiralling in the survivor's mind after the assault.

Michael Magondo, chief idea sherpa for Wouldn’t It Be Cool (WIBC) talks about the Urban Agriculture Initiative (UAI) which addresses issues of food security, employment, education and skills development in Joburg.

In support of International Menstrual Hygiene Day, we talk to Kelly- Eve Koopman one of the directors of FEMMEPROJECTS, an NPO that facilitates workshops on female empowerment in rural communities throughout the Western Cape and their latest campaign Cycles, is breaking the silence or taboos around the subject of menstruation.

We spoke to the Zulu Transformerz (Mnqobi Kunene, Musa Langa and Veli Ntshangase) who train people for free after work at the outdoor gyms in Durban's Bulwer Park and on the beachfront.

Dr Chris Thurman, Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at Wits University, was our guest presenter this week. We also chatted to artist & academic, Sia Sikawuti, about his six-woman production of Julius Caesar performed in Setswana and isiXhosa. Prof Tawana Kupe talked to us about a new centre at Wits, the African Centre for the Study of the United States and lastly we inter...

We spoke to Zakheni Ngubo, CEO of Syafunda, about their digital library which allows anyone within the km radius to download pre-loaded educational material even though they may not be connected to the Internet

Alix-Rose Cowie, editor of the new e-zine, Chips!, talks to us about the online publication, that uses food as a theme to talk about things like culture, life, travel.

Co-founder of WeHeartBeat, Dominique Soma, talks to us about creative entrepreneurship and about their events and record store, which has a strong focus on the electronic beat scene and creating a home for alternative music makers and listeners alike

Thoughtleaders, Storytellers And Griots - Refiloe Seseane, founder of 18twenty8 and Bra Willy Seyama, Founder of eNitiater, share their stories of the week

Ralph Freese from Africa Centre spoke to us about the Red Card Campaign which is designed as a tool to raise awareness and provide a citizen check on the potential abuse of power.

Actors Ryan Flynn & Ashleigh Harvey joined us in-studio to talk about Avenue Q, an adult musical played out by puppets teaching real-life lessons and broaching hard-to discuss adult topics

Founder of The Roving Bantu Kitchen, Sifiso Ntuli, joined us in-studio to talk about his afro-soul food kitchen that serves homemade dishes that are influenced by a variety of African cuisines and ingredients

Dr Mark Bussin, Chairman of 21 Century, talks about gender pay in equality in the workplace

Tefo Mohapi, CEO of iAfrikan talks to us about the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR”), as well as ViewFines leaked database

Shouqat Mugjenker, Mental Health Portfolio Manager at Pharma Dynamics, talks about bipolar disorder. According to research, bipolar disorder is initially misdiagnosed in about 70% of patients and more than 33% remain misdiagnosed for 10 years or more.

Local inventor Pierre Pretorius created a reactor, which takes ubiquitous single-use plastics such as cold-drink bottles, straws, plastic bags and food packaging and turns them into gas and biodiesel through a gasification process.

This week our guest presenter was the French Ambassador to South Africa, Mr Christophe Farnaud. We also chatted to Nicolas Champeaux, director of documentary, The State Against Mandela and the Others, as well as photographer, David Goldblatt.

Entrepreneur Mpho Cornelius talks about Workshop Ko Kasi, a community enterprise just outside Kuruman, that is part community centre and part tourist site that won two national Lilizela Tourism Awards in its first year.