The Alternative Breakfast

WORD DOMINATION Bringing Theatre to the Page with award-winning playwright, actor, and director, MoMo Matsunyane  

CIVIC EDUCATION:“Fix the Fix”: Civil Society Mobilises Against Corruption in Local Government-with Karam Singh, Executive Director of Corruption Watch  

JSB THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS: Science, Innovation, and African Futures – A Conversation with Dr. Nhlanhla Msomi 

JSB COMMUNITY: “Beauty With Purpose”: Londekile Nonyane’s Journey from Mbombela to Vietnam with Londekile Luyanda Nonyane, Miss Charm South Africa 2025, Representing South Africa at Miss Charm International, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – November 2025

JSB CONVERSATION: The Emotional and Structural Toll of Caregiving GUEST 1- Prof Crain Soudien – Educationist, former CEO of the Human Sciences -  Research Council GUEST 2 - Simon Hlungwani- President of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of  South Africa (DENOSA) - GUEST 3: Ruth Molebogeng Chutu - Mother and advocate caring for a special needs child

CIVIC EDUCATION: Engaging Young Voters – Strategies to Combat Apathy Ahead of Local Elections with freelance journalist and researcher at the Helen Suzman Foundation. He writes in his personal capacity, Ezekiel Kekana

WORD DOMINATION with Prof Siphiwo Mahala is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg.   

iLembe Book Festival with Award-winning author and festival contributor, Nozizwe Cynthia Jele 

THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS: Social Capital in Our Pockets – What If We Broadened Our Definition of Wealth with MURRAY LEGG - CO-FOUNDER OF WEBFLUENTIAL -  

JSB THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS: Solidarity as an act of love” — exploring how true solidarity goes beyond charity, how it arises in community action, and what it means in the South African context with Ashley Green-Thompson runs an organisation that supports social justice action

JSB COMMUNITY: Breaking Boundaries - Township Consumer Power and the 2025 CX Report with Mongezi Mtati, the Author of the 2025 Township Customer Experience Report, strategist, and cultural analyst - 

NICO SMIT on all things Motoring

JSB HEALTH: World Mental Health day [Friday 10th of October] Mental Health Meets Tourism: The travel trend reshaping how South Africans resets with Themba Mpofu, General Manager at Radisson Blu Hotel, Durban Umhlanga.

JSB SPORT: Mai Institute extends Women’s Month celebrations with game-changing support for Durban Grannies Football Club’s Cape Town triumph with Mama Sthembule Mbhele

Wellness in Bloom with Florist Artist, Constance Stuurman: Celebrating 10 Years of Garden Day

The State of Friendship in Adulthood with Clinical Psychologust, Mariam Salie

WORD DOMINATION: A firsthand account of solidarity, resistance, and storytelling aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla with Zukiswa Wanner

   

THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS: Beyond the Binary: Why South Africa’s Gender Recognition Laws Need Urgent Reform with Mikhail Petersen is the legal advocacy officer at Gender Dynamix.- 078 633 2624