The Alternative Breakfast

JSB HEALTH: World No Tobacco Day 2025   GUEST: Prof. Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, Director of the National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) and the Head of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, Director of ATIM As World No Tobacco Day 2025 approaches, the global theme, “Unmasking the appeal: exposing industry tactics on tobacco and nicotine products,” sou...

THOUGHT LEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS Thoughtleaders, Storytellers and Griots: The Slap, the President, and the Kremlin: When Scandal Meets Spin with Guest: Gillian Schutte is a South African writer, filmmaker

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Voice That Rewrote Africa with Alexandra Willis is a freelance researcher/writer. 

CIVIC EDUCATION: Social housing is essential, but should it be rental- only? with Ash Muller - Property Consultant

THOUGHT LEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS:No More to Give: Water Scarcity Sets Gauteng’s Growth Ceiling GUEST Professor Anthony Turton is a water expert with the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State.

JSB CONVERSATION: A New Era for South African Art: The Historic Sale of Lady from the Orient- GUEST 1: Dr. Alastair Meredith - Head of Department, Senior Art Specialist at Strauss and Co GUEST 2: Susie Goodman - Strauss and Co executive director GUEST 3-Koulla Xinisteris - curator at SABC Collection and co-director of Gnosis Art 

Running on Heart: Sean Clarke Faces Amputation with Couragewith Sean Clarke -  athlete  

UJ FADA Gallery’s Tandem Exhibition featuring solos by Senzeni Marasela and Heinrich Nieuman

Sailing for Change: Chris Bertish’s Ocean Conservation Journey GUEST: Chris Bertish- South African adventurer, author, speaker, ocean pioneer and ocean advocate   South African adventurer and ocean advocate Chris Bertish is set to embark on the TransCat Expedition 2025: Oceans Without Borders, a world-first solo, unsupported crossing of the Pacific Ocean on a production beach catamaran....

GUEST: Saliem Fakir - Founder and  Executive Director - African Climate Foundation   PLOT:  Navigating Africa’s Climate Development Nexus, by African Climate Foundation founder Saliem Fakir, offers a fresh perspective on the climate crisis through an African lens. Challenging the usual divide between environmental and economic priorities, Fakir’s curated essays explore h...

GUEST Writer  and director -  Chim Onyebilanma   PLOT: CAP STUDIOS’ debut feature film, Treasure Hunt, has been officially selected for the prestigious American Black Film Festival (ABFF), taking place in Miami Beach from June 11–15, 2025. This landmark achievement places the rural Embo-based studio—nestled in South Africa’s Valley of a Thousand Hills—o...

More Than Dessert: How Tapi Tapi is Reclaiming Indigenous African Flavours Guest:Tapi Tapi  Founder Tapiwa Guzha   Located in Cape Town's artistic centre of Observatory, Lower Main Road offers a fascinating array of thrift stores, cafes and restaurants best explored on foot. Among them is an unassuming ice cream cafe called Tapi Tapi (a Bantu ideophone [nyaudzosingwi] that means "sweet s...

GUEST Jackson Tshabalala - Global Engagement Manager for Leva Foundation, leading the Tangible Africa project - 081 594 1811 #Coding4Mandela, the world’s largest Mandela Day coding intervention, returns this July, uniting thousands of learners across Africa in a celebration of tech and education. Spearheaded by Tangible Africa—an NMU and Leva Foundation collaboration—the initiati...

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

WORD DOMINATION with Tom Eaton, a Cape Town-based writer and author of In An Act of Murder

CIVIC EDUCATION: Understanding third-party insurance, a potential financial lifeline with Guest: Youlon Naidoo, Executive Head of Claims and Procurement at Miway Insurance

JSB FOOD:The Africa Food Show: Shaping the Future of Food & Beverage with Africa’s Local and Global Brands at the Forefront with Miles Kubheka—a chef, entrepreneur, and storyteller and founder of Wakanda Food Accelerator    

THOUGHTLEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS:South Africa’s Reputation on the Line: What the Continent Still Sees in Us with Guest: Sithembile Ntombela, General Manager: Marketing at Brand South Africa  

JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: JSB COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: Blisters for Babies: A 270km Pilgrimage to Save Tiny Lives with Guest: Louise Theron - CEO of the Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust