The Alternative Breakfast

GUEST: DONALD McCRAE - writes the Sports Interview of the Week for the Guardian  

GUEST: ENRICO PERSEGANI - Chef and Co-owner of SINN

GUEST: PHILIP VAN ZYL - Editor-in-chief of Platter’s

GUEST: DR. CHRIS VAN STRATEN - Global Health Advisor Clinical Governance, International  

GUEST: MPHO ELIJAH GUMBI - Founder of I CAN Management; Training South African youth to compete in global motorsport

GUEST: ISMAIL LAGARDIEN - writer, columnist and political economist  Interview: “As Elon Musk shows us, adopting a new national identity is easy if you conform” a thought piece by;    

GUEST: ONICA MAKWAKWA - Executive Director at the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP) GUEST: GRETCHEN ADAMS - Youth Coordinator South Africa Responsible Computing Challenge (RCC) Interview: AI and Digital Inclusion for women and youth    

GUEST: KARA BLACKMORE - Associate Curator 

GUEST: ADETUNJI OMOTOLA - Founder of Jollof Wars in South Africa 

GUEST: NICO SMIT 

GUEST: JARRYD WATSON - Director of Dance Movement inclusive special needs performances  

GUEST: JANSIE NIEHAUS - The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Executive Director 

GUEST: DR. TINA SIDERIS - Clinical Psychologist and Living with Cancer   

GUEST: THANDUXOLO MXOLI -  SABC Sportscaster  

GUEST: KIRSTEN YOUENS - Attorney 

At 70, Sipho is more vital than ever. His music has featured in the December 2021 summer campaign for MTN. He also made the cover, including a 16-page feature in the and was awarded a the month before. Sipho turned 70 in November 2021 and his band is Thembeka Khumalo (SAMA nominated) on vocals, Simphwe Khubeka on drums, Thando on guitar, David Mabaso on bass, Lloyd “Toto” Mbele on keys and Sipho M...

Robert Sobukwe-inspired play examines love as the centre of revolution To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Robert Sobukwe’s birth on 5 December 2024, A new play has been commissioned, entitled “Lala Ngenxeba/Of Love and Revolution” GUEST: PALESA MAZAMISA - Director Barney Simon Theatre at the Market Theatre 13 Nov 2024 - 8 December 2024 The play aims to introduce audiences to the life and...

ART EXHIBITION Title: Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective Dates: 20 November 2024 – 17 April 2025 Following the successful run of “Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective” at the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, Dr Esther Mahlangu’s major retrospective celebrating her life’s work will be moving to the Wits Art Museum (...

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU) is paving the way in humanoid robotics with the unveiling of a cutting-edge research platform. This groundbreaking platform showcases advanced robotics technology and demonstrates the power of interdisciplinary collaboration within engineering. GUEST: DR. WILLIAM DUCKITT - Lecturer in the Department of Electric...

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) have agreed to establish a Centre of Excellence for Molecular Biology and Life Sciences. This Centre, the first of its kind in South Africa, aims to enhance training and skills development in molecular biology and life sciences. GUEST: DR. PRITIKA RAMHARACK - Senior Scientist from the South African Medical Research Cou...

GUEST: BUHLEBENDALO  -Singer- Songwriter

GUEST: BOBBY RODWELL - Curator of Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival

GUEST: PULA TWALA  - Hugh Masekela's daughter and event co-organizer – The Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival