The Alternative Breakfast

Interview:  International Thyroid Awareness Week (ITAW) is observed annually from 25 – 31 May. GUEST: DR. SINDEEP BHANA - Specialist in thyroid disease and former Head of Endocrinology at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.             

GUEST: HAMOND MOTSI - PhD student at the Faculty of Agrisci-ences, Stellenbosch University interested in sustainable agriculture and agricultural development in Africa Interview :  Sweet Sorghum said to be a biofuel crop option for drought hit Southern Africa.      

GUEST: MARGIE ORFORD - Author Love and Fury  GUEST: BARBARA BOSWELL - Author The Comrade's Wife  GUEST: PENNY SIOPIS - Artist  INTERVIEW :    This Week's Guest Presenter is Author of Love and Fury Margie Orford joined by Barbara Boswell   

“Positively Me: Daring to live and love beyond HIV” is a new book by NOZIBELE MAYABA co authored with Award Winning Author Sue Nyathi   GUEST: NOZIBELE MAYABA - Author, HIV Activist, Internationally Recognised Podcaster, Radio and TV Host Nozibele Qamngana-Mayaba, raised with strict Christian values, faced upheaval when diagnosed with HIV at 22 due to her cheating, verbally abusive boyfriend. Fear...

A New web series looks into corporate control over our nutrition and calls on viewers to join the debate. The pilot episode of a new series, Chew on This, by the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), has launched this month with a focus on how major food corporations are impacting consumers’ rights to nutritious food. GUEST: NZAMA MBALATI - Acting interim CEO of Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA

The 2024 Artfluence Youth Activism Human Rights Award was presented to cultural curator, arts co-ordinator, and writer, Faye Kabali-Kagwa. In 2023, Kabali-Kagwa was the curator for the Cradle of Creativity Festival, which took place in Johannesburg and featured 27 productions from South Africa and abroad. GUEST: KAYE KABALI - KAGWA - Youth Activism Award Winner/ arts and project coordinator, cultu...

Wild Coast communities and supporting organisations will be in the Supreme Court of Appeal to defend the which set aside Shell’s exploration right - which provided for Shell to explore for oil and gas off the wild coast of South Africa.   GUEST: NEVILLE VAN ROOY - Community Outreach Coordinator at the Green Connection  

Navigating market access is one of the biggest challenges for small businesses GUEST: MAHLATSE BOTOPELA - Events & Training Lead FETOLA

The Non Profit Organisation Ladles of Love are sounding a call to action for volunteers to be part of their Nelson Mandela Day activation on 18th July 2024 at Constitution Hill GUEST: DANNY DILIBERTO - Founder of Ladles of Love

GUEST: JABU HLONGWANE - CoFounder of Joyous Celebration Interview:  AfriPraise Festival is gearing up for  a gospel line up show set to take place on Sat 8 June 2024 in Johannesburg  

Interview :  This year Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! (Lets Play) will take place on Africa Day, next week Saturday on Africa Day 25th of May.   GUEST: GERARD BESTER - Head of the Windybrow Arts Centre  

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

Interview:   Experience the 2nd edition of the Linden Night Shop: Plain Jane in June Market taking place  Saturday 1st of June   GUEST: FRANCO FERRARESE -  Organiser of the Market 

INTERVIEW :  The Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) revealed it is now entering Création Africa’s final incubation and immersion stage. GUEST: SOPHIE BOULE - Cultural Attache of France to South Africa and Deputy Director IFAS   

Interview:  Understanding the National Health Insurance Bill that has now become an Act. GUEST: DR. DONALD GUMEDE - Chairperson at the National Health Care Professionals Association 

Interview :  The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a flagship project of the African Union Agenda 2063, an initiative of the African Union to create a single unified air transport market in Africa. GUEST: SIBUSISO MKHWANAZI - Travel Writer 

Interview : I hate my job : how to navigate career dissatisfaction and burnout  GUEST: ADRIAN GARDEN - Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning 

INTERVIEW: Alastair McAlpine, a palliative paediatrician    on his book Prescription: Ice Cream - A Doctor's Journey To Discover What Matters   GUEST: DR. ALASTAIR McALPINE        

Interview : South Africa’s Tourism sector continues a positive trajectory the latest official release of international arrival figures by Statistics South Africa for January to March 2024 points to a growing South African tourism sector. GUEST: THANDIWE MATHIBELA  · Global Manager: PR, Communications and Stakeholder Relations at South African Tourism              

GUEST: JULIA SOTIRIANAKOS -  CEO Reach for a Dream INTERVIEW: This year’s Slipper Day will be on 31 May, in support of children with life-threatening illnesses. This year’s theme, “Step into My Slippers”, focuses on empathy, fun, and stepping into the shoes (or rather, slippers) of these brave children.    

GUEST: BRIONY BERNING -  National Nursing Education Manager Interview  International Nurses Day with the theme "Our Nurses our Future: The Economic Power of Care"            

Almenkerk Wine Estate is a small, family-owned wine estate, situated in the Elgin valley just east of Cape Town, South Africa. INTERVIEW :    Regenerative Farming and Winemaking in a farm in Elgin  GUEST: JORIS VAN ALMENKERK - owner of Almenkerk Wine Estate            

Guest: REUBEN ICHIKOWITZ - Trustee of Ichikowitz Family Foundation INTERVIEW :   The Ichikowitz Family Foundation launched the African Youth Survey. The survey was conducted through more than 1 000 face-to-face interviews with 18 to 24-year-olds across Mzansi and found that less than one in two young people are keen to vote.     

GUEST: ADAM ZANOLINI - Multi-instrumentalist, composer, ethnomusicologist, writer, arts organizer and Executive Director of Elastic Arts Foundation in Chicago Interview:  Adam Zanolini - The Heliacal Rising of Sothis: A Celebration of Chicago’s Masterful Phil Cohran" at the State Theatre in Tshwane at 7; featuring the Tumi Mogorosi Quartet    

Interview: Jonathan Freemantle's solo exhibition "The Fallen Tree” is currently showing at Gallery Momo in Parktown.    GUEST: JONATHAN FREEMANTLE - Artist  Song: Adam Zanolini - All That We Know