The Alternative Breakfast

GUEST: MORNE BOTES - Commercial Director of Southern Oil  Interview :  What Drives the Cost of Cooking Oil?          

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

INTERVIEW : Hiking in the Elgin Valley Question : What is a Biome? Guest: ANDRIES GROENEWALD - Lead Guide in the trails in Elgin Question: What does it mean to be a nature guide? Guest: PATRICK MAPONJE - Nature Guide 

GUEST: KAREN BESTER - Lamelle Research Laboratories Interview:  BODY ACNE : prevention and treatment    

GUEST: GRANT DODDS - SA Rowing Technical Performance Manager  Interview :  South African rowing team gears up to compete in Switzerland to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris    

Thandiswa Mazwai Returns With New Album “Sankofa” and a leading single ‘Kulungile’ GUEST: THANDISWA MAZWAI - Singer-Songwriter Instudio The new offering carries the profound message of overcoming past wounds and finding peace within. ‘Kulungile’, translating to ‘it is well’ in isiXhosa, reflects on her journey, reminding us that pain fades and wounds can be mended. The release of ‘Kulungile’ sets...

Michelle : Seeing a variety of books that include Joanne Joseph - Children of the Sugarcare; Barbara Boswell - The Comrades Wife; How do you go about selecting the books to have in the store GUEST : CHRISTI BYER - Owner and Manager Liberty Books N2 in Elgin

"Man in the Mirror" is a collection of quotes and proverbs, written by Charles Robert Koopman, an American-born global traveler and history teacher. GUEST: CHARLES KOOPMAN - History and Author of Man in the Mirror

An urgent appeal has been filed with two United Nations Special Rapporteurs on behalf of the family of Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper and activist who has been sentenced to death in Iran.   GUEST: PROF. MAHMOOD AMIRY-MOGHADDAM - Human Rights Advocate and Norwegian-Iranian neuroscientist

SOUTH AFRICA AT THIRTY – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE – THE CHILDREN? A thought piece  By Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo published by Sowetan Live GUEST: DR. LINDA NCUBE-NKOMO - CEO of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund

In a demonstration of collective impact, the DO MORE FOUNDATION (founded by RCL FOODS) and Care for Education - supported by other business and non-profit partners - are distributing 1,800 DUPLO Play Boxes to 682 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres across South Africa to be used for play-based learning by 33,492 young children.   GUEST: LUNGILE THABETHE - DUPLO Project Manager at the DO MORE...

SA / Swiss collab band SKYJACK returns to Joburg to launch our 3rd album Light Cycle on Fri 10 and Sat 11 May.  They will perform at the Chris Seabrooke Music Hall at Wits University. Performance takes place at 7pm GUEST: SHANE COOPER - Bass

Lara Foot’s Othello, by William Shakespeare is showing at the Baxter Theatre, this is the last weekend you have to view it Tonight at 7h30 and tomorrow 2pm and 7h30pm shows.   GUEST: FAHIEM STELLENBOOM - Marketing Manager Baxter TheatreThe hugely acclaimed production, adapted and directed by Foot, made its debut at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus last year, to celebrated praise and earned her the Gu...

“The Illusion of Want” an exhibition by South African artist Coral Bijoux at AGOG Gallery in Maboneng. The exhibition will run from Monday May 5th to May 28th, inviting audiences to engage with Coral Bijoux's captivating installations that challenge perceptions of desire and consumption in modern society.   Coral Bijoux's work delves into the complexities of our relationship with material possessi...

GUEST: ABONGILE XHANTINI - Disability Rights Advocate And Founder of Holding Albus / 081 787 5264 Holding Albus is an initiative initially aimed at empowering persons with albinism, like me, but has now extended its reach to encompass all individuals facing disabilities. Service dogs / Guide dog - the difference Imagine waking up each day with seemingly insurmountable barriers, yearning for just a...

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

Is the Flu Vaccine critical to take during the Flu Season? GUEST: DANIEL KAPELUS - Geneticist & Vaccinologist at WITS Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit Daniel works alongside Prof Shabir Madhi who is internationally renowned for his research on clinical development of vaccines. Daniel is passionate about how vaccinations can save lives, and talks why South African...

  The six-time winners of the lucrative cup competition won the DStv Premiership for a seventh successive time with six games to spare, with a 5-1 win over Kaizer Chiefs on Thursday night. Ferrari is understood to be working hard to secure Adrian Newey's services for when the outgoing Red Bull Formula 1 technical chief becomes available in early 2025. Newey will leave Red Bull in the first quarter...

GUEST: BRANDT COETZEE - Managing Director Dune Foods / 0824959140 People wait to sell their seedpods to Brandt Coetzee, a 57-year-old Afrikaner who invented Manna Brew, a caffeine-free coffee substitute made from roasted beans. (Nick Dall/Al Jazeera) The "superfood espresso" made from the honey mesquite shrub not only offers health benefits, but also contributes to the eradication of an alien tree...

CAN BIG (Basic Income Grant) WORK? A conversation about the feasibility and need of the basic income grant in South Africa. A conversation Featuring Wits University Public Economy Researcher Thokozile Madonko and Business Unity SA CEO Cas Coovadia. GUEST: HOODAH ABRAHAMS-FAYKER - National Advocacy Manager Black Sash www.blacksash.org.za GUEST: CAS COOVADIA - CEO Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)...

WORD DOMINATION LOVE AND FURY : A MEMOIR by Maggie Ford GUEST: MAGGIE ORFORD - Author Love and Fury is the intimate account of the life, loves and furies of Margie Orford. In this brave memoir, the renowned South African crime writer divulges some of the harrowing experiences that have shaped her life and influenced her writing.   Through sexual assault, divorce, depression and personal loss, Orfo...

House Of Sachane Presents Koketso Sachane With Nobuhle Ashanti. We reflect on storytelling and archiving our conversations and memoirs as a country with Koketso. GUEST: KOKETSO SACHANE - SAfm Broadcaster and Host of The Meeting Point  Wednesday & Thursday 8-10PM; Founder of the House of Sachane and Storyteller. GUEST: NOBUHLE ASHANTI - pianist, composer, arranger About to take a month long res...

GUEST: CHARLES REED - Co-Founder and CEO MyCosure; multiple award winning Product builder, lecturer, speaker, innovator. (INSTUDIO) MycoSure – The Nature of Food Animal Free Protein www.mycosure.co.za https://mycosure.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bio_Charles-Reed_Oct_2021_MycoSure.pdf MycoSure is an innovative African based biomanufacturing company that uses mycelium technology to create natur...

Salon Kewpie, in collaboration with The District Six Museum and the GALA Queer Archive, has developed an educational programme that aims to upskill and empower gender non-conforming youth from areas intrinsically linked to the forced removals from District Six.   GUEST: CC MARTINEZ - Creative Director (They/Them) GUEST: HANEEM CHRISTIAN - Visual Artist (They/Them)   CC Martinez Performance Artist,...

On until 5th of May 2024 the Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy (LAMTA) presents Spring Awakening. GUEST: TUMELO MOGASHOA - Cast Member Spring Awakening The powerful rock musical that scooped eight Tony Awards in 2007 including Best Musical, is directed by award winning writer and actress Sylvaine Strike (Firefly, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Donkerbos, District 9,The Promise). The critically...