The Alternative Breakfast

Guest: Prof Andre Thomashausen - Unisa Professor Emeritus of International Law

Guest: Nico Smit 

Guest: Zola Nene - Chef and Author of "Simply Delicious"

Guest: Shanet Rutgers - Senior Penguin Keeper & Animal Health Technician at Two Oceans Aquarium 

Guest: Voni Baloyi - Curator  

Guest: Brad Bing - MD of Sporting Chance Development Foundation 

Guest: James Hall

GUEST: ZAAKIRAH VADI - Executive Director Defend our Democracy Defend Our Democracy positions itself for their national campaign to monitor the integrity of the 2024 elections  

SOCIAL MEDIA CLIP World Mental Health Day  #SurfTherapy by Waves for Change

GUEST: KIM BERMAN - Co-Founder of the Artist Proof Studio THOUGHTLEADER : The Artist Proof Studio paying tribute to a beloved leader, Dr Gianni Mariano, the Chair of our Board of Directors who passed away on October 2nd 2023.      

GUEST: ROSHNIE MOONSAMY - Symposium Director GUEST: FLOW WELLINGTON - Independent Publisher and Poet WORD DOMINATION: The 9th Annual African Women Writers Symposium and Nadine Gordimer Lecture take place October 8-20, 2023    

GUEST: PROF. UGO RIPAMONTI - Director of the Wits Bone Research Laboratory in the Faculty of Health Sciences Interview - Bone healing research shows promise in treating malignant cancers  

GUEST: MARK BOTHA - Head of Digital Mediamark THOUGHTLEADER : THE DAY OF THE PODCAST International Podcast Day was recently marked on 30 September  

Interview:  Cape Town teen shines  at South African Gym Games GUEST: JASMIN NELL - Level 6 Western Province rhythmic gymnast A 15-year-old gymnast from Parow Valley has been selected to participate in the South African Gym Games taking place in Gauteng.

Guest: Sjava, SA Musician

Guest: Magdelene Reddy- Co-director of the EUROPEAN FILM festival The 10th edition of the European Film Festival will take place between 12 – 22 October 2023 with satellite programs in Eswatini and Lesotho.  

Guest: Ayesha Essop  - Owner of Carrington Cookies Freezer-to-Oven Halaal Cookies    

Guest: Carol Mogoerane Specialist in Technical Trainer Daimler Trucks Trucking with MOTORING  

Guest: Owen Lekala, Information Technology student Tshwane University of Technology and Developer of the Hike App REQUEST A RIDE WITH OWEN’S APP called HIKA APP  

Guest: Katleho Bontle Motingoe - Founder Panda Hockey Club Interview: The Pandas Hockey Club launches a hockey clinic in Soweto.  

Guest: Prof Roger Gibson - Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand) Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage  

Guest: Dr Chris Ellis - Family Physician The Restorative Powers of Gardens - Garden Therapy    

GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE While writers’ payment demands have been mostly met, the industry’s biggest demon is still how artificial intelligence will affect it. The Hollywood writers’ strike may be over, but the underlying problems haven’t been resolved. GUEST: TOBY SHAPSHAK - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF STUFF.CO.ZA AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCROLLA.AFRICA

WORD DOMINATION: At Fire Hour   delivers Bheki Makhathini, a South African character study for the ages. Suspected of betraying the ANC, the young poet leaves home for exile in 1976, and until his return home after the unbannings in 1990, Bheki writes the story of a revolution – an unfinished one. Gilder allows Bheki the freedom to deal with the big ideas of art and love, freedom and struggle in a...

Ultimately, understanding homelessness gets a lot easier when we learn that the strongest, most enduring predictor of homelessness isn’t substance use or mental illness — it’s poverty. GUEST: Richard Bolland is the founding board member of New Hope SA