The Alternative Breakfast

We have the Durban University of Technology (DUT) Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Thandwa Mthembu. He will be chatting to us briefly about the State of the University Address that he delivered this past Friday, 10 March 2023 at the Indumiso campus in Pietermaritzburg.   Prof Mthembu, please tell us briefly about what the 2023 State of the University Address was about? I hear that DUT’s cu...

Viva Italia is the only thing on Kgopotso ‘KJ’ Mononyane’s mind, as the 15-year-old learner prepares to compete in the Moto3 category at the CIV Italian Motorcycle Championship in Italy later this year. The Grade 9 learner from Waterstone College in Johannesburg, a school managed by Curro Holdings, has been revving up a noisy name for himself since he began riding motorbikes five years ago.      G...

Historically, the terms ‘head boy’ and ‘head girl’ originated in British boarding schools in the 19th century. They were positions that were often chosen from the senior class and given privileges and duties, such as serving on school governing bodies and serving as role models for other students. Other schools and institutions of higher education, including those in other countries such as South...

Ikageng Itireleng Ministry is a non-profit organization which uses a community outreach program approach and home based caregivers to support Orphaned/Vulnerable children and youth in Soweto. Most of Ikageng’s beneficiaries live in Youth headed households where they take on the role of a parent and look after their siblings. Other beneficiaries have terminally ill parents or live with their grandp...

GUEST: Olivia Krok - LivCurious (collaborator) Interview: International Public Art Festival  

GUEST: Gabi Motuba Interview -  #SAfmJSBSession  

GUEST: David Harrison – Head of the DG Murray Trust Why SA supermarkets should slash the price of these 10 foods by a fifth  

GUEST: Onyi Nwaneri, CEO Afrika Tikkun Services Interview: SONA2023 comment from a youth development and SMME perspective  

GUEST: Leticia Bufoni – Proskater Interview: Sports: Pro-skater  

GUEST: Hanneke  Van Linge - Managing Director at Nosh Food Rescue NPC Interview: Environment: Food Rescue Organisation Diverted 2267 Tonnes of Food from Landfill in 2 Years  

Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: Pieter Carsten - Cellarmaster Interview: The Art of Winemaking  

GUEST: Monique Nel - Medical Advisor Rare Diseases SANOFI JSBHEALTH – Rare Diseases  

GUEST: GUEST: MALIK AFEGBUA – Nigerian Visual Artist

GUEST: NADINE McKENZIE - Dancer, Performing Artist Living with a Disability (wheelchair) INSTUDIO

GUEST: EWUBE: Singer and Songwriter

GUEST: BARBARA HERNANDEZ – Ice water swimmer

GUEST: TJEERD DRIESSEN - Flooding Expert with engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV Southern Africa

Guest:Petrol Head – Nico Smit

GUEST: DUMISANI MHLONGO - Director for Msunduzi Pietermaritzburg Tourism Association

GUEST: Mbuyiselo Nqodi – Festival Organiser

Guest Presenter

GUEST: MasonWABE Ntloko – Artist Interview – ILISO LO MOYA  

Thoughtleaders GUESS: David Hirsch – CEO TechMarkit

Guest: Percy Malepe, Founder and Chairperson Ikemeleng foundation Interview: COMMUNITY GUEST: PERCY MALEPE- Founder and chairperson of Ikemeleng Foundation