The Alternative Breakfast

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             

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...