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8:02

Young entrepreneur fills medical supply gap in rural...

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2020/09/12

20-year old Tony McPherson believes in quality healthcare and medical access for all After identifying a need for medical consumables and disposables to difficult-to-deliver regions and rural communities across Africa, 20-year old Capetonian, Tony McPherson launched McPherson Trading, a tender based procurement consultancy to help fill this gap. Since opening doors in January 2019, the company has serviced countries such as Mali, Malawi, Tanzania, the DRC, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen, and consigned

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15:24

COVID-19 Q&A

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2020/09/12

PROF HELEN REES- Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisation International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19. Medical researcher and the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute of the University of Witwatersrand

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7:22

SCIENCE, NATURE, CLIMATE

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2020/09/12

During the last weekend of August 2020, Jamie Marais became the only known person to cycle a vertical ascent of 9,000 metres, the equivalent elevation of Mount Everest (8,845m), in a Big 5 game reserve over 36 hours. Jamie chose to put himself through extreme discomfort and great personal risk to raise much needed funds to protect endangered wildlife and feed communities affected by COVID-19. GUEST: JAMIE MARIAS - Endurance Athlete

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42:31

GUEST PRESENTER KATLEGO MAPHAI - Co-Founder & Chief...

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2020/09/06

Katlego Maphai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Yoco, an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, run their business better, and grow. Yoco offers card payment acceptance, software-driven business tools and working capital. Katlego was born to aca-demic parents in Johannesburg in 1983, their work took the young Maphai from Soweto to Cape Town, Cambridge, Princeton, Palo Alto, Pretoria and eventually back to Cape Town. Guest: DAVID DONDE - Entrepreneur,

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19:56

South African Heritage Publishers

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2020/09/06

At the start of Heritage Month 2020, South African Heritage Publishers, in co-operation with the University of Pretoria, are thrilled to make the following announcement about ancestral writings they came across during their research to identify historical events to be included in the Our Story series:GUEST: TERENCE BALL - Publisher at Heritage Publishers

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12:46

BOOKS ON JETSET BREAKFAST

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2020/09/06

“Dear Start-up Entrepreneur" -by Tshepo Moses Mosiedi entrepreneur, accountant, and business consultant.In this book the author outlines the principles and concepts that he wishes he could have been exposed to when he faced and experienced challenges of starting his own business. GUEST: TSHEPO MOSIEDI - Entrepreneur

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8:16

“Wake Up The sun is Shining” by Wido Schnabel

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2020/09/06

“Today, South Africa is facing a crisis on three fronts. We face an energy crisis, an economic crisis and an unemployment crisis. they present us with unprecedented challenges that will require concerted effort, innovative thinking and speed”. This is from the opinion piece “Wake Up The sun is Shining” by Wido Schnabel, Chairperson of SAPVIA (South African Photovoltaic Industry Association) GUEST: CHANDA NXUMALO - Spokesperson for SAPVIA

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5:16

STORYTELLERS & THOUGHT LEADERS

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2020/09/06

Tomorrow is International Day of Clean Air for blue skiesUN Member States recognize the need to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination by 2030, GUEST: CECELIA NJENGA - Head of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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8:51

My Octopus Teacher

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2020/09/06

After a decade of connecting people to nature through world-class storytelling, Cape Town based NGO, the Sea Change Project are about to unveil their first feature documentary titled My Octopus Teacher. It will premiere on Netflix to-morrow Monday, 7 September. The film showcases the delicate ecosystem that lies beneath the waves in The Great African Sea Forest for the very first time. GUEST: PIPPA EHRLICH Director of the My Octopus Teach & Environmental Journalist.

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6:31

FILM

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2020/09/05

The Durban FilmMart Institute (DMI) has announced the programme for the 11th Durban FilmMart (DFM) Virtual Edition, which opened yesterday Friday and on until 13 September this year.“Using the theme Brave New Cinema, bringing together leading and emerging African film professionals in an online space, to benchmark themselves, learn from peers, pitch their ideas and projects and network, and collectively demonstrate our courage to tell our own stories,” says Toni Monty, Head of the DFM. GUEST: TONI

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19:41

PETROLHEAD WITH NICO SMIT

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2020/09/05

LUCKY ALLEN ROGER ROGER POLLY THEMBA HANS JETCREW IAN HANS VISH LUCKY RANJAY RADITI ROD XOLANI THEMBA GAIL RAY ANTHONY ANTHONY NICK THEMBA CAL MAHUNGU ELDRID UWE LYN LYN’S HUSBAND AWARD Guest:NICO SMIT Guest: Charlie - LYN’S HUSBAND - PORT ALFRED

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7:01

TECH

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2020/09/05

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has partnered with the South African Innovation Summit (SAIS) to host the 2020 Innovation Summit that will be held from 30 September to 01 October 2020. The event will be held virtually, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The summit brings together innovation leaders from different countries, back-grounds, disciplines and worldviews. GUEST: NONKULULEKO SHINGA - Chief Director Innovation and Technology Dept of Trade & Industry

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9:01

DOWNWARD TREND IN IRON TAKE

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2020/09/05

A recent study reveals that a downward trend in the intake of iron and other vital nutrients is contributing to poor brain function and other health problems.The study, by the UK’s University of Sunderland, collected micronutrient data from two national nutrition surveys and found that people of all ages showed low levels of intake of iron, vitamin A, calcium, magnesium, iodine, selenium and zinc. In South Africa, research also indicates a high level of nutrient deficiency and hunger, both

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15:46

COVID-19 Q&A

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2020/09/05

Guest: PROF HELEN REES - Chair of The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). Member of the World Health Organisa-tion International Health Regulations (IHR) Committee in Covid 19. Medical researcher and the founder and Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute of the University of Witwatersrand

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7:11

This iPad-Savvy Penguin Loves Watching 'Pingu' To Get...

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2020/09/05

A penguin at Australia's Perth Zoo has taken to binge-watching episodes of the beloved children's television series 'Pingu' to get over his loneliness. Pierre is an endangered Northern Rockhopper penguin who was found washed up on a beach in the south west of the country. He is the only penguin of his kind to be found in all of Australasia. GUEST: DANIELLE HENRY - Communications Manager Perth Zoo a Zoological park in South Perth, Western Australia

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12:55

BOOKS ON JETSET BREAKFAST :STRAY CATS OF HOMS BY EVA...

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2020/08/30

Sami’s childhood is much like any other - an innocent blend of family and school, of friends and relations and pets (including stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof). But growing up in one of the largest cities in Syria, with his country at war with itself, means that nothing is really normal. And Sami’s hopes for a better future are ripped away when he is conscripted into the military and forced to train as a map maker. Guest: Eva

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38:49

GUEST PRESENTER - AMBASSADOR NOZIPHO JANUARY-BARDILL

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2020/08/30

Passionate about human rights, ethical leadership and social justice. Institutional transformation with a focus on race and gender justice have been central to her work both in SA and abroad. Guest: Ambassador Nozipho January- Bardill is the Chairperson of the Council of the Nelson Mandela University and the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Local Network in South Africa (SA). Guest: AYA CHEBBI - ﬁrst ever African Union Special Envoy on Youth and the youngest diplomat the African Union Commission

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8:29

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation & LitNet present the...

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2020/08/30

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation & LitNet present the Kommadagga writing workshop. A mentorship programme for promising English and Afrikaans writers in Somerset East from 12 October to 1 November 2020. The Kommadagga writing workshop, intended for short-prose writers, seeks to encourage new writing in South Africa. GUEST: THEO KEMP - Executive Director Jakes Gerwel Foundation

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11:34

TRIBUTE TO A STORYTELLER : CHADWICK BOSEMAN

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2020/08/30

Actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing the role of T'Challa in the hit Marvel superhero movie Black Panther, has died of colon cancer at age 43. Veteran actor John Kani who played the role of T'challa's father in the highly acclaimed movie said he was devastated by Boseman's passing: “I am devastated by this young man who was such a great promise. But he worked so hard knowing that his time was limited. He will leave a memorable mark in Hollywood.” GUEST: JOHN KANI - Legendary Actor

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5:27

Africa Rising Music Conference

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2020/08/30

Guest: SJ Nicholson - Founder of the Africa Rising Music ConferenceParadise Africa Distribution and Africa Rising Music Conference are backing 5 South African women artists, producers and managers to provide a gateway for them to be groomed as independent artists.

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