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10:42

INTERVIEW – SUPER SCIENTIST

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/14

We spoke to Justin Yarrow, the founder of ICT youth empowerment NGO, CodeMakers. He spoke about SuperScientist, an initiative where South African scientists are being immortalised as superheroes as a way to inspire youth to take an interest in the field of science.

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35:36

GUEST PRESENTER – LEBO MASHILE

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/08

Our Guest Presenter today was Lebo Mashile award-winning poet, author, presenter, actress, and producer. Mashile is a South African household name who is most recognisable for her lyrical and gutsy poems. She spoke to us about her career, gender-based violence in SA and her new theatre production: Venus vs Modernity: The Life of Saartjie Baartman. Her chosen guests were Keitu Gwangwa, the CEO of the Windybrow theatre and Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng Vice-chairperson of the Sexual and Reproductive Justice

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8:07

INTERVIEW – 2019 TOP 30 SA BRANDS

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/08

Stina van Rooyen, Brand Specialist, Insights Division at Kantarspoke about how resilient brands defied macroeconomic challenges in the 2019 BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable SA Brands.

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9:29

INTERVIEW – EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/08

Mathis Wackernagel, PhD, the co-creator of the EcologicalFootprint and President of Global Footprint Network spoke to us about Earth Overshoot Day. Earth Overshoot Day, previously known as Ecological Debt Day is the calculated illustrative calendar date on whichHumanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity toregenerate those resources that year.

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10:35

BREATH OF FRESH AIR-TAMRYN RAYNOR

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/08

Tamryn Raynor is a matric learner at Wordsworth High School in Benoni. She spoke to us about being the youngest licenced boxing assistant coach and making history for being the youngest female coach in SA.

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19:04

THOUGHT LEADERS, STORYTELLERS AND GRIOTS

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/08

Our Thought Leader, Dr Morné du Plessis, chief executive officer of WWF South Africa spoke about the Amazon rain forest fires.He was followed by Jacob van Garderen, Director of The Public Interest Practice, who spoke about the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges’ Africa Chapter 2019 Conference.

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11:17

INTERVIEW – ASLEEP AWAKE ASLEEP

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/08

Jo-Ann Bekker author of Asleep Awake Asleep, spoke about her book which entails 39 interlinked short stories which can be read as a hand-drawn narrative map, charting the course of South Africa’s turbulent history.

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14:16

INTERVIEW – SIBUSILE XABA

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/07

South African musician and charismatic guitarist Sibusile Xaba, reframes maskandi into his own humanist manifesto. He spoke to us about his debut LP, Open Letter to Adoniah which was released by local label Mushroom Hour Half Hour. He will be holding an intimate performance in the Untitled Basement on Saturday 7th September 2019

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10:47

FEEDBACK– TRUFFLES

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/07

SA entrepreneurs, landowners and farmers are fast waking up to the profit potential of the Périgord, the truffle cultivated worldwide. Leon Potgieter, national director of Truffle Growers SA spoke to us about growing and selling truffles.

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10:38

INTERVIEW – FUNDZA

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/07

Mignon Hardie, FunDza's Executive Director spoke to us about extending the learning platform onto WhatsApp.FunDza Literacy Trust has partnered with Turn.io to launch FunDza on WhatsApp to get its already popular reading content into the hands of thousands of new readers.

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7:41

INTERVIEW- 2019 SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARDS

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/07

Last night the winners of the 2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards were announced at an event held at The Empire Conference & Events Venue in Parktown. Michelle constant spoke to them and to Jennifer Platt, the Sunday Times Book Editor.

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9:42

INTERVIEW-POLLEN ALLERGIES

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/07

Prof Jonny Peter is the Head of the Allergy unit at UCT’s Lung Institute responsible for monitoring pollen in SA. He spoke to us about this year seeing some of the highest recorded pollen counts in history, which had cities from Europe to the US covered in clouds of pollen as a result of global warming.

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11:35

INTERVIEW –THEBE MAGUGU

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/07

SA-born fashion designer Thebe Magugu spoke to us about winning this year’s LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Earlier this year, Magugu won the International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week beating out 15 other designers from across the globe. His exhibition, titled Dawning, featured Magugu’s African Studies collection.

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14:44

INTERVIEW – DEFAMATION LAW IN SA

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/09/01

Sizwe Snail Ka Mtuze, senior partner at Snail Attorneys at Law spoke to us about the latest developments around defamation law in SA and how the law seeks to strikes a balance in protecting victims while also ensuring the practice of freedom of expression.Sizwe Snail Ka Mtuze is a member of the South African Information Regulator and senior partner at Snail Attorneys at Law . He is also the International Co-ordinator of the African Centre for Cyberlaw and Crime Prevention based in Kampala,

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13:48

INTERVIEW - NDABO ZULU

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/08/31

Musician Ndabo Zulu joined us in-studio to talk about the Umgidi Ensemble project, which was his recent master's project at the Norwegian music Academy. He talks about how his project aims at looking at what could be a possible orchestration of a Nguni orchestration. Like in a western symphony orchestra which comprises of instrument that have a huge traditional significance to the west, the ensemble aims at assembling both conventional and Nguni traditional instruments that will complement the

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8:27

FEEDBACK - ENSEKTA

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/08/31

Joanne Techow, zoologist and owner of the edible insect business, Ensekta, discussed the subject of entomophagy (the eating of insects) and about the nutritional and environmental benefits of insects as a food source.,

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9:21

INTERVIEW - THE MASTERPIECE CAPITAL

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/08/31

Musician Danny K talks about his new company, Masterpiece Capital, which is the first company in South Africa dedicated to offering finance for the purchase of artworks.

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9:03

INTERVIEW - THE SHOE MECHANIC

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/08/31

Tshidiso Motlhabane is the founder of the Shoe Mechanic. He talks about the company, which takes old sneakers, trainers and jeans and transforms them into new, colourful products.

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12:35

INTERVIEW - SCHIZOPHRENIA

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/08/31

Approximately 1.5 million people are diagnosed with schizophrenia every year, around the world. Gwen Tonyane, a specialist psychiatrist, talks about what you need to know about Schizophrenia, related symptoms and how it should be treated.

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41:06

GUEST PRESENTER – HILARY BILLER

The Alternative Breakfast ·

2019/08/25

Our guest presenter was foodie, author, TV cook and mother, Hilary Biller. The Sunday Times Food Weekly editor spoke to us about her illustrious career writing for publications and publishing food books.We were also joined by Jenny bell, sister of Hillary who is a social worker that has established an NGO Justice & Woman.Chef Zola Nene, who joined the Expresso show on SABC 3 as food stylist and resident chef after a stint as catering manager in Johannesburg, also joined the conversation .

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