The Jet Set Breakfast

GUEST: KATE ROGAN - Owner of Love Books Bookstore in Melville A look into Book Shop Culture, 2025 Book Titles and more    

GUEST: DR. ADEM K ABEBE - Senior Advisor in governance, comparative constitutional design, human rights and democratization, Extraordinary Lecturer at the University of Pretoria Interview: The African Union has a poor record of protecting democracy. 2024 was no different, an opinion piece by Dr. Adem K Abebe      

GUEST: PJ SABBAGHA - Choreographer & Arts Activist  Interview: A tribute to Dance and Choreographer Dada Masilo    

GUEST: DUMISANI SIBANDA - Executive Head: Strategic Projects and Analytics at Fundi The Fundi Foundation is calling deserving students for their 2025 Registration Fee Bursary Campaign            

GUEST: CLAIRE JOHNSTON - Lead Singer Mango Groove

GUEST: NEIL RUSCH - Associate Researcher Archeology Division School of Geography Wits University 

GUEST: SETH SHEZI - Stylist 

GUEST: WILLIAM BIRD - Director Media Monitoring Africa

GUEST: YOLANDA ARENDSE - Wellness Therapist and Ontological Coach. Author of “Gentle: A Healing Journey in No Particular Order”    

GUEST: Dr Jörgen Vogt - President of GKA Kite World Tour

GUEST: DEAN FERREIRA - Managing Director NCC Environmental Services

GUEST: ANGELA DEH - Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Speaker  •    How do we go navigate our way into the year with a sense of peace and purpose? •    The new year can also come with anxiety and still needing to deal with previous years, how do we face this anxiety? •    How do we know our state of mental health is beyond our own management and that we need to seek help? •    What tools would you recommend to manage our day to day living, disappointments, plans and overall outlook on life?

GUEST: LISA VETTEN  - research and project consultant in the faculty of humanities at the University of Johannesburg ‘Teen pregnancies, other social ills prevalent in fatherless homes’ The Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute, Errol Naidoo, says broken family structures are the biggest contributors to the high number of teenage pregnancies in the country. A significant number of teenagers under the age of 16 gave birth on Christmas and New Year’s Day, the youngest being a 12-year-old girl from the Eastern Cape. This has raised alarm and some men have been charged with statutory rape

GUEST: PHINAH KODISANG - CEO of the Soul City Institute for Social Justice”.      Gauteng recorded 31 births to mothers aged between 15 and 19 on New Year’s Day. Additionally  the concerning case of a 12-year-old girl among the youngest mothers in South Africa. Teen pregnancy is a pressing issue in South Africa, with 1 in 7 mothers being teenagers, and nearly 365 teenage girls giving birth daily. This statistic not only highlights a public health crisis but also underscores the systemic issues contributing to cycles of poverty, educational setbacks, and limited future opportunities for young girls.

GUEST: LEBO PULE - A teacher at Stretch School, a life coach, podcast host of the Stretch Podcast

GUEST: MAMETIWE SEBEI - GIWUSA (General Industries Workers Union of South Africa)

GUEST: SIBUSISO MKHWANAZI - Travel and Lifestyle Writer   

GUEST: PROF. JASPER KNIGHT - Wits Geography And Environmental Science

GUEST: RAMS MABOTE - Author of The Sweetest Taboo

GUEST: PROF. VALLY PADAYACHEE - Power and Energy expert and a former executive manager of Eskom and a former senior executive of City Power Jhb

The Top 10 TV and Streaming Newsmakers in 2024  GUEST: THINUS FERREIRA - TV Critic and Journalist 

A tribute to actress Michelle Botes  GUEST: JACK DEVNARIAN - Chairperson Chairperson SA Guild of Actors     

How a unique approach to Early Childhood Development (ECD) is turning the key to unlock South Africa’s future GUEST: NOMSA MUTHAPULI - ECD Youth Fund Manager at the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust  

New Music from Award Winning Musician ANATII Ft. Yumbs & Al Xapo with the song “SEY’HLANGENE” GUEST: ANATII –Rapper and Producer 

Interview: Spinna Le Beemer Gal Autofest will take place on March 1st 2025 at Orange Farm Spin City GUEST: PULE MOTLOUNG - Founder Soweto Drift Academy GUEST: MICHELLE TSHABALALA - Car Spinning Athlete   

What to Know Before Choosing a Travel Service Provider GUEST: KEOTSHEPILE JONATHAN -  Founder of Jonoago Holdings  

South African Short Film , “The Last Ranger” is shortlisted for the 2025 Oscars GUEST: CINDY LEE - Director of The Last Ranger   

Johannesburg in its festive buzz continues this weekend at Makhelwane Festival. This flagship township lifestyle market and musical event in its 10th edition :  GUEST: BARBA GAIDINGWE - CMO Gauteng tourism  

GUEST: FULCO VAN AURICH - Earlier this year President Ramaphosa’s #NationalOrders he was bestowed the Order of Champions of OR Tambo in Silver For his contribution to promoting awareness of human rights violations by the South African apartheid government to the world via Radio Freedom. He organized and developed the campaign in the Netherlands to support Radio Freedom.

GUEST: DR. JANE MUFAMADI - CEO Freedom Park and Heritage Site The producers, Bill Nowlin and Dan Kahn visited Radio Freedom in Lusaka, Zambia in 1984 to conduct the recordings. Radio Freedom was broadcasting daily in all major languages and broadcasts consist of news bulletins, commentaries, interviews, speeches and of course music The recordings represent a fair cross section of RF typical daily broadcasts  

What is Your #BookOfTheYear for 2024 ?GUEST: SEWELA LANGENI - Co-Founder Book Circle Capital www.bookcapital.co.zaSewela Langeni is the owner of Book Circle Capital, an independent bookshop focusing on African literature based at 27 Boxes in Melville, Johannesburg. 

Guest: DR. FERRIAL ADAM - Executive Manager: WaterCAN  THOUGHTLEADERS “Drowning in corruption — how South Africa’s water systems fail citizens and erode trust” an article by Dr. Ferrial Adam published on the daily maverick

GUEST: MICHELLE DU PLESSIS - Managing Director Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) WWW.FGASA.CO.ZA / ZoomAspiring nature guides are encouraged to contact FGASA for further clarification at [email protected] FGASA is transitioning towards becoming a SAQA-recognised professional body, as the South African government formalises guiding qualifications and standardises training, to align with the country’s tourism goals to produce top-tierfield guides. 

GUEST: SASHA STEVENSON - Executive Director at SECTION 27 www.section27.org.zaSECTION27 is a human rights organisation that seeks to achieve substantive equality and social justice in South Africa. Guided by the principles and values in the Constitution, SECTION27 uses law, advocacy, legal literacy, research and community mobilisation to advance socio-economic rights, in particular the right to access health care services and the right to basic education as guaranteed in section 27 and section 29 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa respectively. SECTION27 aims to achieve systemic change and accountability to ensure the dignity and equality ofeveryone. 

GUEST: LORNA MASEKO - Former Ballet dancer turned Chef and Author of "Celebrate with Lorna Maseko" cookbook.   

GUEST: SIFISO DLANGAMANDLA - Founder of the Makhelwane Festival 

GUEST: MAPULA LEBONA - Founder of Deuce Gin Africa 

GUEST: DEREK GRIPPER - Guitarist 

GUEST: JABU HLONGWANE - Lead Facilitator SocioTech 

GUEST: CAYLEY ALBERTS -  practises at Netcare Akeso George

GUEST: TIM NEARY - writer, naturalist conservationist researcher 

Interview: Currency online magazine has published an article on the current status of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) GUEST: GIULIETTA TALEVI - Journalist

Interview: Students Win Prestigious Environmental Trip to Antarctica GUEST: MIKE KYRON - Conservationist

Call for Submissions: 2024 UJ Prize for South African Writing GUEST: DR. SIPHIWO MAHALA - Senior Lecturer Department of English Faculty of Humanities University of Jhb and Coordinator of the UJ Prize

Interview: What is the role and purpose of NEDLAC? National Economic Development and Labour Council GUEST: LISA SEFTEL - Executive Director of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac)

GUEST: ZAPIRO (JONATHAN SHAPIRO) - Cartoonist and Author Interview: Have I Got GNUs for You? is ZAPIRO latest book recently launched around the country

Interview: Locals drown in digital nomad wave “That the native does not like the tourist is not hard to explain,” Antiguan-American author Jamaica Kincaid wrote in her 1988 essay, A Small Place. GUEST: HERSCHELE JAWITZ - CEO Jawitz Property

GUEST: REFILWE MOKOENA - CSP Manager at the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

GUEST: THANDISWA MAZWAI - Award Winning Musician

DANE HURST - Award-winning choreographer and director