The Jet Set Breakfast

Guest: Iman Rappett - Award Winning Journalist

Guest: Iman Rappetti - Award Wining Journalist

Guest: Gcina Mhlophe - Author and Nozincwadi Festival Director

Guest: Lauren Beukes - Author "Bridge"

Guest: Prof Thuli Madonsela - Professor of law occupying the Law Trust Research Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University.

Guest: Heather Blanckensee - Head of School Sacred Heart College Guest: Kia Van Oerle - Grade 11 Scholarship Recipient Kia has been a student sacred heart since grade 8

Guest: Prof Ditsele Thabo - Sociolinguist and Linguist Anthropologist, Associate Professor of Sociolinguist at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria.

Guest: Prof Andre Thomashausen - Unisa Professor Emeritus of International Law

Guest: Nico Smit

Guest: Zola Nene - Chef and Author of "Simply Delicious"

Guest: Shanet Rutgers - Senior Penguin Keeper & Animal Health Technician at Two Oceans Aquarium

Guest: Voni Baloyi - Curator

Guest: Brad Bing - MD of Sporting Chance Development Foundation

Guest: James Hall

SOCIAL MEDIA CLIP World Mental Health Day #SurfTherapy by Waves for Change

GUEST: ZAAKIRAH VADI - Executive Director Defend our Democracy Defend Our Democracy positions itself for their national campaign to monitor the integrity of the 2024 elections

GUEST: KIM BERMAN - Co-Founder of the Artist Proof Studio THOUGHTLEADER: The Artist Proof Studio paying tribute to a beloved leader, Dr Gianni Mariano, the Chair of our Board of Directors who passed away on October 2nd 2023.

GUEST: ROSHNIE MOONSAMY - Symposium Director GUEST: FLOW WELLINGTON - Independent Publisher and Poet WORD DOMINATION: The 9th Annual African Women Writers Symposium and Nadine Gordimer Lecture take place October 8-20, 2023

GUEST: PROF. UGO RIPAMONTI - Director of the Wits Bone Research Laboratory in the Faculty of Health Sciences Interview - Bone healing research shows promise in treating malignant cancers

GUEST: MARK BOTHA - Head of Digital Mediamark THOUGHTLEADER : THE DAY OF THE PODCAST International Podcast Day was recently marked on 30 September

Interview: Cape Town teen shines at South African Gym Games GUEST: JASMIN NELL - Level 6 Western Province rhythmic gymnast A 15-year-old gymnast from Parow Valley has been selected to participate in the South African Gym Games taking place in Gauteng.

Guest: Sjava, SA Musician

Guest: Magdelene Reddy- Co-director of the EUROPEAN FILM festival The 10th edition of the European Film Festival will take place between 12 – 22 October 2023 with satellite programs in Eswatini and Lesotho.

Guest: Ayesha Essop - Owner of Carrington Cookies Freezer-to-Oven Halaal Cookies

Guest: Carol Mogoerane Specialist in Technical Trainer Daimler Trucks Trucking with MOTORING

Guest: Owen Lekala, Information Technology student Tshwane University of Technology and Developer of the Hike App REQUEST A RIDE WITH OWEN’S APP called HIKA APP

Guest: Katleho Bontle Motingoe - Founder Panda Hockey Club Interview: The Pandas Hockey Club launches a hockey clinic in Soweto.

Guest: Prof Roger Gibson - Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand) Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage

Guest: Dr Chris Ellis - Family Physician The Restorative Powers of Gardens - Garden Therapy

GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE While writers’ payment demands have been mostly met, the industry’s biggest demon is still how artificial intelligence will affect it. The Hollywood writers’ strike may be over, but the underlying problems haven’t been resolved. GUEST: TOBY SHAPSHAK - EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF STUFF.CO.ZA AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCROLLA.AFRICA

WORD DOMINATION: At Fire Hour delivers Bheki Makhathini, a South African character study for the ages. Suspected of betraying the ANC, the young poet leaves home for exile in 1976, and until his return home after the unbannings in 1990, Bheki writes the story of a revolution – an unfinished one. Gilder allows Bheki the freedom to deal with the big ideas of art and love, freedom and struggle in a shrewd and vivid way, the result being an unforgettable and deeply moving tale. GUEST: BARRY GILDER

Ultimately, understanding homelessness gets a lot easier when we learn that the strongest, most enduring predictor of homelessness isn’t substance use or mental illness — it’s poverty. GUEST: Richard Bolland is the founding board member of New Hope SA

Community Actionist Bridget performs regular radio and stage productions about gender-based violence, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy and bullying in addition to her role as a community counsellor. GUEST: BRIDGET MUNNIK – MANAGER OF WESTBURY YOUTH CENTRE

Guest: Kabelo Makena

GUEST: ALBY MICHAELS – DIRECTOR OF THE PLAY #JSBART: New ground-breaking theatre work challenges the love myth and stage and performance conventions as it opens at Aardklop, What happens when two people love one another so much that they attach physically? What does “forever, together” look like, and … can two people REALLY be one? These are just some of the life and love questions that come into play in the delightfully absurd tragicomedy.

Red Chamber is synonymous with the restaurant landscape of Hyde Park Corner, but few know the story of owner, Emma Chen’s epic journey with this iconic Mandrin Chinese restaurant in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. Take a journey with us… GUEST: Emma Chen – Chef and Owner of Red Chamber

You see your heart as the seat where your sentiments and emotions reside. Sudden happiness increases the heart rate as does sudden anger.While you are resting, your heart pumps approximately 5 litres of blood through an estimated ‪100 000 km of your blood vessels – that is more than twice the distance around the world. Your heart has been beating continuously from the fifth month before birth until now. GUEST : Professor Eric Klug- South African Heart Association President

Although many art forms offer a view inside the mind of the artist, photography differs substantially because it catches a snapshot of life that has been reimagined and shaped by the circumstances of the person holding the camera. GUESTS: Jabulani Dhlamini, a renowned South-African photographer represented by the Goodman Gallery and Project Manager at Of Soul and Joy, a photography programme in Thokoza township in Gauteng. GUEST: Sibusiso Bheka - Former student turned Project Assistant at Of Soul and Joy, whose work has received critical acclaim, both locally and internationally.

Guest: Nico Smith, Petrol Head

The SABC, South Africa’s public broadcaster, has partnered with The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival, in support of growing creative excellence in Film and the Radio & Audio categories. The Loeries Film and the Radio & Audio categories attract a number of entries from around the region and the SABC will support the work being done by the Loeries to further enhance and bolster the creative produc that is aimed at consumers. GUEST: Dichaba Phalatse, marketing manager, Video Entertainment SABC.

Agri SA calls for assistance as veld fires threaten food security. Ongoing fire outbreaks in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape provinces have the federation of agricultural organisations, Agri SA, concerned about food security in South Africa. GUEST: Agri SA chief executive officer, Christo van der Rheede

He is the founder of Xivumbeko Media and the Afrikan Freedom Station, an afrocentric multimedia gallery. Mokwena was born in Soweto, South Africa and studied history, African politics and sociology at WITS University. He also holds an MA degree from Leeds University. He is particularly interested in history and memory and has produced and directed numerous films, including A Blues for Tiro (2007), Our Father Who Art in Memory (2008), Biko’s Trail (2008) and Driving with Fanon (2009). Guest: Steve Kwena Mokwena ,historian, filmmaker and cultural activist

Not many people know that one of the most valuable music treasures in South Africa is kept in the heart of the SU campus at the Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS) at the Music Library. The Hidden Years Music Archive houses one of the biggest collections of popular music in South Africa and includes more than 6000 vinyl records, 7000 reel-to-reel and cassette tapes as well as a multitude of invaluable photographs and documents. GUEST: PROF LIZABÉ LAMBRECHTS, STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC

Guest: TLHAFELO TEFO MOLATLEGI, Author Who Have Yet to Forgive Themselves is a love letter to black girls. Johannesburg, 3 August 2023: The lives of three young women come together and unfold in poetic chaos: beautiful, unruly, obstinate and insistent on pursuing life on their own terms, Zee, Moon and Melissa navigate sexuality, disease, death and the awakening of political consciousness in a country that is battling to realize its post - apartheid democratic ideals. A combination of confessional storytelling, upliftment and motivation for young black women, promoting self-acceptance, self -worth and dignity

Dr Wilhelm Litchenberg, AKA ‘The Singing Surgeon’ is on an important mission both in the operating room and on stage. Recently, his foundation won first prize for their work at the Conscious Companies Awards. Dr Wilhelm Litchenberg is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon by profession, he also doubles as a tenor talent who takes his life-saving efforts further than the operating room. GUEST: DR WILHELM LITCHENBERG – CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON AND FOUNDER OF YOUNG HEARTS FOUNDATION

In a dazzling display of technological prowess, Reddam House Bedfordview has emerged as a beacon of innovation at the Inspired Build 2023, a premier global inter-school technology challenge. Amidst fierce competition spanning 111 schools in 24 countries across five continents, Reddam House Bedfordview clinched awards in a remarkable three of the six age categories, underscoring the talent within its walls and the school’s focus on technology in its curriculum. Guest: KIAN BAGELOO - CO-CREATOR OF THE BLUE CRANE (won in the Age 11-12 category) Guest: LEEYA MAYET - CREATOR OF THE RAINBOW PAPER SCRAPER (won in the Age 10-11 category)

Our guest writes about the vast majority of South Africans are unhappy with the way democracy is working, while our trust in public institutions and government officials continues to decline. Political participation (especially among the youth) is also at an all-time low. On the eve of our seventh general elections, which will also mark the 30th anniversary of the advent of democracy in this country, we seem to find ourselves in a particularly sorry state. Guest: Damien du Preez is the marketing & communications officer for the Centre for Research on Democracy (CREDO) at Stellenbosch University

A group of activists for food access and affordability met on Thursday 21 September 2023)to discuss the worsening food crisis for children. Convened by the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and the DG Murray Trust, the meeting sought to identify urgent measures to combat rising rates of severe acute malnutrition and child hunger. GUEST: DAVID HARRISON – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT DG MURRAY TRUST

THE ACTIONISTS SERIES: Anti-Human Trafficking Actionist – GIDEON SWART In 2019 Gideon and his wife, Olivia, gave up their jobs as pastors and opened a coffee truck which, over the years, has grown into a formal café. From the very beginning, they committed to feeding the homeless people who would pass by, offering them coffee and a chocolate croissant, no questions asked. Over time, Gideon got to know the regulars, engaging with them and finding ways to help them off the streets and, if necessary, into rehab. Guest: Gideon Swart

South African art galleries are making big and bold strides from New York City to Los Angeles. Earlier this month, we celebrated Goodman Gallery’s office space expansion to New York City. Now, Southern Guild has joined the artistic expansion, reportedly set to be the first South African Gallery to have a permanent art space in the United States. GUEST: LINDSEY RAYMOND – SOUTHERN GUILD’S GALLERY MANAGER