The Jet Set Breakfast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, Uganda.

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 compositional content.

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.,

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.

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.

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.

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 .

Anne Githuku-Shongwe, a representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office spoke to us about the UN Women collaborating with Dove to host a masterclass during Loeries Creative Week at the Durban ICC, to advance #ProjectShowUs, an initiative by Dove, that concerns itself with the representation and inclusion of all women and non-binary individuals in media campaigns, across the world.

Sthembile Dlamini, Acting CEO of SA Tourism spoke about the launch of tourism month and the latest in the local tourism sector.

Mandisa Yende and Heaven Nen, are Grade 11 pupils at Jeppe High School for Girls. They spoke to us about The Ruth First Jeppe Memorial Trust that is holding a fundraising concert on Friday, August 31.The concert is Part of Jeppe High School for Girls’ annual initiative to provide scholarships to deserving young women to develop them into principled leaders, the “Ruth First Jeppe Fiesta” takes place at Wits University’s Linder Auditorium at 7.30pm.

Our two Thought Leaders today were Latiefa Mobara, Executive Director of The Press Council and Professor Firoz Cachalia, the new Chairperson of the Board of the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation. Latiefa spoke about the Council announcing that it has translated the Press Code into isiZulu and Afrikaans. Professor Firoz spoke about his new role and the vision of The Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation.

Monica Laganparsad, news editor at New Frame, spoke to us about the not-for-profit, social justice media publication. New Frame IS dedicated to a pro-poor, pro-working class focus that aims to report faithfully and informatively about the lives and struggles of working class people, the marginalised and the unemployed, shack dwellers and refugees.

Co-authors Sihle Mthembu and Esinako Ndabeni spoke to us about their book called Born to Kwaito. Born to Kwaito revisits history as told through the vibrant lens of Kwaito, which is more than just music. Kwaito presented a new unbridled expression of Black South African youths.

Frans K. Smit, Cellar Master at Spier Wine Farm spoke to us about Spier Wine Farm launching a brand new wine range – Seaward. The aptly titled Seaward range is comprised of a sophisticated, lightly-wooded Chardonnay and a layered, spicy Shiraz.

Anathi Nonxuba spoke to us about his muffin business, The Muffin King. His business drive has attracted more than 17,000 followers on Facebook and he receives invitations from local businesses to give motivational talks. He sells about 500 muffins a day , making an average of R1 500 a day.

We spoke to Javier Aroyyo co-founder of Smartick a math program developed by a team of Educators, Psychologists, Mathematicians, and Engineers, and supported by the European Union. Smartick has helped children in over 100 countries improve their grades by 83%. It's a revolutionary program that is also helping SA with its math crisis.

Marc Sevitz, co-founder of TaxTim spoke to us about the significance of paying your taxes as a citizen. The aim of TaxTim is to assist taxpayers who are unable to afford the traditional tax practitioner, have trouble understanding the complexities of eFiling or cannot take the time off work to stand in a SARS queue.

Murray Hunter, creator of ‘Boris the Babybot’ & South African privacy activist has written a children’s book about surveillance. He spoke to us about Boris the BabyBot, a quirky little robot with a single mission: to track and profile babies for the Big Data industry. 'Boris the BabyBot' is a silly, subversive and delightful storybook that invites kids to imagine the secret workings of the global data industry, through the eyes of a squiggly robot with wiggly arms

Our Guest Presenter was visual artist, Gabrielle Goliath, the 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist award winner for Visual Arts. She spoke to us about how her work, specifically about her current exhibition "This Song Is For". We were also joined by Gabrielle's two guests : musician Nonku Phiri and Dr Saarah Jappie, who have both collaborated with Gabrielle on her current and past work.

Nikki Wilsworth, curator of the The Design Assemblage, talks about this brand new and exciting design district workspace in Johannesburg.

Kianga van Oerle is a Grade 7 pupil at Orban Private School. She spoke to us about her busy life as one of the 2 mini councillors at her school, being involved with 67 blankets and her other passions.

Our first Thought Leader was William Bird, Director of Media Monitoring Africa, who spoke about media accountability and how the public can support credible journalists . He was followed by our second Thought Leader Ibrahim Deen, Researcher at the Afro Middle East Centre who spoke about Sudan's main opposition coalition and the ruling military council having signed a final power-sharing deal.

We spoke to South Africa’s first female officer who is able to navigate a submarine, Lieutenant Gillian Malouw. She spoke to us about joining the sea cadets when she was doing Grade 7 after her cousins had already been members for a while.

On our special Women’s Month show, our guest presenter was former ANC deputy secretary general and former SAA chairperson Cheryl Carolus who co-presented The Jet Set Breakfast with Michelle Constant. They spoke toFreshlyground musician Zolani Mahola, who is also a storyteller, an actress, a speaker and an agent for social change.Zolani, is currently working on new stories, music and performances as part of her solo repertoire to be recorded, performed and released this year.

On our special Women’s Month show, our guest presenter was former ANC deputy secretary general and former SAA chairperson Cheryl Carolus who co-presented The Jet Set Breakfast with Michelle Constant. They spoke to Conrad Joubert, General Manager & Kyle Blows, executive chef of Spanish-style street food restaurant La Boquieria.La Boqueria is an all-day eatery based in Parktown North, which takes its inspiration from iconic food markets, such as London’s Borough Market and Barcelona’s La Boqueria on Las Ramblas.

On our special Women’s Month show, our guest presenter was former ANC deputy secretary general and former SAA chairperson Cheryl Carolus who co-presented The Jet Set Breakfast with Michelle Constant. They spoke to Sarah Mokwebo about the South African Book Fair which takes place from 6 – 8 September 2019 at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. We were later joined by Lufuno Tshivasi who is a Forensic Scientist.

On our special Women’s Month show, our guest presenter was former ANC deputy secretary general and former SAA chairperson Cheryl Carolus who co-presented The Jet Set Breakfast with Michelle Constant. They spoke to Lisa Raleigh, a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach about the benefits of bouncing as a sport.

On our special Women’s Month show, our guest presenter was former ANC deputy secretary general and former SAA chairperson Cheryl Carolus who co-presented The Jet Set Breakfast with Michelle Constant. They spoke to Desiree Ellis, head coach of Banyana Banyana about Banyana Banyana making strides in a male dominated industry.

Our Guest Presenter was Taffia Keight, owner of Whacked Management, one of South Africa’s longest-running comedy and talent management and production agency.She spoke to us about how she left a lucrative corporate job and ventured into the entertainment industry managing some of SA’s biggest comedians. We were also joined by Taffia’s two guests : Alfred Adriaan, Comedian and exclusive artist to Whacked Management and Kate Goliath, Managing Director of Goliath and Goliath. Kate’s role includes managing Jason, Nicholas and Donovans comedy careers.

Keri-Leigh Paschal is the Executive Director of Nation Builder. She spoke to us about Nation Builder hosting its fifth In Good Company conference on 15 August in Pretoria at the Atterbury Theatre. They have a spectacular line-up of speakers that include top business men and women, social entrepreneurs, some of South Africa’s biggest philanthropists and many other significant people who have incredibly inspirational stories of how the “art of business” can be a force for good in our country.

Nine year old Ngcali Metu is the author of a book titled: The Clever Twins . She joined us in studio with her mom Yondie Metu to discuss the book. The Clever Twins is about Zazi and Azi who were exceptional young children, who had hearts of gold. Empowering and uplifting their community was what they enjoyed doing the most. Little did they realise, just how intelligent they really were. Their mom and teachers, however, noticed their uniqueness, which resulted in the twins having to make some difficult decisions.

Our Thought leader, Thando Hopa South African model, activist, and lawyer spoke about the Miss South Africa Pageant which took place this week.We were later joined by Ailyssa Pretorius, General Manager of Uber Eats and Claudette Thorne, RSA Country Manager for Travelport who both discussed the strides made by women in their respective industries.

South Africa commemorates National Book Week every first week of September, an initiative of the South African Book Development Council Elitha van der Sandt, CEO, South African Book Development Council spoke to us about some of the notable successes of the campaign, providing insights into some of the research SABDC has been conducting on reading as well as how we can encourage both kids and adults to read for leisure.

Malawian-American singer/songwriter Masauko spoke to us about growing up in LA,USA and being part of a large exile community from Southern Africa and the Caribbean.He also discussed the MASAUKO 'Come to Life' concert Live at UNTITLED BASEMENT, 10th August, 2019.

Toerie van der Merwe & Gerald Elliott, Co-owners of Ba Pita spoke about their restaurant Ba-Pita, based in Melville, Johannesburg. Opening in December last year, Ba-Pita may seem brand new to younger faces, but those who’ve been around the block will recognise its deliciously iconic offering, as well as the owners who’ve brought it back.

Sussie Mjwara, parenting programme trainer and artist at Clowns Without Borders (CWBSA’s) spoke about the organisation hosting free performances around Cape Town to encourage parents, caregivers, adolescents and children to explore and nurture relationships within their family.CWBSA’s work in addressing the impact of violence against children and the promotion of child wellbeing begun in 2004 through the implementation of a variety of arts-based interventions.

A lack of funds for sanitary wear means thousands of young women are missing up to a week of school monthly, costing them in vital classroom time and setting their education back profoundly.Sue Barnes, Founder of Subz Pad and Project Dignity spoke about how she designed a re-usable sanitary pad and clip-on panty. The five-year longevity of the product means that a girl entering Grade 8 will be able to use the same Subz pack throughout high school.

Faaizah Laher, ADSA Spokesperson and registered dietitian spoke to us about ageing and its nutritional challenges.Around the age of thirty years, the strength and vigour of the human body naturally begins to decline. ADSA is working on a new health/nutritional campaign looking at how nutritional needs change as people age.

Cape Town’s 26 year-old Lee-Shane Booysen has been crowned the 2019 Red Bull Dance Your Style champion. He spoke to us about heading to the European street dance mecca in Paris where he will be representing Mzansi and battling over 30 talented street dancers from around the globe.