The Jet Set Breakfast

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.

Our guest presenter , performer, author, satirist, and social activist Pieter Dirk Uys spoke to us about his illustrious career. We were also joined on the phone by Actress and Director Lizz Meiring and Lynne Maree who is an Actress and Director. One of South Africa’s most prolific writers Steven Gray also joined the discussion.

Tebogo Bathebeng, founder of Montsho Sustainable Project spoke to us about the initiative . Montsho Sustainable Project is an ecological company that provides feed produced by Black Solider Fly larvae Inspired by nature and her ecosystem, MSP’s objectives is to create long term natural growth solutions for communities and businesses. We do this by carefully harvesting Black Soldier flies and their larvae.

Cheraé Halley, director of DFL Playback Theatre spoke to us about the Drama for Life’s full-time professional theatre company and the Swedish national theatre Unga Klara joining creative forces at the Wits Theatre complex in Johannesburg to explore the role of the arts in building a child-centred society.

Eight year old Eli Burgh is a serial entrepreneur and one of the young 'Board of Directors' for Bata, a shoe company. He joined us in studio together with his father Lillo Burgh to talk about his businesses and his role as the director of Bata.

Dr. Corrin Varady, CEO of global digital education company, IDEA Digital Education spoke about the latest unemployment statistics released by Statistics SA this week. He warns that South Africa needs to realise that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is already here, and South Africa is dangerously ill-prepared.

Our Thought leader was Sanusha Naidu, Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Global Dialogu. She spoke about India’s new legislation which criminalises the practice of “triple talaq.” The centuries-old custom allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq,” or “divorce” in Arabic, three times.

World Ranger Day was on Wednesday, 31 July. We spoke to Fundisile Mketeni, SANParks CEO about how South African National Parks are beginning to win the fight against rhino poaching after years of struggle to combat the crime which was threatening one of the country’s big five.

Members of the Meizana band, Bianca Wood and Phathiswa Magangane joined us in studio to talk about their new single- Another YouThe name is a combination of the Afrikaans word “meisie” and the Zulu word “intombazana” ultimately creating, Meizana. They have joined forces to create a never before seen South African musical offering.

Cherise Vogt, co- founder of Pink Piggy Lifestyle joined us in studio to talk about the benefits of adopting a vegan.Pink Piggy Lifestyle is a family owned online vegan shop with offices in Primrose Hill, Johannesburg, which delivers & couriers nationwide.

Maureen Grosvenor, Head of Custom Applications, APPSolve spoke to us about being among a group of women who will summit Mount Kilimanjaro next week. Prof. Thuli Madonsela will be leading an expedition of influential women up Africa’s highest peak on a mission to raise enough funds for sanitary pads for the Imbumba Foundation’s Caring4Girls programme to ensure that up to two million girl children will not miss a day of school.

Dr Kofi Okreye Dede, spoke to us about Allegra, a proudly South African company that specialises in healthcare management. Allegra is a tech–based contributor to the medical sector that empowers healthcare communities, by providing access to information that enhances total individual care.

Ntokozo Ngubane, a registered Dietitian at the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA spoke about Rheumatic Fever Week which takes place on 1-6 August

Our guest presenter was Professor Nicola Kleyn- Dean of the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science and former President and current member of the Board of the South African Business Schools Association. Professor Nicola’s chosen guests were Mzamo Masito, Chief Marketing Officer at Google Africa and Dr Zukiswa Mthimunye who is a member faculty and alumnus at GIBS.

Nomsa Mazwai, aka NomiSupasta spoke to us about the UJ Weekend of Jazz 2019 event taking place from 23 to 25 August 2019. Organised by UJ Arts & Culture, the event will present musicians such as Gabi Motuba, Nduduzo Makhatini, NomiSupasta, Titi Luzipo and Spha Mdlalose.

Ten-year-old Relebogile Mothema, a grade 4 pupil at St Andrew’s School for Girls has written about her experience with bullying & childhood obesity in her book “Bizzarcar”, The book aims to draw the reader’s attention towards the social challenges around eating junk food and obesity - a challenge many children face in the modern age. Relebogile and her mom Khanyisa Teffo joined us in studio to talk about the book.

Cheslyn Jacobs – Head of Sales and Service at TymeBank spoke to us about a recent study which found that 76% of South Africans run out of money before the end of the month . The study, titled “More Month Than Money” was conducted by World Wide Worx and commissioned by TymeBank in an effort to get a deeper understanding of the challenging financial realities that South Africans face today.

Our thought leader today was Sharon Ekambaram, Manager of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme at Lawyers for Human Rights. She spoke about the difference between crime and corruption.

Our thought leader was Omar Badsha - CEO and Founder of South African History Online. He spoke about the importance of reaching out to young people, teaching them a culture of voluntarism and extending the variety of workforce development programmes to increase internship opportunities for youth.

Barry Greyvenstein, Co-Founder and Course Presenter at the Mediation Academy, spoke about The Maintenance Calculator. The Mediation Academy has created the free Web app for calculating child maintenance, aimed at solving South Africa's child maintenance problem and create new opportunities through the use of technology.

ZANELE MUHOLI - VISUAL ACTIVIST AND PHOTOGRAPHERFounded in 2006 in recognition of a lack of black queer visibility, Muholi’s Faces and Phases series has grown into a living archive of black and white photographic portraits of more than 500 lesbians, gender-nonconforming individuals and transmen in various expressions of their sexuality and gender identity

INTERVIEWEE (STUDIO): ANDREW LEEUW – ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS OF SOMETHING FRESH INTERVIEWEE: PHIWO - PROJECT MANAGER FOR LUJU FESTIVALwhat can be fresher? Sumting Fresh was started in 2012, out of a chance meeting of Andrew Leeuw and Hezron Louw. With a shared passion for food, they took to the streets of Midrand, operating their experimental kitchen out of a food trailer

NKOSINATHI MAHLANGU, PORTFOLIO HEAD OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES AT MOMENTUMSouth Africans are experiencing worsening levels of financial vulnerability, which implies a rising sense of economic insecurity and a general inability to cope financially. This is according to the latest Momentum/Unisa Consumer Financial Vulnerability Index, which reveals that many South Africans are not living within their means, which typically translates into increased hardship in the future.

New winery appointment at Delheim heads for internship in CaliforniaNongcebo Langa adds fresh verve to Stellenbosch estate Delheim wine estate has appointed a new, young and dynamic assistant winemaker to complete its award-winning team under Roelof Lotriet. The 26-year-old Nongcebo "Noni" Langa will commence her tenure upon completion of an internship in California that was facilitated by Delheim.

INTERVIEWEE - PROFESSOR JOSE RAMOS, HEAD OF HPB SURGERY, WITS UNIVERSITY DONALD GORDON MEDICAL CENTRE.The pancreas plays a key role in all aspects of maintaining a healthy digestive system. Men especially need to make sure they are looking after the pancreas, which plays an essential role in converting the food we eat into fuel for the body's cells.1

JACKIE MURRAY - CLIENT ADVISORY FOR STRAUSS & CO The Masterclass programme is an opportunity to learn and connect with like minded people in the art world.The money raised from the Masterclass series goes to our Bursary Fund – We are currently funding 3 Postgraduate students through 3 different universities, all art related, UJ, Wits and Pretoria University. Selection is made by suggestions from Professors at the University.

Our guest presenter today was Jay Pather, curator, choreographer and an academic. Pather is also an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town where he directs the Institute for Creative Arts.We were also joined in studio by his two guests: Dr Nomusa Makhub, an art historian, artist and co-curator of the South Africa Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale As well as Gabrielle Goliath, a multidisciplinary artist known for her distilled and sensitive negotiations of complex social concerns, particularly relating to situations of gendered and sexualised violence.

The 2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlists have been announced. Michele Magwood, Convenenor of the awards and Books Editor for Sunday Times spoke to us about the awards. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Alan Paton Award which has, over the decades, showcased the most acute and incisive non-fiction writing in South Africa.

Earlier this week, a gang of robbers made off with jewellery, cash and items from guests and staff at The Mount Nelson Hotel. Enver Duminy, CEO of Cape Town Tourism spoke to us about what the tourism industry can do to combat similar incidents of organised crime.

Our Thought leaders today were spoke about their written columns published on news24. Selene Brophy - Editor at Travel24 spoke about her article titled: Cape Flats Gangland: Come with me down paradise road. Terence Corrigan - Project Manager at The Institute of Race Relations spoke about his column titled :Fire across the land: The steep price of state failure on land

Tanya Dos Santos – Head of Group Sustainability at Investec and head of Investec Rhino Lifeline spoke to us about the Investec Rhino Lifeline.The Investec Rhino Lifeline has refined its focus since its inception in 2012, to concentrate on two key areas: youth education and rhino rescue.

Paseka Mafereka, Spokesperson for the South African Digital Content Organisation and Bheki Khosa renowned guitarist, spoke to us about the first-ever South African concert which will be live-streamed at a global scale on the 9thAugust 2019 at the Ballroom in Montecasino.The South African Digital Content Organisation in partnership with Sollywood events says its mission is to create skill development opportunities for our youth that shift their ‘employee’ dependent mindsets, to dynamic entrepreneurial thinkers who are skilled and competent within the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Klaus Piprek founder of Solo Studios spoke to us about Solo Studios' Intimate Art Encounters, a bespoke annual art event now in its fourth year, collaborating with The Olive Branch Project, a community initiative that involves all residents of the Riebeek Valley. The collaboration aims to provide opportunities for emerging talent to share a platform with many of the Valley’s acclaimed artists, crafters and artisans.

Africa's biggest Coffee & Chocolate Expo takes place in Johannesburg from 26- 28 July 2019. We were joined by Nadine Shone, CEO of the Coffee and Chocolate Expoand Bronwyn Mushonga, events Manager at Chocoloza to talk about the Expo.