Musician Ntsika invites audiences into The Mbiya Experience, an intimate gathering combining unreleased music, live performance, food and storytelling to offer a rare first encounter with his work before it reaches the wider world.

Motoring expert Nico Smit joins The Alternative Breakfast with the latest developments from the motoring world, unpacking current news and trends while responding to listeners’ questions about cars, driving and the rapidly changing automotive landscape

Animal behaviourist and author Karin Pienaar joins us to explore how choosing the right dog, understanding its emotions and providing responsible care can help families build healthier relationships with their canine companions.

Political analyst Dr Ralph Mathekga examines the unresolved allegations surrounding former senior police official Shadrack Sibiya and the Constitutional Court’s decision to reinstate 181 ANC candidates, exploring what both developments reveal about accountability, institutional responsibility and public confidence in South Africa’s democracy.

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Can loyalty become a form of fear? If your job disappeared tomorrow, who would you still be and are you building a life that exists beyond your job? : When does loyalty to your job stop being loyalty and start becoming fear of what life might look like without it?

Political analyst Dr Ralph Mathekga joins us to unpack two major developments confronting South Africans this week — the sharp fuel-price shock and the growing political and social tensions surrounding the Constitutional Court’s asylum-seeker ruling.

Dr Samke J. Ngcobo, a medical doctor, mental-health advocate and woman living with Bipolar Disorder Type 1 since the age of 14, joins us for an honest conversation about diagnosis, mania and depression, treatment, stigma, relapse and what it means to build a fulfilling life while living with bipolar disorder.

Motoring expert Nico Smit joins The Alternative Breakfast with the latest developments from the motoring world, unpacking current news and trends while responding to listeners’ questions about cars, driving and the rapidly changing automotive landscape

Nomsa Manaka joins us to talk about turning her own experience of surviving cancer into community action through the Dancing Out of Cancer marathon, while confronting the realities of breast cancer, treatment costs, early diagnosis and the importance of standing with people who are still fighting

THOUGHTS: As South Africa heads towards the 4 November 2026 Local Government Elections, Nthabiseng Shongwe, Head of Partnerships, TEACH South Africa joins us to examine the state of education in the country, the inequalities still shaping learners’ experiences and what local government can realistically do to create communities in which children can learn, grow and succeed

THOUGHTS: As South Africa heads towards the 4 November 2026 Local Government Elections, Nthabiseng Shongwe, Head of Partnerships, TEACH South Africa joins us to examine the state of education in the country, the inequalities still shaping learners’ experiences and what local government can realisti…