Early Breakfast with Africa Melane

The iconic Charly's Bakery in Zonnebloem faces the threat of permanent closure amid the extended lockdown. They have since embarked on a crowdfunding campaign with the hashtag #KeepCharlysBakeryAlive. The bakery was founded by Jacqui Beiss and her late-husband Charly and is now run by Beiss and her three daughters.

Guest: Alex Beiss, Co-owner at Charly's Bakery

Topics: An update on #KeepCharlysBakeryAlive

Topics:From the Continent: A Do Over Of Sankara’s Legacy

Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com

An electricity tariff hike was the last thing on many people's minds for the last 54 days until Friday when the news broke that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) approved Eskom's application to (partly) recover the balance from its regulatory clearing account for the 2018/2019 financial year. This essentially means that Eskom will be allowed to recover R13.3 billion from consumers for 2018/19. The approval is for R13.3-billion of the requested R27.3-billion. This amount will be recovered through tariffs charged to standard customers, special pricing arrangement customers and international customers. Now while we await further announcements by the regulator in terms of implementation, another question has come up - "does this mean we'll see load shedding again soon?"

Guest: Jan Oberholzer, COO at Eskom

Topics: Eskom: Loadshedding soon?

Guest: Jean - Jacques Cornish, Africa Correspondent

Topics: Scientists say it’s vital Africans participate in clinical trials for COVID 19 vaccine.

Leonardo DiCaprio contributes to the Virunga fund after rangers are killed in an ambush.

Rwanda’s most wanted man arrested outside of Paris

Companies are reducing costs and are encouraged to do more with less. IT departments are being forced to make trade-offs between what is more cost-effective and what is more affordable. Infrastructure plays a big role when it comes to protecting your data. According to the global storage company, Infinidat, there is a way of managing your data without having to purchase Terabytes in advance.

Guest: Eran Brown, Chief Technology Officer at Infinidat

Topics: 'Future proof' your business data storage

Topics: From the Continent: Samuel Eto'o hailed as a hero in his hometown

Guest: Sokhu Sibiya, Editor - Africa.com

TEARS Animal Rescue as launched a Pay It Forward Pet Food Appeal in response to the increase in requests the organization is receiving from pet owners living in low-income communities and who are struggling to feed their pets as a direct result of the Lockdown.

Topics: TEARS Animal Rescue paying it forward

Guest: Lara Black, Marketing Manager at TEARS

eCommerce supports small and medium (and sometimes large) businesses and various courier companies. With the lift of the eCommerce ban, many small companies that have lost their physical shops as a

Topics: eCommerce traders ready to assist local businesses

Guest: Laurian Venter, Director at OneDayOnly.co.za

Online enjoyment of the seventh wonder of the world is now available 24/7 in real-time. A Cape Town-based team of creators have introduced the Table Mountain Live Stream service that brings you views of the mountain from different angles all day, every day.

Topics: Table Mountain Live Stream service

Guest:  John Bold, One of the creators of the website

Guest: Sylvia Walker, Corporate specialist financial planner 

Topics: Money Matters – Lockdown: the money scams doing the rounds