5 Breakfast

Mike V chats about being able to be off his phone this past week.   Sweden is officially trading screens and tablets for physical books and handwriting to reverse a decline in reading skills. Once at the forefront of hyper-digitalized learning, Sweden is engineering a dramatic pivot back to the basics in its classrooms. Concerned that an overreliance on digital tablets and scre...

What is a simple task that you have been procrastinating? and How long have you been procrastinating doing it? How long will it realistically take? It’s 10 years of the movie La La Land this year. At the time of its release, Ryan Gosling was teased for his strangely flat hand on the iconic poster. 10 years on and Lionsgate has finally rereleased the poster in time afor its 10 the a...

This Monday Motivation celebrates South Africa's incredible performances at the Commonwealth Games. From Pieter Coetzé's record-breaking gold medals and Chad le Clos extending his legacy as the Games' most decorated athlete, to Nathan Hendricks' para-swimming triumph, relay medals and the Spar Proteas' unbeaten run, it's a reminder that South Africans continue to compete and win on the worl...

It’s Monday; which means it’s time to stretch your money mindset on Money Mondays with Xoli Zondo and Thuli Magubane. So Xoli asked the Money Babies: What are the do’s and don’ts when filing your tax returns?

From hidden government cover-ups to unexplained mysteries, conspiracy theories have fascinated people for generations. Mike V asks listeners to share the conspiracy theory they sincerely believe is true, what convinced them, and whether they've ever managed to change someone else's mind or had their own mind changed.

Earlier this week, on Bet You Can’t Find, we asked whether you knew someone who was living a secret life. “Zoe” [also not her real name] was around 15 years old when she discovered that her father had been living another life outside of their family. Today, Zoe says she is not angry, bitter or heartbroken about it. Some of her siblings no longer have a relationship...

Youth Redefining the Car Market: Financially cautious buyers prioritise value and affordability. Cars as a necessity, not a luxury. Affordability as a key factor shaping buying decisions. The rise of value-for-money brands and the rapid growth of Chinese brands such as Chery and GWM Young people’s focus on affordability, sustainability and smart borrowing.

School sport can be one of the best parts of growing up. It can teach confidence, discipline, teamwork and how to get back up after life absolutely cooks you on a random Tuesday. But for some young athletes, sport stops being something they love and starts becoming the thing their entire identity, future and self-worth seem to depend on. Between parents, coaches, schools, scholarships, selection a...

What happened on this day in history.

She abandoned the business of selling other people’s visions, Built a private cathedral from keys she taught herself to command, Then became most recognisable while haunting somebody else’s doorway

There is owning a car because you love cars...and then there is owning a car because your life is currently being held hostage by the sentence: “Unfortunately, we don’t go that side.” Because in South Africa, getting somewhere is not always just about distance. It is about whether transport is available.

He turned somebody else’s mistake into an identity, Then poured a twenty-year-old memory into a frontier glass, Until the entire world counted backwards while moving forward.

What happened on this day in history.

Yesterday, on Bet You Can’t Find, we went looking for somebody living a double life or somebody who knew one. We received a lot of responses. But one message stopped us. The woman who sent it did not say she had discovered someone’s secret life. She said she is part of it. For almost ten years, she has been in a relationship with a man whose family and household apparent...

What happened on this day in history.

BUZZWORD: ODE   Each day a buzzword is announced, and 5 questions are asked to a listener, all of which will contain the buzzword.

Born where red earth meets the equator, raised beneath another southern sun, He carried a crescent, a camera and a commuter’s complaint northward, Until the concrete kingdom placed its keys inside an immigrant’s palm.

What happens when powerful people call unemployed young people “cockroaches”? Apparently, the cockroaches organise.