5 Breakfast

CLASSROOM TO COUNTRY (09 FEB 26) 09.02.2026 3:06 ↓

This week, as we celebrate World Radio Day, we’re doing something special on 5 Breakfast; we’re handing the mic over to the future. Introducing Classroom to Country. A nationwide celebration of South Africa’s school radio stations, where young voices step out of the classroom and onto a national stage. Every day this week, a school gets two full minutes of national...

5B MOTIVATION MONDAY WITH JAMES VAN BILJOEN 09.02.2026 2:28 ↓

James Van Biljoen gives us the monday motivation for February.

5B GUESS THE CELEBRITY (06 FEB 26)R 06.02.2026 10:20 ↓

Who learned early that inheritance is louder when styled, that a crown can be rented by the hour, and that being underestimated is the most profitable disguise of all?

5B ON THIS DAY POP QUIZ (06 FEB 26) 06.02.2026 8:04 ↓

The team battles it out on a game to see who remembers what happened this week.

5B IT'S RAINING IGUANA’S (06 FEB 26) 06.02.2026 8:47 ↓

So Florida had a proper cold snap... and suddenly people started seeing iguanas dropping out of trees like nature’s most confusing plot twist.   Here’s the key detail: when it gets cold enough, green iguanas basically shut down. They’re cold blooded (reptiles), so their bodies run on external heat. No heat? No movement. They go stiff, lose their grip, and fall. That&rsq...

5B SKETCHY BONGO ON 5 BREAKFAST (06 FEB 26) 06.02.2026 12:57 ↓

This morning on 5 Breakfast, we’re joined in studio by one of the producers who helped shape the sound of South African pop and Afro-house over the last decade; Sketchy Bongo. After a five-year hiatus, Sketchy is officially back, kicking off a brand-new chapter with his album One26 On M and the lead single “No Getting Over You”, featuring the ever-smooth Jimmy Nevis. &n...

5B GAME ON WOZA WEEKEND - TO ADRIAN BIRREL – SUNRISES EASTERN CAPE COACH ABOUT THEIR THIRD SA20 WIN 06.02.2026 13:44 ↓

Xoli chats to Adrian Birrel - Sunrises Eastern Cape Coach about their third SA20 Win.

5B ON THIS DAY (05 FEB 26) 05.02.2026 3:57 ↓

What happened on this day in history.

5B GUESS THE CELEBRITY (05 FEB 26) 05.02.2026 8:24 ↓

Who learned to fight without noise, to think without limits, and to love without a body, proving that presence doesn’t need permission from fists, facts, or flesh?

5B SOUTH AFRICA’S SOCIAL MEDIA BAN TALK, EXPLAINED (05 FEB 26) 05.02.2026 5:23 ↓

There’s fresh chatter about South Africa potentially age-gating or “banning” kids from TikTok and Instagram; and MyBroad- band went straight to digital law expert Emma Sadleir to ask: would it work here? Her answer is basically: Yes, it’s a good idea... but no, it won’t land unless we can actually enforce it. And that’s the key: a ban isn’t a vib...

5B I BET YOU CAN'T FIND - POISONED (05 FEB 26) 05.02.2026 11:27 ↓

Nick Hamman is looking for stories from people who have been poisoned before. 

5B “JOHNNY WALKED OUT” DA LEADERSHIP DROPS OUT OF RACE (05 FEB 26) 05.02.2026 3:32 ↓

John Steenhuisen says he’s not going for a third term as DA leader; meaning he’s stepping out of the DA leadership contest ahead of the party’s federal congress in April.

5B PAP AND POLITICS - THABO BALOYI SPEAKS TO SIBAHLE MOTHA, SABC NEWS ABOUT THE MADLANGA COMMISSION 05.02.2026 11:45 ↓

This week, Thabo speaks to SABC News journalist Sibahle Motha about the latest from the Madlanga Commission, from new damning witness testimony to the first report being handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

5B WEIGH IN WEDNESDAYS (04 FEB 26) 04.02.2026 20:20 ↓

This is the official start of Nick’s public weight-loss journey. The goal is transparency, realism, and credibility; not shame, not gimmicks.