5 Breakfast

Universities are returning to campus this year but the question of vaccine mandate remains ever present. Should universities go ahead with the proposed mandate, is it practical, how does it affect the students?

We asked all the kids on their way to school to review the lunch that their parents packed them. Let's just say the parents have their work cut out for them.

It's back to school week so we've asked our student listeners to pick the Careoke songs this week.

Dan ran late for work today because his e-hailing service just never arrived. The team decided enough is enough, Dan really needs to learn to drive.

Dan and the team have gotten hooked on the international sensation Wordle, they decided to play a game with the whole country.

We caught up with Ariane Angelopulo who achieved an incredible average of 95.5% across all of her Matric subjects. 

Dan catches up with Nick Hamman about his up coming trip to Antarctica.

Every Wednesday at 7:50 am Matty shares an affirmation for the week. Tune in and unwind.

Yesterday a court ruled that Matric results may be published in the newspaper after a long battle over the subject. The issue at hand is that publishing Matric results publicly in the newspaper is in contravention of the POPI Act which aims to protect public privacy. The counter argument is that millions of South Africans view their Matric marks in the newspaper every year and without access to da...

Nic accidentally elbowed Dan in the head while in studio.  Dan fell to the floor and Nic said he was overreacting and also that gingers have a lower pain threshold. Everyone is upset and the debate has been raging in studio, as we see it there is only one way to settle this, with a pain test, and what better way to measure pain than with a harmonica and a baking tray. Take a listen to see wha...

There was only one name on everyone's lips after the monumental SA vs India test and that was Keegan Petersen. Early in his career for the Proteas he took home player of the match and player of the series, Dan catches up with South Africa's new cricket star to find out how he is feeling after a massive first series.

It's been 42 days since we last had load shedding, but how many hours of load shedding do you think we had last year?

5 Breakfast is back and we are so excited we just want to share the love! So we asked our listeners who were stuck in traffic to try convince other drivers to change the radio to 5FM. We sent coffee to everyone who succeeded. 

School is back and we want to celebrate the best way we know how, 

Announcing the Durban winner of the Unlock Your Talent competition.  Unlock Your Talent gig live on radio and online from 6pm on 31 December. Dan Corder and Zanele Potelwa will MC the night away with a whole of lot surprise DJ sets from our very own 5FM DJs and Unlock your talent winners!  

Announcing the Pretoria winner of the Unlock Your Talent competition.  Unlock Your Talent gig live on radio and online from 6pm on 31 December. Dan Corder and Zanele Potelwa will MC the night away with a whole of lot surprise DJ sets from our very own 5FM DJs and Unlock your talent winners!  

Newly appointed Mayor of Cape Town Goerdin Hill-Lewis joins us to chat about the significance of the UK lifting its travel ban on South Africa.

Dan catches up with South African - British mega-star Baby Queen after being announced to join Olivia Rodrigo on a world tour.

Business Unit Manager of 5FM JD Mostert joins us on the show to talk about the new plan for the Unlock Your Talent Competition.  Due to the rise in Covid numbers the station has decided to pivot to a full scale virtual event on New Years Eve.

We catch up with microbiologist Dr Tim De Wet who sheds some light on the latest developments about the Omicron Variant.

Every Wednesday at 7:50 am Matty shares an affirmation for the week. Tune in and unwind.

Is it ok for someone to take the spotlight at your event? Listen as the team give their advise to someone who finds themselves in this potential situation.

Listen as Dan finally apologises or attempts to apologize to Marli after he dragged her for buying a very important book and not reading it. But was Dan actually wrong? Listeners and the rest of the 5 Breakfast team chime in. 

The search continues for Mzansi’s best talents who will be performing as opening acts for December Streets during 5fm’s Unlock Your Talent Tour. Listen as Tristan from December Streets let’s us in on what he’s looking for in an opening act.