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Mr and Mrs Bass share the story of their son Sacha, who was diagnosed with the rare genetic condition Niemann-Pick Type A. To support the family's awareness and fundraising efforts, Nick Hamman announces that this year's Mandela Palooza will be dedicated to the cause, with South African artists coming together for a special Mandela Day concert.

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when someone famous gets into serious legal trouble, should the internet help pay their lawyers... or should the internet say, “Respectfully, my banking app is closed”? Because that’s the drama around Peet Viljoen, husband of reality TV personality and businesswoman Mel Viljoen. A crowdfunding campaign was launched to raise R400,000 for his legal fees. Then BackaBuddy c...

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

Kgosiotsile Nkoane - content creator, podcaster, TV personality, and part of the Mzansi’s Greatest Family crew, he co-hosts Daddy’s Class with his dad, radio veteran Tazman Nkoane, and now he’s stepping into a fresh SABC1 reality series called Beats For My Peeps.

He came from the concrete edges of a capital and learned to outrun prophecy before most boys learn patience. Part sprinter, part executioner, part heir apparent to every bright stage he enters. Who is this blur in human form who makes defenders look like delayed luggage?

Nick Hamman invites listeners with misophonia, or those who think they may have it, to share their experiences

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As part of its Mandela Month mini-series, Slegs Afrikaans continues celebrating South Africa's national anthem by exploring another verse. 

On this edition of I Bet You Can't Find , Nick Hamman asks listeners to help him find people who have, or know someone with, serious allergies.

He came from an island but built himself like a monument. Part son of the Atlantic, part laboratory of ambition, he turned leap, vanity and violence into a private religion. Who is this polished predator whose body looks sponsored by obsession?

Nick Archibald joins us with the latest on the search for a missing USB memory stick containing important audio linked to a major interview on 5 Drive. After a station-wide search involving several presenters, we find out whether the mystery has finally been solved.

HEADLINE: United Airlines flight to Spain pulls U-turn, apparently over [BLANK] [BLANK]   Thabo trolls the deepest darkest recesses of the internet for the most jaw dropping headlines and omits a word or two from the title which the team and listeners then have to guess.  

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Joining us now is another entrant in the 5 Breakfast Theme Song Search; Nic, a 35-year-old musician, copywriter, social media manager, physical media nerd, wild genre-hopper, and mild coffee addict.

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

Today’s mystery figure could fool you into sounding out a courtroom heavyweight, a business-school dean with anger issues, or the hero of a prestige action series set in government corridors. But the real answer is a South African public figure whose legend lives at the intersection of legal training, battlefield energy, and mass fascination. He didn’t just earn respect;...

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Today is international kissing day. Nick Hamman is looking for first kiss stories.