5 Mid Mornings

YOUNG BLOOD FIVE - PHASHASHA (21 SEPTEMBER 26) 21.09.2026 5:06 ↓

Founder of Phashasha, Nceba Makisi joins for a candid conversation about various efforts he personally puts into the community's differently abled persons. He highlights his challenges and what values are at the work of the organisation. As a differently abled person himself, he speaks about how he connects the community with clinics and facilities to help m...

YOUNG BLOOD FIVE - NISSA INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT 17.09.2026 5:00 ↓

Programmes Manager, Sima Diar, brings the details of the "Spring Into Hope" event that NISAA co-hosted with their sister organisation, the National Shelter Movement of South Africa. We also learn about how critical it is to constantly support GBV organisations fund-rasing events - to increase their capacity in the fight against GBV-F.

5MM REAL TALK NO FILTER - DOES THE LANGUAGE WE USE CHANGE HOW WE UNDERSTAND GBV 16.09.2026 12:53 ↓

A gender activist and communications specialist joins 5 Mid-Mornings to unpack how coded language, euphemisms and social media censorship are changing the way we talk about gender-based violence.

5MM SOUL CITY_ LET’S RISE 15.09.2026 25:39 ↓

After 12 years away from our screens, Soul City is back with a brand-new generation of talent in Soul City: Let’s Rise. The new 13-part series follows five young women navigating love, ambition, education, identity, relationships, family expectations and the realities of growing up in South Africa today. At the centre of the story are five new faces —  Pul...

5MM HAVE WE STOPPED SEEING ASKING FOR HELP AS A WEAKNESS 15.09.2026 15:22 ↓

There was a time when being independent meant doing everything yourself. You figured it out, kept your problems to yourself and, if you needed help, you probably tried everything possible before actually asking for it.  But that attitude seems to be changing. More people are becoming comfortable saying, “I actually need help with this". Whether it’s asking a friend...

5MM WELLNESS WEDNESDAY - COULD YOU BE DEPENDENT ON PAINKILLERS WITHOUT REALISING IT_ (09 SEPT 26) 09.09.2026 10:02 ↓

When we talk about addiction, most of us immediately think about substances like heroin, cocaine or other drugs that are obviously associated with addiction. But what about something you picked up at a pharmacy? Painkillers are medicines. We take them because we have a headache, an injury, back pain or after surgery. And because they're medicines, we don't necessarily think of them as something we...

5MM YOUNG BLOOD FIVE - PHELELA BOKAMOSO CDP (09 SEP 26) 09.09.2026 2:58 ↓

Project Co-ordinator Dolly Mapule Lethulwa joins us for a conversation about Phelela Bokamoso CDP and the various programmes they offer. We also learn about how Ubuntu is at the core of the organisation's work and the kind of impact that they've had on their community so far.

5MM YOUNG BLOOG FIVE - TAKE ME TO TERTIARY (08 SEPT 26) 08.09.2026 4:51 ↓

An organisation based in KZN, Take Me To Tertiary helps inspire highschoolers for tertiary. We are joined by the founder and CEO, Ayanda Zikhali for a conversation about the impact of the organisation on the communities it works in as well as how Mzansi can join forces and amplify this mission.