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5B GAME - HOW BIG IS THE WORLD, ACTUALLY? 08.09.2026 5:23 ↓

So, we’ve just established that the world map most of us grew up with has been messing with our sense of scale. Equal Earth doesn’t make Africa bigger; it just shows land masses in their correct relative proportions. Which means we now need to find out how badly the old map has damaged this team. Nick is giving them two countries, continents or combinations. You tell me...

5B GUESS THE CELEBRITY (08 SEPT 26) 08.09.2026 5:26 ↓

She was raised to inherit dry land while something blue kept calling her away, Carried the stolen heart of a goddess across dangerous water, And discovered leadership sometimes means leaving home to save it.

5B ON THIS DAY (08 SEPT 26) 08.09.2026 5:24 ↓

What happened on this day in history.

5B KOKI FOR HEAD GIRL - THE SCHOOL CAMPAIGN THAT BROKE THE INTERNET 08.09.2026 10:29 ↓

Every school election needs a campaign. Some people make posters. Some people hand out sweets. Some people promise better school spirit. And then there’s Koketso Bogashu from Hoërskool Jeugland, who somehow turned her campaign to become Head Girl for 2027 into one of the biggest things on South African social media this week. The video she made with her best friend Lelo has now pulled i...

5B ON THIS DAY (07 SEPT 26) 1 07.09.2026 3:54 ↓

What happened on this day in history.

SHORTSTRAW ON 5 BREAKFAST 04.09.2026 12:44 ↓

Shortstraw are one of those bands that feel stitched into a particular chapter of South African music; the festivals, the indie scene, the chaos, the singalongs, the songs you somehow still know every word to. And then, for almost five years, things got very quiet. But they weren’t gone. They were living. Building businesses, getting married, starting families, growing up a little; and...

5B CHILHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – DR NATASCHE DANIELS 02.09.2026 7:30 ↓

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. On Saturday, 26 September, Cupcakes of Hope will hold National Cupcake Day across more than 80 shopping centres around South Africa, alongside participation from schools, businesses, workplaces and communities. The organisation is asking South Africans to become Cupcake Angels by registering and pledging to bake just 24 cupcakes. People who cannot bak...

5B GUESS THE CELEBRITY (02 SEPT 26) 02.09.2026 8:56 ↓

He became so famous for being mean that his surname became an insult, Lost love long before he lost sleep, Then spent one night being shown exactly what loneliness would cost him. He treated festive cheer like an unauthorised expense, Ran emotional austerity measures stricter than any treasury, Then suffered the most aggressive overnight rebrand in Victorian history. He counted coins so...