5 Weekend Breakfast

When the world was hating this 90’s pop rock band, Liz stood by them. 

A major sponsor of the Springboks is also selling All Blacks supporter merch… and Mike V owns up to a crime. 

Wits PhD candidate, Bontle Masango, has earned the Fulbright Scholarship for her research on type 2 diabetes. 

Libbie Janse Van Rensburg chats about the team’s sentiment going into their game against New Zealand’s Black Ferns. 

After losing a bet over who would win in the second test of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour, 5 Weekend Breakfast had “Weekend Special” playing across New Zealand last Monday. 

The pieces have come together for Jean’s regrettable tattoo to be redone. Pali flies to Cape Town to see how it unfolds. 

Hlomla told us one morning that he was on the way for the birth of his son. We catch up with him and this journey. 

Robynne loves to do “ballet with horses”, an extremely technical sport. 

James “Bullet” Dalton chats about the Springboks prospective of a win in the second test against the All Blacks. 

Robert F Kennedy, Trump’s unconventional Minister of Health, was interrupted during a speech by a whack ringtone this week. So, a challenge is set and executed for the remainder of the show and the week!

The Hits NZ, with whom we had a bet running last year, has issued another challenge as the Springboks take on the All Blacks.  + Now that the Boks have won, there are more rounds of which song to pick for The Hits NZ Breakfast to play on Monday Morning. We eventually land on an iconic South African tune.

Courtney Westley is part of team SA at the Rowing World Championships in Amsterdam. 

Shaz just loves spicy food and answers our questions to prove it. 

Vin Diesel Sings a Dolly Parton Song. It turns out Vin Diesel, with the muscles and deep voice, is also a huge Dolly Parton fan. He felt the need to sing a tribute and post it. 

Kabelo Mametsa has recently come back from Peru, where she won Miss Teen Universal Africa.

Fikile Mbalula attempted to be one with the kids and which produced this iconic sound effect. 

Eskom came out this week saying they have too much electricity. What is a first world problem that you have?

Jean had a wild night as an 18 year old and got a tattoo he regrets. the team see if they can help him out.

This new milestone in their lives earns them the title of the Most Important People in SA. 

Reba loves ballet and got into it in a weird way. 

New Zealand podcaster chats about the upcoming game. 

The F&F franchise is not exactly known for its nuanced plotlines. Mike tests the team to see whether they can identify events that really happened in these movies. 

Who has a more important job than making sure the field is ripe for the start of a new rugby series?

Pali asks for people’s worst tattoo blunders. Can the team do something to help this person out?

This town in KZN has been getting some bad press recently. The team chats to a community liaison to find out what is going right there.