5 Breakfast

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

Some hear the rhythm first; tight, precise, unmistakable. Others see the silhouette; hat tilted, stance frozen in time. A third group notices the transformation, how one person became many versions without ever disappearing.”

A look at what happened on this day in history.

Quick question: how do you go from a black-tie media dinner to “GET DOWN” in, like, 0.4 seconds? That’s what happened in Washington when shots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the yearly media gala where journalists, politicians, and celebrities all pretend they are friends for one night.  

A tiny Northern Cape Karoo town called Middelpos has reportedly been put up for auction, basically as one “package deal” instead of selling off bits and pieces. That’s not a Hollywood plot. It’s a very South African mix of small-town decline, property economics, and the big question: what happens to places people slowly stop living in?

Who is the shape-shifter of extremes, a woman who can move from grace to grit without asking the mirror for permission? She dances like discipline carved into bone, disappears into darkness when the role demands it, and returns with fire in her fists like the screen belongs to her twice.

The team battles it out in a quiz to see who remembers what happened on the show this week.

A look at what happened this day in history.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has frozen assets linked to businessman Siyabonga Nkosi after uncovering what it described as a scheme to steal funds from Eskom, with help from officials from the Matla & Kusile power stations. The scheme has resulted in Eskom incurring a R73 million financial loss. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho speaks to Thabo about their findings and on the way forward...

What should THabo Baloyi's news intro music be?

A look at what happened on this day in history.

Who is the crown that rewrote the mirror, a woman who stepped into global light and told the world to look again? She walks like a manifesto, speaks like a classroom without walls, and turned natural into revolutionary without raising her voice.

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

MORE SOUTH AFRICAN WORDS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AND ADDED TO THE OXFORD DICTIONARY.

When did school violence become “content”? Like, not even “caught on camera by accident”... but filmed on purpose, with a soundtrack of “ayyy” in the background. Because there’s a clip doing the rounds where learners are fighting and people are treating it like a challenge. The energy is less “stop it” and more “record it proper...

Who is the time-travelling siren, a woman who made yesterday dance like tomorrow, turning neon nostalgia into global currency? She walks like a runway echo, sings like a midnight promise, and built a universe where heartbreak wears glitter.

A Look at What Happened this day in history.

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