5 Breakfast

Dan catches up with Canadian hitmakers Neon Dreams who are joined by South African vocalist Mthandazo Gatya. They chat about their South African tour, the success of their single 'Life Without Fantasies' and the joy of working with Mthandazo. 

We catch up with our favourite SAMA winning act, Jetho Tait. He chats about his brand new release called 'Will You Stay' and sneaks in a cheeky live performance of one of his early tracks called 'Running Wild' with Pascal and Pearce, which nearly brings the team to tears.

Johnny Clegg's sons, Jesse and Jaron visit 5 Breakfast for an incredibly emotional interview and release of their father's biography 'Scatterling of Africa'.

After being inundated with requests Matty returns with her second edition of Matty's Affirmations. If you need to centre yourself or calm down during the rush hour traffic take a listen to this moment of pure bliss from our very own Mathapelo Moloi.

The listeners tell us what jobs they think each member of the team could do if they weren't in radio, we even get a couple calls for actual job offers.

5 Breakfast has an exclusive with Charli XCX and she reveals the inspiration for her funeral themed music video for 'Good Ones' as well as her teenage love for 'Stromae'. Listen to the full interview to hear Dan teach her his favourite drinking game.

The Team talks Heritage Day and what it means for them as they recount personal stories of their heritage and the significance of the day to them.

Matty discovered a brand new talent this morning. She has a gift for soothing the nation, we loved it so much we've decided to make it a regular thing.

Dan chats with British superstar Becky Hill about her years-in-the-making debut album, 'Only Honest On The Weekend'. Having been a global hitmaker since her teenage years, Becky decided it was time for an official album. Her debut single off the album 'My Heart Goes' sets the tone for what is going to be an album to remember.

We received a surprise 'Caraoke' submission for Mumford and Son's Little Lion Man which absolutely blew us away. 10 Year old Mckayla from KZN was such a sensation on the whatsapp line that we simply had to find her in person, and we did! This is our interview with her own unique version of Dua Lipa's Levitating.

Dan get's his second jab live on air completing his full covid 19 vaccination. Lisa from Medirite guides him through the whole process and chats a little bit about why we need to push our vaccination numbers up.

The team chat about words that are untranslatable. Each member of the team comes from a different language and cultural background and they ask us to guess what certain words mean in their language.

Our favourite newsreader, Mathapelo Moloi is back after an extremely difficult 7-week struggle with Covid 19.  After being hospitalized in High Care for 2 weeks and suffering a variety of different traumas associated with long Covid she has the bravery to speak about her experience to the nation.

Nurse Letitia vaccinated both Xoli and Marli live on the radio in front of thousands of people at the CTICC convention center in Cape Town. She talks the team through the process and explains the potential side effects.

Dan and the team chat with the incredible Katherine Swanepoel who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in her third year of university. She finished her degree and works as an Occupational Therapist while also being one of our star Paralympians.

Dan and the team chat with Paralympic physician Dr Carolette Snyders about the challenges that Paralympians face in competing at such a high level.

Dan and the team chat with extreme adventurer Chris Bertish on his return from his Trans-Atlantic SUP adventure. He talks about the release of his new movie entitled Last Known Co-ordinates which is all about the adventure.  

SA rocker James Deacon did a phenomenal cover of the 'Get Vaccinated Parody Song' that everyone needs to hear.

Dan chats with Rosa Karoo who has run a variety of projects in the online and theatre space helping people unlock their truth and Queerness. She speaks about her own coming out story and how difficult it can be for queer women. Rosa also highlights a few key differences between coming out as a man vs as a woman.