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In just a few days, the biggest sporting event on the planet gets underway as the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off on 11 June. For the next month, billions of people around the world will be glued to their screens, and here in South Africa, the SABC will once again be bringing the tour- nament to millions of homes across the country. This year promises to be bigger, more accessible and more...

+South Africa is not just getting spam calls anymore. We are being hunted by call centres with stamina. According to Truecaller data reported by MyBroadband, spam calls in South Africa are up almost 23% in the first five months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, with an estimated 14.41 billion spam calls identified between January and May. Yes. Billion. With a B. At this...

This feature celebrates the Afrikaans language by sharing words that lack direct English translations. It appeals to Afrikaans speakers while also educating a broader audience about the richness of the language.

From Soweto came a calm man with music in his stride, gold and black in his schooling, green and gold in his calling. Then winter rose, the horn choir swelled, and his left foot sang louder than all of them.

Xoli and Thabo at the gym?

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

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Nick Hamman is looking for people with stories of a wedding that ended terribly.

HEADLINE: Chocolate Spiked with Potentially ‘Life-Threatening’ Amounts of [BLANK] Ingredients Recalled.   Presented by Thabo, this segment delivers a humorous and unique take on the weird, wacky, and risqué news of the day. It adds a playful twist to current events, making news consumption entertaining.

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As part of Youth Month, Marli van Eeden catches up with Zoë Prinsloo, founder of 'Save a Fishie', to discuss how the initiative has grown from a local environmental movement into a nationwide force for positive change. Zoë shares her journey as a young change-maker, the expansion of 'Save a Fishie' into Gauteng, and why she believes young people have the power to transform their communit...

"He carries a name that could belong to a DJ, a promoter, or a late-night radio menace. Instead, he makes his living deleting danger, one clean intervention at a time, first in town-ship thunder and now beneath skyscrapers. His passport changed; his timing did not.”

This week, we're diving into a topic that sounds a little mysterious, a little controversial, and a whole lot interesting: "Everything They Don't Want You To Know About Money." Now before anyone starts wearing tinfoil hats, we're not talking about secret underground vaults or hidden treasure maps. We're talking about the money lessons people often learn too late in life; the things that aren't alw...

BET YOU CAN'T FIND: A trip to Polokwane with a weird passenger

What happened on this day in history?

The team battles it out to see who remembers what happened this week.

This morning on Game On: Woza Weekend, we're shining a spotlight on one of South Africa's brightest young sporting talents. At just 14 years old, Gqeberha-born racing driver Aashay Nagura is already competing against some of the best young karting drivers in Europe; recently taking on back-to-back race weekends in the United Kingdom as part of his international development programm...

This morning on 5 Breakfast, we're joined by one of South Africa's most distinctive and celebrated voices. From her years fronting Freshlyground to her acclaimed work as a solo artist, actress, storyteller, and cultural advocate, Zolani Mahola has never been afraid to evolve. And now she's entering yet another bold new chapter. She's just announced a major global partnership with Virgin...

A look at what happened this day on history.