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With the Novak Djokovic saga finally resolved after many back and fourths, the Australian Open is now finally in full swing. Jude takes a look at what we can look forward to in this year's show piece, including how Nadal can make more history and the possibilities of a new men's no.1. On the women's side, will Naomi Osaka successfully defend her title after a hiatus and who are her challenges on r...

A well known university has apologised after erroneously sending students messages of acceptance. Many of the students to social media to express their disappointment and the 5 Drive team and listeners could totally relate. Listen as they share their most disappointing situations including a story from Jude who finally received his halloween costume 2 months late and it had it a few problems.&nbsp...

Jade Harrison is one of the top achievers we’re celebrating today, she got a bursary at Saheti School in Joburg in her high school years, however she was not literate in the Greek language offered at the school, she turned it around and has now matriculated with an A in Greek, getting 10 distinctions in total.

Jude van Wyk got to speak to one of the people behind the scenes, Shau Mafuna, a South African engineer working for Mercedes AMG in the powertrains division. A former racer himself, he tells Jude about how it was always his dream to work in the Formula 1 space and how he had to shift his own goal posts to make sure of it as his racing career never continued to that level. 

It's back-to-school and the 5 Drive team together with the youths of 5fm came together to 'Advise Parents On What Not To Put In Lunch Boxes'.

There is a lot of pressure for Liverpool to be investigated. This is because they claimed to have positive covid 19 cases within the club, when it turned out not be the case. Jude shared all the details.

We decided to help you kick off the new year on a fit note, by creating our very own 5 Drive Fitness Tape for 2022! We did this with the help of young people from a top ranked South African Sport Aerobic & Fitness group in the township of Atteridgeville! They put us through our paces we’ll be highlighting their inspirational story and releasing that tape this week, as we all become...

Jude gave a timeline of the Novak Djokovic vaccine exemption saga, starting from when Australia announced that vaccines would be required to compete, to today seeing him win a case against the Australian government. 

Inspired by an influencer who made thousands of dollars selling her fart in a jar, yup you read that right, they set out to challenge listeners to find out who's fart in a jar they'd be willing to buy and also began the ultimate fart challenge, listen up for more!

5fm Business Manager JD Mostert joined the 5Drive team to chat about how 5fm will be "Unlocking New Year's Eve" this year and also had a surprise for the team that they didn't see coming. 

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Nadia spoke to astronomer Dr. Amy Mainzer - a real NASA scientist who served as an advisor to the cast and crew of star-studded Netflix film "Don’t Look Up".  The sci-fi comedy stars an incredible cast, including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry and Ariana Grande - to name a few. The film follows an astronomy grad student and he...

This week on the Africa Update Bibi had a chat about the 8th edition Afrimma's! The African Muzik Magazine Awards (Afrimma) are all about celebrating African music and talent! She spoke to Richard Iroko, operations manager at Afrimma and editor of Afrikan Musik Magazine all about the awards.

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Bibi had a chat to the man who gave us one of the most viral songs of 2021 'Love Nwantiti' - CKay. They caught up about the amazing year he's had in music including being the first African to surpass 20 million listeners on Spotify. 

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

The organisers of the Rage Fest which usually sees scores of matrics celebrate the end of their high schooling career at the end of the year have come out against the media amoungst others who led to them cancelling the event this year at the last minute. Nick had a chat with one of the organisers of the event Greg Walsch for more on this.

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.

Nick had a chat with popular chef Mogau Seshoene widely known as The Lazy Makoti. She let us in on her new book,  'Hosting with The Lazy Makoti', which is perfect for the holidays. She also gives some tips for making all those authentically South African festive meals. 

After lockdown forced us all to think differently about our world, Etienne Swanepoel decided to make the most of a tough situation. As a videographer with over 10 years’ experience, he decided that instead of working from home he would invest in a 1975 Kombi, which he calls Dirkie, and start working from the road. Etienne then began documenting his travels with his channel Africa with Et, re...

Today on the Earliest Pub Quiz Ever, see if you've got what it takes to solve our anagram. Listen out as Nick gives a clue to help you, if you manage to figure it out, WhatsApp the team with your answer to the number 082 550 5151.