5 Nights

Sho Madjozi is by far one of S.A’s top acts, constantly flying the flag high while releasing hit, after, after hit. Since dropping her album in 2018 Sho Madjozi has performed on the worlds best stages, won multiple international and local awards, & done a lot for representation of African music across the world. She’s dropping her mixtape tomorrow, and you’ll get a chance to have a listen here on...

Simmy, real name Simphiwe Nhlangulela, has been a fan favourite for a number of years in the music industry and continues to grace us with her subtle voice and spine chilling lyrics. She recently dropped her sophomore album, titled 'Tugela Fairy - Made For The Stars' and joined Smash Afrika on Live At Night to chat about the project.

We’ve touched on this in the past with regards to romantic relationships, and today we’d like to focus on friendships. Do you feel like some of your friendships are one-sided? What does that even really mean? We’ll try to answer these and other questions about the balance in friendships. Smash Afrika was joined by Registered Counsellor, specialising in relationships – Shirley Masemola.

Taking at an app called Spongein, the app assists matriculants in revising for their upcoming exams. It covers different subjects and they’ve included some inspirational messages from some of your favs. Smash Afrika had a conversation with one of the creators of the app - Lebone Segolodi.

As we reach the end of the school year, many of you are still trying to figure out what to study further and which career route to take. The process of making a decision on career can quickly become stressful if not managed well. Nicole Da Silva, in for Smash Afrika, was joined by Johan Louw, Educational Psychologist specialising in Career Guidance and Counselling.

Kaylow is arguably one of the top vocalists in S.A, having spent a decade serenading S.A and the rest of the world with his heartfelt songs about love, pain and everything in between. We haven’t heard from him in a while and now he’s back a brand new single titled 'Something'. He joined Nicole Da Silva, who was standing in for Smash Afrika, to chat about his new journey in music.

Addiction can be a really difficult thing to deal with and fighting the bad habits can be a life-long journey. The stigma that often surrounds addicts and addiction can make dealing with an addiction even more difficult. Drug, alcohol and sex addiction bear the brunt of addiction stigma and so we’ll be highlighting those this evening. Smash Afrika was joined by Maritsa Lubbe, Clinical Psychologist...

Compromise in relationships is probably one of the hardest parts of being in one – how much is too much, what can you and can’t compromise? Those questions will come up at many moments in the life of your relationship – Smash Afrika was joined by Louis Venter – founder of Couple’s Help, for more on this topic.

Many know J Molley as a leader of the new wave, and over the last few years he’s proven that he is a force to be reckoned with. He recently dropped a new album, and sat down with Smash Afrika to chat about this project and his journey this far.

The body positivity movement has been around for years, gaining momentum and becoming a buzz phrase on social media and society at large. However, many now question if it’s fulfilling its initial purpose, worried that the movement has become diluted. Smash Afrika was joined by this is features writer & social commentator - Paula Andropoulos

His star keeps rising as a mix Dj, TV & radio personality, he’s also had us dancing will all the hits he's dropped over the years. Speedsta is now back with a brand new song titled  “Chosen One”. Nicole Da Silva (In for Smash Afrika) had a chat with him about that and more.

Ever break-up with someone and find yourself asking: “why did I do that?”, well you could be a relationship self-saboteur . Aware of it or not some of us are constantly sabotaging our relationships on purpose, just so we can get out of them. Something happens, triggers us and we find ourselves sabotaging a perfectly healthy relationship for no real reason. Smash Afrika had chat with, Registered Co...

The events space/industry is arguably one of the hardest hit during the pandemic. After months of almost no physical events, we entered level one of lockdown, which allowed for public gatherings to a limited capacity. The last few weeks has seen many events being hosted, but how is the industry coping with the current regulations, what’s it like to host physical events during this time and how wil...

Many of us have found ourselves feeling a little jealous in our relationship at some point, is that just a normal part of being in a relationship? When is it too severe and how can we overcome this? Smash Afrika was joined by Louis Venter, Founder of Couple’s Help.

Ever wondered why you sit with the people you sit with, how you choose your friends, what builds your opinion of other people from just looking at them? The answer is probably your unconscious bias towards certain things, the thing about this phenomena is that often we don’t realise it’s existence within ourselves. Smash was joined earlier by Myan Subrayan -writer, speaker and life coach, he's a S...

Smash Afrika had a sit down with SA deep tech house music duo, Black Motion, and got a listen to their latest album titled 'The Healers - The Last Chapter. The album is a celebration of the last 10 years of them as a duo, and they let us in on whether this project was the last for Blackmotion as we know them.

What will the people say syndrome – The social media edition. How much of what you post on social media is determined by your fears of what you think people will say or how they will react? Are there things you haven’t posted out of fear of criticism from parents or partner or friends? Smash talked about this with a panel of listeners.

Smash Afrika was joined by Nandi Madida chatting about her journey in music, including her work on Beyonce's 'Black Is King', her latest single 'Organic' & her upcoming album.

Some people struggle to show affection in relationships, they find it difficult to be intimate or they are just always off and never really want to share or talk about their feelings. Those people are often described as emotionally unavailable, is this just a personality trait or something that should be fixed? Smash Afrika was joined by show regular Louis from Couple’s Help.

Culture can be such an important part of our lives as social beings as it is used to communicate to others who we are and where we come from. So it makes sense that many of us may get emotional when we feel like we’ve been “touched in our cultural studio”. Cultural appropriation is often a trigger & has seen the rise of many debates over the last few years, we revist this topic again tonight, Smas...

Sexual harassment is rife in our society, often it goes unnoticed because it’s become such a normal part of everyday life. Smash Afrika was joined by Mara Glennie – Founder & Director at the TEARS Foundation. She’ll be guiding us about sexual harassment and the subtle ways in which it manifests.

Gender roles are those things that are expected behaviours of people based on their biological sex. Largely, these are not genetic but learned behaviour created and maintained by the society we exist in. Our society, by and large, identifies deeply with those roles, but do they matter? Smash was joined again by Nolwazi Tusini – Journalist & Gender Rights Activist, as well as, Relebone Rirhandzu eA...

Last week you heard our conversation as we spoke about male/masculine fragility. The conversation continues – now toxic masculinity is birthed by male fragility, but how can we redefine masculinity? Can masculinity be positive? Smash was joined by Nolwazi Tusini - Journalist & Gender Rights Activist, as well as, Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika - writer & editor

Often when it comes to gender-based violence the focus is on acts of physical assault, however, GBV can also come in the form of emotional abuse. In many cases, an emotionally abused person doesn’t even realise it, as it can be subtle and a lot of the times, thought to be a normal part of a romantic partnership. Smash was joined by a friend of the show Louis from Couples Help to chat about this.

He’s undoubtedly one of South Africa’s great exports and an incredible visual artist. Trevor Stuurman’s work speaks for itself and has seen him fly the flag high across the globe working with some of the world’s biggest stars and brands. He also recently worked with Beyonce on Black Is King. Smash recently got to sit down with him to chat about his career journey.