5 Weekend Breakfast

Elihle Amahle Stali, from Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, has developed AI-powered smart glasses to help blind and visually impaired people navigate the world more independently. 

Pali’s complex group chat is ablaze because someone is asking people who they are voting for. Is that even allowed?

The team reflects on the disappointing showing at the opening to the FIFA World Cup but takes the positives where they can… like the memes. 

Our second red card of the game was preceded by our referee mumbling in broken English… so, Mike gets Aaron to decode it. 

The team has found Mpho, a huge fan of SA sport, who is going to all three of Bafana’s group stage games and is happy to take Jabulani along for the ride!

Aaron asks Bruce all things Roland Garros. 

The team debates what appears to be a trending fashion item. 

Erika has just started a new hobby and Mike V learns some new things. 

Mike V launches an investigation after a sign that just went up is strangely vandalised. He calls on true crime fans to help.  

Lwandle Dada finished top of his Grade in Maths and Science last year and as a result was able to go to Japan for a workshop series, making him the Most Important Person in South Africa. 

After travelling around the country to be signed, all the stone needs is a name before getting shipped off to Mexico for the opening match of the World Cup.

Pali can’t understand how guy friendships work after she witnessed a friend of hers get egged at his baby shower. 

Hamza, a great friend of the show, just got engaged, making him a worthy pick for the Most Important Person in South Africa. 

For Superfans today, we commemorate the Blue Moon which got our SA surfing community excited. 

Bathabile Moreki has shown that economic liberation is possible for herself and is now actively sharing it with others, making her a worthy recipient of the Most Important Person in South Africa. 

Priya knows all things K-Pop, Korean attire and language. 

After a resounding response, the team takes it on the chin to try get random people to sing with them in a taxi. 

Bafana Bafana legend chats about the team’s likelihood of success at  the FIFA World Cup. 

Dr Adriana Marais, once famous for her selection for the Mars 100 one-way mission, sets her sights on taking Africa to the moon. 

Goolam Valodia, a senior performance analyst and scout for Mamelodi Sundowns, chats about the dynamics of football on the African continent. 

Alice Gillham wrote Calling Us Home, a critically acclaimed musical currently on its Africa tour. 

In its travels to be signed with fan names before heading to the FIFA World Cup, the stone brings out some proudly South African stories. Mike and the team also whip out some Spanish to ask Maria, our Mexico correspondent, and her family to help plant the stone. 

The legendary captain that led Orlando Pirates to their Double Treble shares about the club’s current winning streak. 

Pali has tasted victory with Arsenal and wants the same for her local time. She tells and Mike and Aaron where she is planning to switch…

This Africa month, Ironman takes on the challenge of answering questions about Africa’s cities, islands and rivers.