5 Breakfast

Dr Tim De Wet is a genomic sequencer and explains that South Africa is world class in this regard, this may be why the new variant was discovered here first. He also explains that the decision to close borders was much more of a political decision than a scientific one.

After the President's address last night we learnt that the government is still considering a 'vaccine mandate'. We caught up with constitutional law expert, Professor Pierre de Vos to hear whether the proposed vaccine mandate actually infringes on our rights or whether it is deemed a public good.

The team brings you the cringiest stories from the world of the news and we vote to crown the Sheesh of the Week.

TikTok superstar and national heartthrob Will Liney joins us for Genre Bender. He's decided to do a folky cover of One Direction's massive hit 'Steal Your Girl'. Tune in for that as well as a beautiful version of his smash hit Miss Me.

The kids of 5 Breakfast give their parents an end of year performance review and decide whether they will be renewing their contracts for next year.

We return with one of our all-time favourite features, Laugh Race. This time we are joined by South African comedy titan, Celeste Ntuli! The aim of the game is for our featured comedian to make each member of the team laugh, one by one. They can only move to the next member of the team once they have had a successful laugh. Each comedian is timed and put on our leader board.

5FM launches a brand new campaign with December Streets called Unlock Your Talent. In celebration of their new album December Streets will new touring the country looking for the hottest new talent in South Africa. Find details of how to enter on the 5fm.co.za

Every Wednesday at 7:50 am Matty shares an affirmation for the week. Tune in and unwind.

Dan and the team chat with Pearl Pillay about the hotly contested proposed policy change by NSFAS making it necessary to pass 75% of your courses to receive funding. 

Dan and the team chat with Pearl Pillay about the hotly contested proposed policy change by NSFAS making it necessary to pass 75% of your courses to receive funding. 

South Africa woke up to a very different political landscape today after one of the most ridiculous nights in politics ever. How did the ANC get tricked in KZN, what happened to Mashaba and Action SA and did the DA's Tanya Campbell even know she was going to be Mayor of Ekurheleni?

Xoli chats with Thalea and Andiswe from Sundowns Ladies about their momentous victory at the first ever CAF Women's Champions League. A massive moment for African football and women's football!

We catch up with CEO of Momint Ahren Posthumus who explains the value of NFT's and their future in the art world. He also explains how we would go about creating our own 'Onnie NFT' based on the viral meme video of Siya Kolisi singing Jack Denton's SA speedo.

Rassie has been unfairly banned from the England vs SA game this weekend and we want to show him some support from inside Twickenham Stadium in London itself. We have got our team on the inside in SA speedos who are going to sing a special song for Rassie at the game. You will see them in Rassie masks and if you hear the chant start up then join along.

Every Friday we recap the cringiest stories that made the news this week, hoping to crown the Sheesh of the Week.

We catch up with UNICEF representative Christine Muhigana, 2nd year Marine Biology student Sibusiso Mazomba and 15 year old debating champ Almaaz Mudaly. They chat about being at COP26 and how the youth needs to stand up for our planet amidst rising climate change issues.

We are facing difficult times, a global pandemic, load shedding, rising fuel prices and inflation, there is only one person who can help us. Let's bring back Dub!

Dan catches up with Amy and Ephraim the creators of South Africa's latest Oscar submission. Barakat  follows Muslim widow Aisha Davids as she tries to bring together her fractured family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.

Every Wednesday at 7:50 am Matty shares an affirmation for the week. Tune in and unwind.

Full-time Swifty Tash Montlake gives us an incredibly comprehensive and emotional overview of Taylor's Swifts record label issues with Scooter Braun and the reason for her massively successful 10 minute re-recording of her song 'All Too Well' (Taylor's Version) off her re-recorded album Red (Taylor's Version).

Should Chantelle ask out the pizza guy and how?

We catch up with Ahren Posthumus, CEO of Momint a tech startup, pioneering the future of crypto and digital assets known as NFT's. Why are NFT's the future of art and technoloy and could an NFT of the SA Onnie actually fetch a good price?