5 Mid Mornings

Communications and Awareness Lead at SAFMH, Michel'le Donnelly brings us a conversation about the vulnerability of persons with Intellectual Disability (ID) and how mental health organisations are facing a crisis. She speaks on how the government can step up and alleviate that pressure and how Mzansi can amplify the work being done.

Do you give your ex their gift back?

So you are in a situation where they have a kid with their exes, but the haven’t gotten rid of the photo’s from their wedding day, who is in the wrong?

Build the perfect  Solo Date

What is a purchase you have made that has changed your life?

Unemployment is rife in South Africa and job security is scarce, however, a hopeful mind is a dreaming mind. This Worker's Day, Yonaka Theledi looks at the future workforce of Mzansi and asks students what their "dream student job" is.

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Students are aware of the job market in South Africa. While most of them study with the hopes of securing a career in a related industry, is that the honest goal? Yonaka goes around campuses and asks students whether they are still studying for a career or just hoping it all works out.

Ahead of Festival De Mexico, Karabo wants to make the perfect Taco

Do you think Michael Jackson is the most famous person to have ever lived?

The news story of a woman named Rachel Dorn who was fired after working 3 remote jobs simultaneously . Was she right or wrong for this? Because the context was that she was in the top 10% in each job. This girl was killing it.

Anyone born after 2009 can no longer buy cigarettes or vapes In the UK?

Manager at the Skills Development Centre, Yeshua Moraka, ushers us onto the graduation stage with him and shares a touching story of a graduate who also landed herself a job. In this episode, Yeshua also imparts words of advice to students during the last leg of their studies while we learn more about the centre.

Megan The Stallion had a broadway show and she recently cried on stage, shed some emotions due to a recent break up. We all know what this is like so we have generated a guide on what to do: If you have a car, cry thereIf you do not have a car, find a closet, Save some hectic moments for bulk cries

What does freedom mean to the youth of South Africa?

Freedom Day, Cynthia Shange, South Africa's first Black woman to represent the country at Miss World in 1972, has passed away at the age of 76. She made history during apartheid, breaking barriers on the global stage and paving the way for generations of Black South African women in pageantry, film, and television  Today, we honour South Africans like these that contributed to the Freedom we...

Lebogang Mashile. The daughter of exiled South African parents, Mashile was born in the United States, and returned to South Africa in the mid-1990s after the end of apartheid. She began to study law and international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand but became more interested in the arts. Today, she is one of the biggest poets in our nation and we are so honoured to have you...

Refilwe Modiselle is a Soweto-born visionary, published author, award-winning actress and multimedia personality. She is affectionately known as Africa’s first successful model with albinism, Refilwe is a history-maker whose trailblazing career has earned global recognition from platforms such as CNN and Oprah’s Power List.