5 Nights

Gender based violence continues to be a massive problem in South African society, as men continue to abuse and kill women. The question is why? Why are men doing this? What conversations should we as men be having to change our toxic behaviour? Smash was joined by Themba Masango – Secretary General for the Not In My Name Campaign.

This youth month, we're trying tying to figure out where the minds of young adults in South Africa are when it comes to their love lives. We call it the Love-ish series here on Live At Night, and on this episode we’re talking marriage, how does the youth see marriage, what’s marriage like for those Young Adults who are married? Smash was joined by Louis, who joined us last week when we talked comm...

This Youth month we’ll be tackling the love lives of young people today, what are we getting right? what are we getting wrong? What does love and “ relationshipping” mean to us today? Those are the questions we hope we will have answered by the end of this month. On this episode, Smash was joined by young adults, talking about the C-word, COMMITMENT.

Many Higher Education institutions were forced to move their classes online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this has exposed a growing digital divide between students. Crowdfunding organisation Feenix was founded in 2017 as a response to the #FeesMustFall movement and, is now working on raising funds to help students with their digital needs as they study from home.

Over the last decade social media has become more and prevalent, as users realise the power of social media to give them a voice. Many activists have taken advantage of the platforms using them to garner support for their courses. But How has it evolved over the years? how effective is it? How is it performing compared to taking to the streets to protest? Smash was joined by Jamie Mighty Activist...

Many of your favourite stars are representatives of some of the worlds biggest brands, and a couple of weeks ago a light was shined on this space when rapper, Aka, revealed some details of a deal he had with one brands he worked with which sent shock waves to many fans. How do these deals work, who’s involved and what is the current status of this space in S.A? Smash was joined by someone who’s wo...

Smash was joined by two couples from different countries on the continent chatting love across African borders. Love languages, cultures, distance between families and the effects of xenophobia on cross border relationships.

African musical giant - Thandiswa Mazwai or "King Tha" as many of you refer to her - is set to bring the Africa Month celebrations to an end with a virtual concert commemorating Africa Day this Saturday on May 30th. The "Play Your Part Africa" virtual concert will be paying tribute to Africans united in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, while celebrating the milestones the continent...

To celebrate our beautiful continent on this day, Smash had a conversation talking about one of Africa’s biggest exports – Afro beats. The musical genre Afro beat originated in the 1960s and 1970s as a blend of traditional Yoruba music with jazz, West African highlife and funk. The pioneering style of afrobeat is identified with artists like the formidable Nigerian icon Fela Kuti. Now, Afro beat a...

With social distancing measures in place, many organisations have had to explore what the digital world can offer their business, and the world of theatre has also taken that route, with the South African State Theatre bringing their shows online for audiences to enjoy in the comfort and safety of their homes, Smash spoke to The South African State Theatre’s Artistic Director, Mr Aubrey Sekhabi.

Focalistic aka the Pitori Maradonna swapped his soccer boots for a microphone and South Africa has been blessed with his musical talent ever since. The hitmaker has been one of the most talked about rising stars over last couple of years and 2020 hasn’t been any different. This month he hit over 2 million accumulative streams across all his music on digital platforms. This impressive feat comes of...

Many of our favourite shows went off air over the last few weeks as many were forced to go into a production break due to the lockdown regulations of the Covid-19 pandemic. As things eased into level 4 lockdown, many shows returned to their sets to continue filming under strict conditions, I’m joined by Eric Mecheru from SABC 1’s Skeem Saam to give us insight on how filiming is going under these n...

OnlyFans' is a platform with loose content restrictions that allow creators to put risqué images and videos, that followers need to pay subscription to watch. Many platforms of this kind have received criticism as many say they open up young people to the adult entertainment space. It’s recently made headlines again after getting a mention from Beyonce in a song and with many of its influencers ma...

Many of you have developed new eating patterns, mainly, you’re eating more than usual and not necessarily eating the good stuff. Experts have warned that there is a lot of stress eating happening during this time and that could eventually lead to food addiction and other eating disorders. Smash spoke to Clinical Psychologist Maritza Lubbe.

Grammy nominated musician, Stonebwoy, rose to international stardom after being the first artist of his kind to win a BET Award in 2015. His career has spanned over a decade wowing fans all over the globe. The Ghanaian star recently dropped his new album Anloga Junction, which features Keri Hilson and South Africa’s very own Nasty C. He Joined Smash Afrika to chat more on this.

Smash Afrika chats to Faith Nyaka – Director for Registration and Recognition at the South African Qualifications Authority, about The process behind the registration of qualifications & how students can go about checking if their desired qualification has been registered by SAQA.

South African rapper K.O, sat down with Smash Afrika to talk about his 15 years in the music busniss, and let's us in on the moves his Skhandaworld company is about to take-over the entertainment industry.

A look into the love lives of the queer community & dispelling myths. Smash Afrika was joined by have a couple of queer people joining in studio, chatting about dating people who are in the closet, tops, bottoms & versatiles, as well as, hook up culture inthe queer community.

Tumi reminisces with YOTV co-star Musa Mthombeni, and chats about him becoming a doctor and new presenter of Trending SA.

Warren Masemola chats to Tumi about acting experiences and the highlight of his Already Stellar Career

Ayanda takes us through the ins and outs of TV Presenting.

Rouge Rapper surprises her old teacher, with the help of Tumi and Linda

#5FMnights chat with ‪@iamleannemusic ‬founder of #EndGirlHate. let's eliminate girl on girl hate!

Linda recieved an sms saying he won $2 million, so he called to claim his prize with hilarious results

Calling with an Unknown number. Linda surprised a girl with a Tinder call.