5 Mid Mornings

Society & Culture 2021

5 Mid Mornings is the best way to ease into your workday – keeping your finger on the pulse with the news, tackling some super engaging topics, interesting world views and keeping the good music flowing. It focuses strongly on uplifting and empowering young women, but is definitely also something for the guys!

YB5 with Women's Legal Center

Advocate Bronwyn Pithey joins us for a conversation about the Name Him campaign - which is in phase two as of March 2026. We learn about how the law prevents or restricts survivors from sharing the name and identity of their suspected perpetrators until a plea has been heard by a court and how the Women's Legal Centre has created a website that allows survivors to safely name their violators in an encoded, indecipherable way.

05:19

QOTD - DOES IT STILL SCARE YOU?

What used to terrify you that doesn't anymore?

15:19

QOTD - GRATITUDE

What is something you are grateful for?

20:39

YB5 with Iqraa Trust

In this episode dedicated to schools and tertiary students, we are joined by the CEO at Iqraa Trust Ismail Mahomed, for a conversation about what it takes to receive funding from the trust. Furthermore, Ismail breaks down the organisation's efforts in job creation for the unemployed population with skills development and training.

04:36

QOTD - YOUR YOUNGER SELF

What is something your younger self would not believe about your life now?

13:28

QOTD - SOLID LIFE ADVISE

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given, that you actually try to live by?

17:34

QOTD - YOUR OBSESSION

What is something that you are currently a little bit obsessed with?

14:57

YB5 with I Matter NPO Part 2

Returning to YB5, Founder and Director Natalie Abrahams brings news from the 2025 Lesotho Outreach trip where a tangible difference was made in the lives of many survivors. We learn that the organisation returns to our neighbours in the Sky Kingdom and all that Mzansi can do to amplify this mission.

04:13

QOTD - ENDLESS YAPPIN'

What is something you could talk about for hours?

16:28

QOTD - PERSONALITIES

What is a small thing about you that makes you, you?

13:01

QOTD - LEAVING THE HOUSE NAKED

What is something you can’t leave the house without, otherwise you’ll feel naked?

13:14

YB5 with Greenpop Reforestation

After the devastating forest fires in the Western Cape, Greenpop CEO and Co-Founder Misha Teasedale tells us about their approach to reforestation, the areas being looked at, the kind of considerations taken and the impact it has. Greenpop's value of bringing joyful action into environmental efforts and what it takes to maintain creativity from one project to the next is also a highlight of this episode.

04:09

5MM - UNPOPPYWOPPY - CANCELLING PLANS IS VALID

If you cancel plans because you’re tired, that’s valid. You don’t owe anyone access to you.

02:38

QOTD - SELF IMPROVEMENTS

What is something you are trying to get better at?

15:06

QOTD - IN YOUR MOM'S EYES

What is something you are trying to get better at?

13:07

YB5 with Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust

Fundraising Officer at Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust, Jameelah Ismail, tells us how government can step up for NPOs in the fight against GBV. With 50 years of impact in the fight against GBV, Rape Crisis tells us how we can amplify their mission and why art plays such an enriching role in spreading awareness and being a conduit for GBV education.

04:36

5MM - UNPOPPYWOPPY - FRIENDSHIP EXPIRY DATE

Every friendship has an expiry date.

09:52

QOTD - SOMETHING YOUR ARE BAD AT

What is something you’re surprisingly bad at?

15:46

YB5 with Little Eden

Little EdenCEO at Little Eden, Ann Coetzee joins us for a candid conversation about what it takes to run the organisation. We learn the regulations set by the government on who may be granted access to these services based on residential information and that the organisation is looking to expand its services to eventually accommodate clients who live offsite but require daily care and intervention.

04:34

QOTD - EINA!

What is the absolute dumbest way you’ve injured yourself?

22:58
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