5MM INTERVIEW - FLY EARRINGS WITH KANANELO MAKHETHE (27 JULY 26)

5MM DRAG RUGBY (27 JULY 26)

After stumbling across a video of drag rugby, the 5 Mid-Mornings team couldn't believe it was a real sport. Combining the physicality of rugby with the creativity and self-expression of drag, drag rugby has built a global following by celebrating inclusivity, community and fun. The team explores why the sport has flown under so many people's radar and asks listeners whether they've ever come across it before.

5MM REAL TALK , NO FILTER - RED FLAGS (27 JULY 26)

We often talk about the red flags in other people but what about us? 

5MM CULTURE SHIFT - WHAT CLUB ARE YOU PART OF (27 JULY 26)

Clubbing isn't what it used to be. It's no longer just "meet at the club at 11 and leave when the sun comes up." Now we've got day parties, silent discos, paint parties, listening sessions, run clubs, book clubs with DJs, and even people dancing in coffee shops! Around the world and here in South Africa, people are looking for experiences rather than just another nightclub. It really is so longer obvious that people are going out on a friday night.  So today Karabo wants you to become your club's marketing manager.

5MM YONAKA IS GOING EXCLUSIVE - DJ NO. 01 - I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU

5MM INTERVIEW - JESS_ THE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT STUDYING CONSPIRACY THEORIES

YOUNG BLOOD FIVE - LOYISO LINDANI FOUNDATION (23 JULY 26)

As an organisation, Loyiso Lindani Foundation focuses its efforts on abandoned and abused women and children. We learn from the founder, Loyiso Lindani how this has shaped how they approach conversations around GBV. This, however, does not limit the organisation - we learn about the Mandela Day efforts of the foundation with feeding the homeless and how that can have a lasting impact.

5MM THE SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW (23 JULY 26)

What is a song that is burned into your brain? and why. What Song is the soundtrack to your life right now?

5MM REAL TALK, NO FILTER - SPORTS BETTING ADDICTION - ROBERT BECK (ADDICTION SPECIALIST)

Interview with Robert from Houghton House, a rehab centre in Joburg. Robert Beck is an addiction specialist and a recovering addict himself. So much sport happening at the moment. Just saw World Cup and all so committed. We’ve all seen the half-time ads. The huge billboard. It feels like there is such a rise in the sports betting industry.  Stats back this up. It has become the dominant form of gambling in South Africa. Before COVID, licensed casinos accounted for 56% of gambling and sports betting was 22%. Now since 2024/2025, sports betting houses claimed 70%, while casinos, who are also being forced to add online options to keep up, have fallen to 26,5%    

5MM CULTURE SHIFT - WHAT GETS YOU IN A NEGATIVE MINDSET (23 JULY 26)

Negativity culture. What gets you into a negative mindset?

5MM YOUNG BLOOD FIVE - GERALIDINE'S CHILD AND YOUTH MULTI-PURPOSE CENTRE (22 JULY 26)

This Mandela Month, we are shining the light on organisations that are making a real impact in their communities and Geraldine Ruiters is among the founders making that a reality in Pefferville, Eastern Cape. Her organisation has been operating with limited resources and donations, but she has expanded to include bedridden senior citizens on the list of people that she consistently shows up for.

5MM CAMPUS QUEEN - HOW ARE YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS SHOWING UP FOR THE PLANET (22 JULY 26)

In this Mandela Month Edition of Campus Queen, Yonaka Theledi visits the GCI Green Campuses Conference at Wits University to speak to the LOC Head & Conference Convenor Njabulo Maphumulo about sustainability on campuses and how the youth today are showing up for the planet. We also hear from students from different universities what they think Mother Nature would say to us if she could send us a voice note.

5MM REAL TALK NO FILTER - IF YOUR LIFE STAYED THE SAME IN 5 YEARS, WOULD YOU BE HAPPY (22 JULY 26)

If your life stayed exactly like this after 5 years, would you be happy?

5M CULTURE SHIFT - THE DEATH OF SMALL TALKS (22 JULY 26)

We live in a world that’s obsessed with “deep conversations.” We want authenticity, vulnerability and meaningful connections. But somewhere along the way, we’ve started dismissing small talk as awkward, fake or a waste of time. The irony? Small talk is often how meaningful relationships begin. Is small talk a waste of time, or is it one of the most underrated life skills we have? /  Is small talk becoming a lost art? Have we forgotten how to connect through the little conversations that lead to the big ones?

5MM YOUNG BLOOD FIVE - THETHA NATHI COUNSELLING SERVICES (21 JULY 26)

In this episode of YB5 we hear from an organisation called Thetha Nathi Counselling Services about their Mandela Day initiative calling for the donation of sensory toys. We learn about the importance of the organisation working with  schools in the early intervention efforts and how other schools can get in touch to make use of their services.

5MM REAL TALK NO FILTER - WHEN FACED WITH SOMEONE OLDER AND MORE EXPERIENCED DOING A BAD JOB, WHAT SHOULD THABANG DO (21 JULY 26)

5 Mid Mornings received a voice note from “Thabang” (whose name has been changed) with a work dilemma.. When faced with someone older, more experienced doing a bad job, what should Thabang do?

5MM IS TAKING SUPPLEMENTS EFFECTIVE? (21 JULY 26)

There is always a new supplement to take. Drink this pink thing. Pop this green thing. Plus, maintaining a healthy diet. They are supposedly promising immune support, better sleep, stronger joints and sharper focus and very little to help you understand why one might work better than another.  How effective are those supplements really? should i be taking them in the form of a pill or as fruits and vegetables  I’ve heard most of the vitamins aren’t even absorbed? Am I wasting my money?  Karabo chats to an expert next.

5MM YONAKA IS GOING EXCLUSIVE......OHH SORRY DJ1 (21 JULY 26)

5MM CULTURE SHIFT - ARE WE DRAMA QUEENS OR WERE OUR PARENTS PUTTING UP WITH TOO MUCH (21 JULY 26)

Gen Z is often accused as being the “least resilient" generation. Too quick to call out behaviour they feel is problematic. Is it possible for a whole generation to be too sensitive? Crying wolf at the smallest things?  Or, is it possible that our parents were actually too tolerant?  Is the trend of “setting boundaries” coming from a generation that lacks resilience and tolerance? Or did our parents put up with too much?  Are we drama queens or were our parents putting up with too much? 

5MM REAL TALK NO FILTER - CAN SOMEONE BE A GOOD PERSON BUT A BAD PARTNER (18 JULY 26)

Can someone be a good person but a bad partner?