Today, Quaz Roodt (Poet, Arts Administrator) gives us his favourite Afrikaans word.

This feature celebrates the Afrikaans language by sharing words that lack direct English translations. It appeals to Afrikaans speakers while also educating a broader audience about the richness of the language.

Can you guess this celebrity?

In emerald halls the shadows play, A booming voice will lead astray. Yet peel the mask, the truth will show, A fragile man the world won’t know.

5 Breakfast looks back at what happened on this day in history.

Presented by Thabo Baloyi, this segment delivers a humorous and unique take on the weird, wacky, and risqué news of the day. It adds a playful twist to current events, making news consumption entertaining.

Quick Question: did you know the world map you stared at in school is basically fake news? Yeah, Greenland has been catfishing us for decades, looking bigger than Africa when it’s actually snack sized. Now the African Union’s like, nah, let’s redraw this thing and put Africa back in its true XXL size. Think of it like taking the planet through a glow-up filter, the old map was giving skinny jeans, the new one’s all about baggy truth.

Each day a buzzword is announced, and 5 questions are asked to a listener, all of which will contain the buzzword.

From frozen streets, a flame arose, In half-sung lines his story grows. A master of masks, of joy and pain, His voice repeats like falling rain.