5 Breakfast

We hear the anonymous story of a listener experiencing some distress and
we enlist the 5Nation to offer some advice.

Today (Tuesday) marks 56 days without load shedding in the country, and
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attributed this to functioning
power stations.

Test Your Social Savvy with the 5Breakfast Team! Think you're a social
media ninja? Put your skills to the test in Guess By Followers!

THABO presents three interesting and unusual facts, but one is fake,
and we try to figure out which one is the FICTION.

WHY: We need to know people's names and pronunciations in order to do
our jobs well, as a national breakfast show making radio for a hyper diverse
country [language and culture wise.

Lead interview with members The Federation of Dance Drill, Cheerlead-
ing and Majorette Sport South Africa about POM POM.

We are finding out about the sport of POM POM and their internation-
al participation!

South Africans in London cast their vote. Doja Cat labels her father as a deadbeat.

Mandisa Vundla is a South African-based (Soweto/KZN) poet notoriously
known as the first two-time undefeated Word N Sound slam champion.
Vundla is an educator, slam coach, co-editor of “Home is Where the Mic is”
and “founder of the Poetry Zone ZA:” a poetry development agency focused
on advancing poetry culture and its trade, in S.A.

Having worked in the industry for over a decade, Vundla utilizes her expertise
to shelter young emerging poets under her wing — through the Brave Spoken
Youth poetry mentorship project. When she’s not serving younger emerging voices, she works as a slam coach at the Poetry Africa International Poetry Festival.

In 2022, Vundla was listed as an MG200 Young leader for her contribution to
the South African poetry sector and in 2023, she released her debut spoken word poetry album, A Love Song for Miriam Makeba, available on all streaming platforms for your listening pleasure. The album is deeply inspired by Miriam Makeba’s legacy, humanity, servitude and genuine love for Africa and her people.

THE FIVE FINALIST IN THIS YEAR’S #5SCHOOLPOETRYSLAM !

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