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Nick is at Wynberg Boys High School this morning. Assembly is packed. Learners think it’s a normal “5FM is filming extra War Cry content” visit.

Xoli chats to Zwide triplets, 15-year-old footballers from Soweto. They play for New Hope.

Who is the shape-shifter of silver screens, a man who wore masks so convincingly even truth had to step aside? He rode like an outlaw, flew like a rival ace, and spoke poetry like it was a second language; until silence itself became part of his legend.

what happened this day in history.

Alright South Africa, it’s time. The 2026 5FM War Cry Championship has been the loudest thing in the country that isn’t a taxi hooter at 06:45. We’ve seen precision. We’ve seen chaos. We’ve seen war cries that belong in stadiums... and some that belong in actual cinemas. Now we’re doing what needs to be done. We’re announcing the winners.

Who is the high priestess of reinvention, a woman who turned scandal into scripture and stages into confessionals? She moves like a monarch without a country, speaks like a rebel fluent in controversy, and dresses like every era belongs to her first.

What happened this day in history.

Who is the calm within the cringe, a healer who walks straight into what others scroll past, turning discomfort into relief one careful touch at a time? She moves like a surgeon of surfaces, speaks like reassurance in human form, and built a following out of what most people refuse to look at twice.