ON SOCIALS OceanEL: Ocean EL unpacks the week’s biggest trending conversations — from football rivalry drama and Mother’s Day memories to social media pressure, “soft life” culture, and the hilarious everyday signs that someone is secretly rich in South Africa

ON SCREENS – with Wenzile Albert takes a nostalgic look at iconic South African television and unpacks the excitement, memories and cultural significance surrounding the return of Top Billing.

ALTERNATIVE FAMILY MEETING: This Mother’s Day, the Alternative Family Meeting asks a deeply emotional question: “When did you start to realise that you didn’t know your mother as just a human being?” — opening up a conversation about the hidden lives, sacrifices, dreams, disappointments and identities of the women who raised us.

PARENTING: Parenting Part 2: Gareth Carter joins survivors Bruce and Khulu for a powerful conversation about addiction, recovery and the difficult realities of intervention — including when families turn to court interdicts, forced intervention processes and professional rehabilitation in desperate attempts to save a loved one’s life.

THOUGHTS: Political economist Siyabonga Hadebe joins The Alternative Breakfast to unpack how South Africa’s modern anti-immigrant tensions are deeply connected to centuries of labour exploitation, colonial extraction, and a global economic system that continues to divide vulnerable workers against one another.