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Yesterday, the world lost Tim Curry at the age of 80; an actor whose career was built in the wonderfully strange corners of entertainment. Depending on when you first encountered him, Tim Curry was either a flamboyant scientist, a terrifying clown, a suspicious butler, a scheming hotel concierge, a legendary pirate or the voice behind one of animation’s most eccentric fathers. This morning, we’re celebrating the characters, performances and glorious theatricality that made him unforgettable. I have six Tim Curry trivia questions for the team. Names are your buzzers and if you survive the quiz, we have one final Tim Curry performance that has been hiding dangerously close to home.

The fifth Basadi in Music Awards will be broadcast across two nights on SABC2 and SABC Plus: the Main Awards on Saturday, 29 August at 21:00, followed by the Vanguard Awards on Sunday, 30 August at 21:00. For five years, the Basadi in Music Awards have worked to ensure that the women shaping African music and entertainment are not only heard, but properly seen, celebrated and remembered. This year’s milestone edition, themed REWIND: Your BIMA, Your Way, unfolded across two nights at the Joburg Theatre, honouring major recording artists as well as the presenters, producers, managers, journalists, stylists and other women helping to power the industry behind the scenes. Those celebrations are now coming to television and one of the winners is very much part of the 5FM family. Boipelo “Radio Bae” Mooketsi was named Entertainment Radio Presenter of the Year. She joins us in studio alongside entertainment attorney and Basadi in Music Awards Advisory Board member Manaileng Maphike to look back at five years of Basadi, the importance of recognising women across the entire creative ecosystem and, of course, to celebrate Radio Bae’s big win.

He came from suburbia dressed like the ambassador of a country that never existed, Asked powerful people questions so foolish their answers became evidence, And proved stupidity can be devastating when the idiot is secretly the smartest man in the room. He turned tinted glasses, sportswear and questionable grammar into investigative equipment, Made politicians explain civilisation to someone apparently losing the argument with English, Then became so convincing that distinguished guests forgot they were inside a joke.

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We are joined by Dr David Tlale and two emerging creatives from the David Tlale Academy: Lindiwe Rorwanawho specialises in, and Paulinah Masalane. The Academy teaches practical skills including textile development, patternmaking, garment construction, production and entrepreneurship. But what does that training actually look like for the young people inside it?

Cape Town has long been celebrated as one of the world’s great food cities—and thisNovember, its chefs, restaurants, winemakers and artisanal producers are all being brought together around one enormous table. Taste of Cape Town takes over the Green Point Cricket Club on the 28th and 29th of November for two days of signature dishes, live cooking experiences, wine tastings, music and plenty of shared discovery. It is part of the internationally celebrated Taste Festival series, but thisedition is proudly built around South African flavour, culture and culinary talent. Joining us to tell us what they are cooking up is the Group CEO of The Allure Group and the South African licence holder of the Taste Festival, Bonnke Shipalana.

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He annoyed parents so efficiently they practically became his marketing department, Turned one troubled fan into a dictionary entry used worldwide, Then skipped an Oscar win because apparently history could wait until morning.

Dr Nomhle Ngwenya became the youngest person to earn a PhD in Wits University’s Faculty of Science, completing it at 25. She also became the first Black woman at Wits to progress directly from an honours degree into a PhD. Today, as CEO of the Science, Technology and Innovation Business Forum, she works at the intersection of science, business, academia and government. The interview should not be a CV walk-through. The central question is: What happens after you become the first?

He and two brothers built an island without water and a death without burial, For this, the real jailers answered fiction with handcuffs and violence, Decades later, another imagined land borrowed his tongue and called it home.

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This weekend, the nominees for the 2026 South African Social Media Awards were unveiled in Rosebank, and the list tells a much bigger story than simply who might leave with a trophy in November.  Creators are now building audiences and businesses across education, gaming, podcasting, fashion, food, sport, photography, radio and kasi content. In a country where almost one in every two young people in the labour market cannot find work, social media is becoming more than somewhere to be seen. For some South Africans, it is becoming a workplace, a storefront, a production studio and an entry point into the economy.  But how much of the creator economy is a sustainable industry, and how much of it is still built on unpredictable algorithms, unpaid labour and the hope that something goes viral? Joining 5 Breakfast is media entrepreneur, voice-over artist and Co-Founder and Director of the South African Social Media Awards, WEZA MATOMANE.

He carried two revolutionaries on his skin and one nation on his back, Was kicked twenty-three times in a single afternoon yet still became the danger, Then inspired enough devotion for football fandom to start behaving like religion.”

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Xoli chats to rugby journalist Khanyiso Chwaru about one of rugby’s greatest rivalries, as the highly anticipated clash officially kicks off tomorrow afternoon at 17:10.

She learned to balance numbers before learning to command a close-up, Then crossed oceans to enter a fictional palace in someone else’s kingdom, Before returning home to help resurrect one of Africa’s most famous dynasties.

There are people who spend their early twenties trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. And then there’s our next guest, who at 20 has apparently decided: “Cool, I’ll justsing the songs, write the songs AND produce the songs.” Max More has been quietly building some serious momentum in South African pop. His song “High” spent more than 24 weeks on the 5FM Top 40, topped the Indie Chart for three consecutive weeks, and then “Hot & Heavy” went tonumber one on the Indie Chart too. Now he’s back with a brand-new single called “Cherry”; and this one might be the clearest picture yet of exactly who Max More wants to be as an artist. Max, welcome to 5 Breakfast.

With proposed changes to driver’s licence renewal periods currently open for public comment, the 5 Breakfast team explores whether South Africans actually use this channel to have their say. Listeners share their experiences of responding to Government Gazette proposals, including submitting comments through professional bodies and public participation platforms, and whether those submissions made a difference.

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This Women’s Month, 5 FM is celebrating Women Who Move Us; women whose work, ideas, leadership and personal journeys are helping to move South Africa forward. Xoliswa Mahlangu, is a leader in digital learning, AI and educational technology. With a background in software engineering and experience across teaching, educator development and national innovation programmes, she’s helping shape how South Africa approaches AI in education. She’s also an Anchor Judge for the inaugural South African AI Awards 2026. 

Joining us now is Lara Toselli, a South African writer, performer, director and producer whose career began remarkably early , as a nine-year-old presenter on SABC 1's YoTV. Since then, she's worked across television, film and theatre, and has created award-winning work of her own. Her latest project is particularly personal. Mother Load is a one-woman show written and performed by Lara and directed by Tinarie van Wyk Loots. It explores motherhood, identity, grief and the often overlooked process of becoming a mother while finding plenty of dark comedy in the chaos.

What happens when an African music legend finally gets a piece of Hollywood real estate Because Angelique Kidjo is officially getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And this isn't just another celebrity getting their name on the boulevard. She is making history.

He started with a college dropout’s dream and turned a simple nickname into a global identity, Made beats before making headlines, Then spent years proving that one man could keep changing the conversation.   He went from making beats in Chicago to making stadiums listen, Crossed fashion, music and controversy like they were separate lanes on the same highway, And now he is almost always in the news.”

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This morning on 5 Breakfast, we’re getting into a new SABC1 documentary series called Born After The Fire. The series marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprisings by looking at South Africa through the eyes of the generation born into democracy - the young people who inherited the freedom others fought for, but are still living with the unanswered questions around education, unemployment, leadership, opportunity and equality. Across 13 weeks, Born After The Fire uses June 16 as both a historical anchor and a mirror for the present. Each episode connects the legacy of 1976 to the issues shaping South Africa now: education, employment, entrepreneurship, social justice, technology, health, arts and culture, identity and nation-building. What makes the series powerful is that it is not just looking back. It is asking whether the dreams of the young people who marched for freedom have actually been realised, and what responsibility this generation now has in shaping the next 50 years of South Africa.

A woman in Italy is being declared the “luckiest person alive” after she recovered alost lottery ticket worth the equivalent of 18 million rand. She had initially thrown away her ticket at a shop after thinking it was worthless. When she got home, her family told her that her numbers that she always plays were read out. After rushing back to the shop, they discovered that the bin she threw it in had already been emptied which sparked a 2 day search at a rubbish site with waste workers which eventually resulted in it being found. How far would you go to find a lotto ticket? What is the most valuable thing you have ever lost?