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?

Dr Nomhle Ngwenya became the youngest person to earn a PhD in Wits University&rsquo;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?

5 Breakfast with Dan Corder, Thabo Baloyi, Xoli Zondo and Marli van Eeden. Every weekday, 6 AM to 9 AM

5 Breakfast with Dan Corder, Thabo Baloyi, Xoli Zondo and Marli van Eeden. Every weekday, 6 AM to 9 AM

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5 Breakfast

Everyone’s favourite radio breakfast this side of… ANYWHERE! This show has more energy, more laughs, and more delight than any other. It's what South Africa needs to get their day going. It’s better than coffee!Its roaring, memorable radio every single day: the biggest news, hottest debates, craziest scandals, and the weirdest and most wonderful of South Africa, plus the kind of original creative radio that you just don’t get anywhere else. It’s one of a kind in the best way.

Everyone’s favourite radio breakfast this side of… ANYWHERE! This show has more energy, more laughs, and more delight than any other. It's what South Africa needs to get their day going. It’s better than coffee!Its roaring, memorable radio every single day: the biggest news, hottest debates, craziest scandals, and the weirdest and most wonderful of South Africa, plus the kind of original creative radio that you just don’t get anywhere else. It’s one of a kind in the best way.

5B WOMEN WHO MOVE US - DR NOMHLE NGWENYA

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.

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&rsquo;s most eccentric fathers.
This morning, we&rsquo;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.

5B TIM CURRY TRIBUTE (27 AUG 26)

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.

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&rsquo;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 &ldquo;Radio Bae&rdquo; 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&rsquo;s big win.

5B WOMEN WHO MOVE US - DR NOMHLE NGWENYA

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