Expect high-energy live performances! Johannesburg -Thursday, 17 July, 2025 - 5FM, SA’s favourite youth radio station, is proud to announce its official partnership with Zee Nation Fest 2025 - a bold and dynamic celebration of women, music, fashion, and empowerment, taking place on 9 August 2025 at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg.
Eradicating hunger on the African continent! Johannesburg, 4 July, 2025 – 5FM is gearing up to Ampli5 something bigger than the music this Mandela Day - eradicating hunger on the African continent. On Friday, 18 July, the station will be at the Sandton Convention Centre, joining thousands of South Africans in packing nutritious meals alongside Rise Against Hunger Africa – an organisation that provided 5 254 598 meals to those in need in a single year.
A nationwide call to find South Africa’s best brass band! This winter, 5FM’s 5 Breakfast is turning up the volume on heritage, hustle and hometown pride with #5FMBrassRoots - a nationwide call to find South Africa’s best brass band. From the biggest metros to the smallest towns, 5FM is hunting for the loudest, proudest, and boldest beat in Mzansi.
Johannesburg, 10 June 2025 — This Youth Month, 5FM is turning up the volume on impact with its bold new CSI initiative, the 5FM Lunchbox Drive—a dynamic day of doing good that invites listeners, companies, and celebs to roll up their sleeves, join 5FM presenters and staff and help pack 50,000 life-changing meals for Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres across Joburg.
Congratulations to our top 3 finalists! Congratulations to the 5FM War Cry Championship Top 5! The finalists were selected from girls’, boys’, and co-ed schools.🏆
Congratulations to the Top 5 Finalists Congratulations to the 5FM War Cry Championship Top 5! The finalists were selected from girls’, boys’, and co-ed schools.🏆
5FM presenters arrests doing the rounds on social media! Johannesburg – Thursday, 27 March 2025 – With pictures and videos of 5FM presenter arrests doing the rounds on social media, South Africa’s favourite youth radio station has issued a formal statement to set the record straight.
Standard Bank is your biggest and proudest cheerleader this year, as the 5FM War Cry Championship sponsor.
Three International Music Awards Nominations Johannesburg – Tuesday, 18 March 2025 – 5FM, South Africa’s favourite youth radio station, is proud to announce that it has received three international nominations from the Urban Music Awards South Africa (UMA SA).
The 5FM War Cry Championship, brought to you by Standard Bank! Johannesburg – Monday, 10 March 2025 – Are you ready to have your school’s ROAR heard across Mzansi, across the GLOBE?! 5FM, South Africa’s favourite youth radio station, is back with the 2 nd instalment of the ultimate showcase of high school spirit: The 5FM War Cry Championship, brought to you by Standard Bank.
5FM and Academy of Sound Engineering (ASE) ground-breaking partnership! Johannesburg, 25 February 2025 – 5FM and Academy of Sound Engineering (ASE) are proud to announce a ground-breaking partnership: 5 Listening Sessions powered by Academy of Sound Engineering – bringing listeners all their favourite, trending South African artists performing live in an intimate setting, whilst at the same time developing some of Mzansi’s hottest young sound engineering talent.
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Stand a chance to WIN a Balwin apartment to the value of a whopping R1 million! Johannesburg – Monday, 3 February 2025 – Balwin Properties and its media partner, South Africa’s favourite youth radio station, 5FM, are pushing 2025 into overdrive with an EPIC set of cool marathons across Mzansi, as well as the chance to win a brand-new, furnished and equipped Balwin apartment to the value of a whopping R1 million.
South Africa’s hottest music destination! Love sucks, but missing Up the Creek? That’s even worse!
Festive unlocked! Get ready to Amplif5 your summer! We’re bringing the heat with live broadcasts from various gigs around the country! Check out our gig guide and make sure to tune in for all the live action, energy, and vibes.
Catch the TV Special you heard on air on the SABC TV Stations!
5FM bags Station of the year nominations & 14 other Nominations! Johannesburg – Friday, 22 November 2024 – 5FM, SA’s favourite youth radio station, has bagged a Station of the Year nomination, along with 14 further nominations and 2 Bright Star Inductees at the 2024 Radio Awards. This follows the station celebrating multiple accolades in 2024 in the Radio Awards and beyond, and also recently winning a Silver Award in the 2024 Rapport Jou Keuse readers’ choice awards – the only English radio station in the Top 3.
Celebrating their 100th shows! Johannesburg – Wednesday, 13 November 2024 – In celebrating their 100th show as a new afternoon drive team, 5FM’s 5 Drive will be “getting high”, literally going to new heights this November and putting their fate in the hands of listeners to decide how wild and crazy the celebration stunts are.
5FM turns 49 this October! Johannesburg – Monday, 7 October 2024 – 5FM, South Africa’s favourite youth radio station, is turning 49 on 13 October this year and will be celebrating with two massive parties in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
The continent’s largest Pop Culture & Gaming festival! Johannesburg – Friday, 20 September 2024 – 5FM, South Africa’s favourite youth radio station, has partnered with Comic Con Africa - the continent’s largest Pop Culture & Gaming festival, set to bring a whole lot of vibe, colour and character to the JHB Expo Centre from 26 to 29 September 2024.
5FM’S 5 BREAKFAST HERITAGE TOUR IS BACK! Johannesburg – Thursday, 5 September 2024 - The 5 Breakfast Heritage Tour 2024, proudly driven by Suzuki and officially launched at the Festival of Motoring at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on Friday, 30 August 2024 is back on Friday, 6 September 2024, with another cracking instalment, showcasing the absolute best that our colourful and richly diverse nation has to offer in celebrating Heritage month.
We’re bringing all the proudly South African vibes you love! In case you missed any of our Heritage Month content, 5 Extra has got you sorted! We’re bringing all the proudly South African vibes you love—from the epic 5 Breakfast Heritage Tour to your favourite local bangers that remind us why Mzansi is so special.
Amplifying women's voices to tell the world what they truly want. This Women's Month, we're amplifying women's voices to tell the world what they truly want.
Mandela Month amplfive’d by 5FM is honouring the legacy and shining a spotlight on those who need our help.
