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Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Cape Town wakes up to the Ryan O' Connor Breakfast Show every weekday morning 6am - 9am with a chance to crack Ryan's R 50 000 Noise! Sucess Lekabe on traffic, Ricky Shroeder on sports, Merentia van der Vent on News and Producer Phil De Lange.
Daily English South Africa Comedy Interviews Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
426 Episodes
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Congrats Jules and Ben!

GOODLUCK have shared the wonderful news that the newest addition to their band is…A girl! Lead singer Juliet “Jules” Harding and Ben Peters, producer and co-founder of the band, did the big gender reveal of their baby at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday night in front of thousands of fans. We…
18 Mar 4AM 4 min

Team Checkmate - a robotics team representing South Africa

Team Checkmate, a dedicated and passionate FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics team comprised of six children aged 10 to 12 from Cape Town, South Africa. Some of the learners at Panorama Primary are part of the team and we spoke to one of them who recently designed a chess board…
15 Mar 5AM 3 min

Panorama Primary's principal Anton Mostert

As part of our tours of primary schools around Cape Town, we made a stop at the school Ryan's kids call home. Mr Anton Mostert is the principal of Panorama Primary and says the school focuses on a holistic approach to schooling with a good balance between education and sport.
15 Mar 5AM 5 min

What a morning at Panorama Primary!

As part of our tours of primary schools around Cape Town, we made a stop at the school Ryan's kids call home. Panorama Primary boasts with some of the best academics and sport in the city. We had a blast.
15 Mar 5AM 3 min

Selling something online? Listen to this

Apparently there's a large portion of people who actually don't go through with a sale when they're interested in buying something online. We know that selling your pre-loved goods can be a bit challenging so we spoke about some of your preferred platforms. We also heard about how smart scammers…
13 Mar 6AM 4 min

The different wake ups of Cape Town

Whether you're next to the ocean, close to the N1, or enjoying life in the leafy suburbs, Cape Town is an eclectic city of sounds, sights, and smells. While you wake up to the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show in the mornings, you're also waking up (or going to sleep) to…
12 Mar 6AM 5 min

Bianca van Aswegen from Missing Children SA Part 2

Bianca van Aswegen - a criminologist and national coordinator for Missing Children SA joined us in conversation. As the world's attention remains on the case of Joslin Smith in Saldanha, Bianca highlighted the extent of the problem of children and people in South Africa who go missing.
7 Mar 4AM 4 min

Bianca van Aswegen from Missing Children SA Part 1

"I think it's important that people see how Joslin Smith's case was handled to realise what the problem in South Africa is". These are the thoughts of Bianca van Aswegen - a criminologist and national coordinator for Missing Children SA. As the world's attention remains on the case of Joslin…
7 Mar 4AM 3 min

R50 000 goes to Chantelle Rae for naming the noise!

It’s felt like an excruciating 52 days since we launched the first R50 000 noise of 2024 and it has finally been cracked! After thousands of constant guesses that came through it was Chantelle Rae from Bothasig who managed to identify the noise. She correctly guessed that it is a…
7 Mar 1AM 2 min

A Ryan O'Connor Breakfast birthday

It's not often that you share a birthday with a colleague or good friend. In this case it's both! And they both happen to work on Cape Town's best breakfast show.
6 Mar 3AM 4 min

Kevin Peraza - 3 times XGames champion

Converse ULT.X, the country's premier Action Sports event, is set to once again blaze a trail at the V & A Waterfront's Battery Park. One of the competitors is Kevin Peraza who joined the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show for a chat. Kevin comes from a family of BMXers: His three…
29 Feb 6AM 1 min

Damian de Allende - former Milnerton Primary learner

Milnerton Primary has a strong sporting focus for their learners and boasts with Damien de Allende being a former learner at the school. The two time, back to back rugby world cup champion joined Ryan and the team for a chat.
23 Feb 5AM 4 min

The show live from Milnerton Primary

We've decided to hit the road on Fridays and want to visit primary schools around the Cape Town. Our first school was Milnerton Primary - an institution in the city with over 100 years in serving the community.
23 Feb 5AM 5 min

My kid got hold of my phone

It's one thing to give your child a phone, but what happens when they get hold of yours?They do everything from messaging your boss, to spending thousands, and throwing it in the toilet.
21 Feb 5AM 7 min

"I gave my 1 year old a phone"

You may remember a conversation around the topic of kids using phones and their safety. We got a call from a parent who gave her child a phone when she was just a year old. While a lot of people may have raised their eyebrows at the idea, apparently it…
21 Feb 5AM 3 min

Iain Banner talks about next Africa's Green Economy Summit

Africa's Green Economy Summit, 21-23 February 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa, is a platform that unites the global investor community, project owners, and business executives, all under one roof with African governments, cities, and policy-makers. Founder of Go Green Africa and friend of the show Iain Banner popped in…
16 Feb 3AM 6 min

Dear Mammie: Rick writes a letter to his dear late mother

Rick reflected on Valentine's Day and why it's sometimes a sore point for him. His late mom was always his first Valentine and his first love. Ryan suggested he write her a letter and Ricky was kind enough to share it with us today.
15 Feb 5AM 3 min

Your stories that got your ex's name into Love Stinks

We know that Valentine's Day isn't the best time for a lot of people. Sometimes Valentine's Day reminds us of that ex that broke our heart. So we decided to give you the ultimate revenge. With a donation of R100 to the Cape of Good Hope SPCA we allowed you…
14 Feb 2AM 2 min

The stages of an argument

Ryan wanted to know about some of the petty arguments that our listeners recently had with our partners. One caller seems to have been through it all so much that he's identified the 4 stages of a petty argument.
12 Feb 4AM 2 min
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