Mike V started with 5FM in April 2025.
After cutting his radio teeth at VoW FM while skipping classes at Wits, Mike V was featured on a season of Survivor SA, where he made it to day 35. He then moved to Durban, where he has spent the last few years hitting the surf, becoming KZN’s favourite, and making award-winning radio. He moves back to Jo’burg ready to tear it up on the 5FM airwaves.
I’m curious. I’m a storyteller. I’m fiercely optimistic and proudly South African. Always growing, never growing up.
Boksburg. Schooled in Kensington, at Jeppe Boys.
Lived in uMhlanga, now in Waverley.
English, but I can understand Jo’burg isiZulu and Afrikaans.
Braam, Ballito, Fishhoek, Victoria Falls, Mauritius, Ha Long Bay and Venice.
Making radio, baby! Being outside near a few trees. Also, I love sport.
Spent 35 days living on a desert island, pooping in holes, to try and win a million rand (I lost).
I had one true animal love: a pet pug named Nacho. I promised she’d be my last pet.
“Flights to [insert beach-ey location].”
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.rnChris Moyles.rnTim Robinson.rnBrenda Fassie.rnShane Warne.
New Girl, The Simpsons, I Think You Should Leave.
Beachy.
#Simplicity #Unplanned #FirstThingOffTheTopOfTheClothesPile
A new, surprising city or a pristine beach.
Speak five languages.
A killer Stitch impersonation.
To sleep for eight uninterrupted hours.
Genuinely, everything.
The nation-building project of the Republic of South Africa.
I’d love to visit Rio de Janeiro — and to work at 5FM!
Complainers. Litter and litterbugs.
Hope. Ice in a cooldrink.
I love radio. My wildest and most long-standing dream has been to work at 5FM.
