5FM PRESENTER PROFILES + QUICKFIRE Q&A

Presenter name: Mike V

Radio Guy

Show(s) involved in: Weekend Breakfast

@Social Handles – TikTok and Insta (@MikeVOnAir)

Quick intro

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.

5FM – QUICKFIRE Q&A:

If you had to sum up yourself in 10 seconds, what would you say?

I’m curious. I’m a storyteller. I’m fiercely optimistic, and proudly South African. Always growing, never growing up.

Where were you born and raised?

Boksburg. Schooled in Kensington, at Jeppe Boys.

In which towns have you lived and where are you living currently?

Lived in uMhlanga, now in Waverley.

Which languages can you speak?

English, but can understand (Jo’burg) isiZulu and Afrikaans.

Favourite towns or cities visited in SA and abroad:

Braam, Ballito, Fishhoek, Victoria Falls, Mauritius, Ha Long Bay and Venice.

What are your hobbies?

Making radio, baby! Being outside near a few trees. Also, I love sport.

What is the craziest thing you’ve done?

 Spent 35 days living on a desert island, pooping in holes, to try and win a million Rand (I lost).

Which pets do you have, if any?

I had one true animal love: a pet pug named Nacho. I promised she’d be my last pet.

What’ll Google say you search for most often?

Flights to [insert beach-ey location].

5 famous people, living or not, that you would have a kuier with?

• Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. 
• Chris Moyles.
• Tim Robinson.
• Brenda Fassie.
• Shane Warne.

Favourite movies and / or series of all time?

New Girl, The Simpsons, I Think You Should Leave.

Describe your home’s interior style:

Beachy.

5 hash tags to describe your fashion sense:

#simplicity #unplanned #firstthingoffthetopoftheclothespile

Your ideal holiday in one line:

New, surprising city or pristine beach.

Which things would you most want to learn to do?

Speak 5 languages.

A hidden talent that you could probably get paid for:

A killer “Stitch” impersonation.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

To sleep for 8 uninterrupted hours.

Which sports, if any, do you watch?

Genuinely, everything.

Which causes are you really passionate about?

The nation building project of the Republic of South Africa.

What are the top things on your bucket list?

I’d love to visit Rio De Janeiro, and to work at 5FM!

Things in the world (and people) that you dislike:

Complainers. Litter and litter bugs.

Things that make the world (and people) awesome:

Hope. Ice in a cooldrink.

What’s your favourite thing about your 5FM gig?

I love radio. My wildest and most long-standing dream has been to work at 5FM.