The first R50 000 Noise of 2026 has been cracked!

Published on

22 January 2026

The new year has barely started and someone has already cracked the R50 000 Noise!

Congratulations to Stacey Mackaiser for correctly identifying the noise as someone “twisting a tripod stand that you can mount a smartphone on”. As always, here is a video of the noise being recorded.

There is a brand new noise and another opportunity to win R50 000 at 7:10 and 8:10 every weekday!

Phil de Lange

Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.