Jacaranda FM Breakfast with Martin Bester

Breakfast with Martin Bester

Martin Bester has been driving Mzansi to work and keeping us company, or in stitches, or tears, every Monday to Friday from 06:00-09:00. The Breakfast family, or rather your morning family, takes an authentic approach to storytelling. Martin Bester's in-depth radio knowledge ensures that Breakfast with Martin Bester remains an annually award-winning show; but more importantly, he knows what his audience wants to hear. Martin responds with beautifully crafted storytelling that genuinely builds anticipation and a community around that "What's next?!" moment.

The team keeps his listeners grinning from ear to ear as they try to figure out what the 'Secret Sound' was this week, or which music powerhouse will play live during 'Friday Live.' Tune in on Tuesdays and find out 'How Hard Can it Be?' as the team giggles their way through trying their hand at something new. Imagine Martin Bester playing the didgeridoo or tattooing someone live on air…for the first time! Too funny!

Show Features:
• Good Morning Angels
• Secret Sound
• Friday's My Day
• Morning Family Quiz
• Throwback Thursday
• How Hard Can It Be
• Friday Live
• Confession Session
Daily English South Africa News Commentary · Entertainment News
4,770 Episodes
200 – 220

Confession Session: We can't be friends if you...

In this Confession Session, Breakfast with Martin Bester asked listeners to complete the sentence: "We can't be friends if you..." to find out what are somethings that are off limits for our listeners.
27 Jun 2024 3AM 14 min

Helping a passionate coach to raise young rugby stars

The Good Morning Angels assisted the Jaguars Rugby Club with R10,000 towards their awards celebration as well as R15,000 towards next year’s kit and jerseys. That’s a total donation of R25,000 to help the Jaguars develop the young rugby stars of the future.
26 Jun 2024 2AM 5 min

How Hard Can It Be to make a remix?

The Breakfast with Martin Bester team has had some iconic lines and moments on the show. Would we be able to make a viral song by remixing some of these moments?
25 Jun 2024 2AM 7 min

Roodepoort woman shares how she lost over 60kg

Carli van Niekerk saw herself staring down a path that she did not like. In her 20s and early 30s, her weight became a 130kg burden that she had been carrying around for years. Everything changed for Carli in 2011 when she was watching her two sons play with her…
24 Jun 2024 1AM 23 min

Singer Dodo Nyoka talks about fleeing from war, being bullied and his wolf!

Dodo is no stranger to the Afrikaans music industry. In 2022, he was the runner-up on the popular talent competition 'Die Kontrak'. But there is much more to this young man than his music. He also spoke about his interesting and tough past. Having to flee from war-torn African countries…
21 Jun 2024 2AM 8 min

How two strangers in Pretoria became BFFs through running

If you have been on TikTok recently, you might have spotted these two. Maryke is a Pretoria local who has been an active runner. While running in her neighbourhood one day, she realised that someone was running along with her! That's how she met Nesta a domestic worker who spotted…
20 Jun 2024 2AM 11 min

Vodacom Bulls' Sergeal Petersen talks about game preparation

The Vodacom Bulls have done it and made their way to the URC Final. They have managed to defeat Leinster! Now they are preparing to face the Glasgow Warriors at Loftus. The Breakfast team spoke to Sergeal Petersen about the final game.
19 Jun 2024 1AM 6 min

How Hard Can It Be to eat tomato sauce on a KitKat?

On this How Hard Can It Be the Breakfast team try some questionable food combinations courtesy of TikTok. Tomato sauce on KitKat chocolate isn't the only weird one, but it might just be the worst.
18 Jun 2024 2AM 8 min

Ending Period Poverty for schoolgirls across South Africa

It’s all about Girl Power and the Dads who love them! Good Morning Angels and SPAR Women’s Challenge Tshwane managed to raise R220,000 to put vending machines stocked with sanitary towels in schools across South Africa.
12 Jun 2024 3AM 33 min

Superfans meet singer Demi Lee Moore live on air

After Jacaranda FM listener and Demi Lee Moore superfan Maryke Kruger reached out to Martin Bester, the team just had to invite her and her husband to meet their favourite singer. Kruger told Martin Bester that she wanted to surprise her husband, Wian Kruger, by getting him to meet Moore…
7 Jun 2024 3AM 3 min

The Angels of Middelburg come together for 14-year-old AJ Bothma

The Good Morning Angels Fund contributed R50,000 towards the Bothma's Fundraising efforts to help AJ with his medical needs. Although young AJ Bothma will never be able to play rugby or cricket again, he and his family remain positive through the help of their community and Good Morning Angels.
6 Jun 2024 4AM 16 min

This is what a coalition government will look like for SA

On Wednesday, 29 May 2024, South Africans came together to practice their democratic right and vote in the seventh democratic election since 1994. The results are in, and for the first time since the 1994 elections, the ANC did not win an outright majority (over 50%) to govern the country…
3 Jun 2024 1AM 13 min

Is Ozempic a good way to lose weight?

Back by popular demand, Breakfast with Martin Bester spoke to registered clinical dietician-nutritionist Tabitha Hume about common diets people follow to lose weight and their health impacts. Hume also spoke about the celebrity wonder drug Ozempic that has the entire world talking.
27 May 2024 7AM 4 min
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