Breakfast with Martin Bester

Will you pay your SABC TV licence to watch video streaming services like Netflix?

One of the benefits of watching Netflix and other streaming services like Netflix is that you do not need a TV licence or even sometimes a TV!

21 Oct 2020 1AM 2 min

Sentimental items no one wants to throw away

Martin Bester has been driving Mzansi to work and keeping us company, or in stitches, or in 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…

20 Oct 2020 8AM 7 min

MY KID ROCKS: 13-year-old Johanno

Breakfast with Martin Bester presents: My Kid Rocks!

20 Oct 2020 2AM 4 min

MY KID ROCKS Guitar week: Ebert de Villiers

Breakfast with Martin Bester presents: My Kid Rocks! Starting a band is an intimidating thought. You have no idea how to get the right talent on board, which genre to choose, and how to make it big.

20 Oct 2020 2AM 4 min

How Martin Bester’s rock band “Kinky Robot” got its name

Kinky Robot is an alternative rock band formed and based in Joburg, featuring Martin Bester on lead vocals, James Nelson on bass guitar and electronics, Fabio Cohn on drums and Pieter Rossouw on lead guitar.

20 Oct 2020 2AM 1 min

MY KID ROCKS Guitar week: Two-year-old Nikola

We're calling on all talented kids! Do you want to be famous? Perform on a huge stage? Then you should be part of our band! Send audition to breakfast@jacarandafm.com.

20 Oct 2020 2AM 3 min

MY KID ROCKS Guitar week: Zander Smit

We're calling on all talented kids! Do you want to be famous? Perform on a huge stage? Then you should be part of our band! Send audition to breakfast@jacarandafm.com.

20 Oct 2020 2AM 4 min

Experts reveal shelf life of makeup and cosmetics

We're all guilty of leaving certain beauty products at the back of our drawers for years before using them again.

20 Oct 2020 2AM 4 min

“I hope I don’t killed for being a woman in South Africa today” – Liesl Laurie

Liesl Laurie shared a heartbreaking account of living in South Africa as a woman.

19 Oct 2020 5AM 1 min

MY KID ROCKS: 13-year-old Johanno

Martin Bester has been driving Mzansi to work and keeping us company, or in stitches, or in 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…

19 Oct 2020 3AM 1 min

Listener asks Breakfast with Martin Bester for help with her neighbour’s dogs

This is the feel-good story you need at the start of the week!

19 Oct 2020 2AM 10 min

What excuse have you used to get out of a speeding ticket?

Listen to Breakfast with Martin Bester listener responses!

19 Oct 2020 1AM 4 min

Hazelwood shooting in broad daylight caught on camera

The victim was shot when he resisted handing over his cellphone to the robbers. How easy is it for someone to drive past you, swipe something, and get away?

19 Oct 2020 1AM 1 min

THANK YOU! Supporting our matriculants to ace the 2020 final exams in the year of COVID-19

The Class of 2020 will start their final exams soon. Kagiso Capital and Growthpoint Properties will be investing R1,000,000 to assist matriculants with basics while preparing and writing the most important exams of their lives.

16 Oct 2020 2AM 7 min

Prime Circle's Ross Learmonth is going solo!

After nearly two decades or touring and recording, this prolific songwriter is about to embarking on a solo journey.

16 Oct 2020 2AM 6 min

Grandma watches baby fall while saving glass of champagne

Any parent can tell you that when you have a kid in the house, you can’t let your guard down.

16 Oct 2020 1AM 3 min

PLAY ALONG! Identify the iconic bass lines

Martin Bester has been driving Mzansi to work and keeping us company, or in stitches, or in 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…

16 Oct 2020 1AM 1 min

MY KID ROCKS - Bass Guitar: Elanè Hermann

Martin Bester has been driving Mzansi to work and keeping us company, or in stitches, or in 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…

15 Oct 2020 2AM 4 min

10 impractical things that always happen in movies

People are sharing things that are completely normal in movies but unrealistic in real life.

15 Oct 2020 2AM 13 min

"Coronavirus 'can survive for 28 days on surfaces": True or false

What we know about COVID-19 is changing rapidly and Professor Karim is joined Breakfast with Martin Bester on 15 October to share new information.

15 Oct 2020 2AM 1 min