JacPod Good Morning Angels

Good Morning Angels

Good Morning Angels is Jacaranda FM’s flagship community upliftment and CSI platform: changing lives and giving hope since 2005, every Wednesday morning on Breakfast with Martin Bester.

Good Morning Angels is good news, feel-good appointment listening, and an opportunity for listeners, corporates, and advertisers to actively get involved and contribute to causes close to their hearts on a weekly basis. It showcases the power of the human spirit, community, kindness, and the power of radio. Our listeners always step up – they are the angels.

Good Morning Angels assists with a variety of needs involving individuals, communities, organisations and causes of all kinds and descriptions. All recipients are vetted and chosen with the utmost care and due diligence. The assistance is not a hand-out, it’s a fulfillment of needs … it’s a hand-up.

To get in touch email: angels@jacarandafm.com
Weekly English South Africa Non-Profit
118 Episodes
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Mother gets opportunity to study after devoting her life to family

36-year-old mother, wife and sister Vesna Obermeyer supports her family after losing her childhood, but she dreams of a brighter future through education. The SABAT Bursary Fund will assist Vesna with R35 000 to cover her tuition fees for this year of her chosen course in Human Resource Management.
2 Feb 6 min

Hospitality Student Octovia Malatji smashed her 2025 third year studies

Martin Bester spoke to two young Good Morning Angels recipients who are taking the world by storm and making the most of the help they received from Good Morning Angels. The Good Morning Angels Fund assisted Octovia with R50,000 towards her accommodation and food needs for her 2026 final-year Hospitality…
14 Jan 9 min

Emergency Angels: CERT SA volunteers sacrifice Christmas to save lives

While the rest of South Africa spends time with family and friends over Christmas, there are those selfless individuals who spend their time volunteering, putting the needs of others first over the festive period. For the last Good Morning Angels of 2025, we are supporting three of these heroes to…
10 Dec 2025 4 min

Teen takes on 2,500 km Christmas trek to support children fighting cancer

While the rest of South Africa spends time with family and friends over Christmas, there are those selfless individuals who spend their time volunteering, putting the needs of others first over the festive period. For the last Good Morning Angels of 2025, we are supporting three of these heroes to…
10 Dec 2025 5 min

26-year-old's road to recovery uncertain after devastating car crash

Jacaranda FM's Good Morning Angels Fund assisted Antoinette Massyn with R25,000 towards equipment and the treatments Angie needs as she recovers at home. We also donated another R50,000 towards some of the outstanding medical bills. That is assistance to the total value of R75,000.
5 Nov 2025 11 min

Assisting women in their battle against breast cancer

One in 27 women in South Africa will be diagnosed with breast cancer; that's why Jacarada FM's Good Morning Angels assisted Breasties for Life. The Good Morning Angels Fund NPC will assist Breasties for Life in helping more women on their breast cancer journey with a donation of R100,000.
15 Oct 2025 13 min
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