Breakfast with Martin Bester

Martin Bester dropped a brand-new clue for the latest Secret Sound clue!

US country music legend Dolly Parton, who grew up in Tennessee and became a household name with hits like 'Jolene,' has died at the age of 80, her family said Tuesday.

Founded by Anton van Heerden, DNA EOR enables overseas companies to employ South Africans without first having to establish their own company in the country.

DNA EOR acts as the local legal employer, managing employment contracts, payroll, tax and labour compliance, while the international company manages the employee’s day-to-day work.

More than 500 South Africans are already employed by DNA on behalf of foreign businesses, giving them the opportunity to gain international experience while continuing to live, spend, pay tax and build their lives in South Africa.

For Anton, the business represents the latest chapter in a career that has revolved around people, payroll and technology.

Despite spending much of his career in technology, Anton believes strongly that technology should enable human relationships rather than replace them.

His lesson for other business owners is to automate what should be automated while protecting the trust, judgement and personal connection that make customers and employees want to stay.

Business growth specialist Pavlo Phitidis believes this raises an important question for every business adopting AI and automation: don't simply ask whether something can be automated. Ask what will become better as a result and what human value must remain.

Anonymous wrote to Breakfast with Martin Bester saying they have a friend who they always invite over to their house, whether it’s for cake and tea, a braai or a meal.

However, they never get invited over to their friend’s house.

“Whenever they come to my house, I welcome them inside, but whenever I visit them, I’m left standing at the gate,” they wrote.

“I have actually never been inside their house.”

Anonymous wants to know why the effort always seems to come from one side.

They’ve heard excuses like, “I don’t invite you over because your house is too neat,” or, “You make much better food than I do.”

But they can’t help wondering why they’re always the one doing the inviting.

This is what the team and our listeners had to say.

As part of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry 2026 tour, the Vodacom Bulls and the All Blacks went head-to-head on Saturday, 15 August.

Ahead of this highly anticipated match, rugby content creator Jordan Buhrs was so confident that the Pretoria team would win that he had a proposition for the internet.

Buhrs posted a video on social media claiming that he was so confident the Bulls would win that he was willing to do whatever the top comment on his video said.

This is where the All Blacks got involved and dared him to get a tattoo of their logo if they won the game.

“Get our logo tattooed on your arm before the first Test (minimum 5cm),” the New Zealand national team commented.

As expected, this ended up being the top comment, and Buhrs had to stick to his word.

Breakfast with Martin Bester caught up with the social media content creator after he got his tattoo, and Martin Bester challenged him to yet another dare.