Former MissSA Liesl Laurie Says Goodbye to Jacaranda FM After 7 Years as a Devoted DJ

Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 9:29 AM by Sinazo Tshambuluka

Former Miss South Africa Liesl Laurie is saying goodbye to Jacaranda FM and the JacaBreakfast team
Liesl joined the station after her reign as Miss South Africa ended in 2015 and has worked at the station for seven years
Musa Mthombeni, her husband, and other celebrities such as Minnie Dlamini wished her well in her future career plans

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Former Miss South Africa and radio host Liesl Laurie is saying goodbye to Jacaranda FM.

Liesl Laurie, Leaves Jacaranda FM, Musa Mthombeni, Jacaranda breakfast show, Minnie Dlamini — Liesl Laurie, former Miss SA, has announced that she's leaving Jacaranda FM after being with the station for seven years. Image: Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images/Getty Images
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Liesl worked at the station for seven years. She started working with Jacaranda after finishing her reign as Miss South Africa in 2015.

She began working at the station as a host on Sunday nights from 8pm to midnight, later hosting the CTM Top 20 with Liesl Laurie every Saturday and subsequently joining radio host Martin Bester for the weekday breakfast show.

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According to Hennie Myburgh, Jacaranda FM programme manager, the end of this chapter was decided by the radio station and Laurie after they discussed the station's priorities.

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Liesl Laurie took to Instagram to share a statement in which she stated that she will be hanging up her headphones for the last time on 30 June and bowing out of her show, which won Best Breakfast Show on a Commercial Station at the South African Radion Awards last year.

“Saying goodbye is never easy, I’m going to miss the morning family as well as Martin and the JacaBreakfast team, but I’m so thankful for this experience and to have grown in a medium I have so much love and respect for,” said Liesl Laurie.

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