Restoring Kgontse's hearing this Hot Cares Christmas

Here at HOT1027, we've turned our building pink this October — but behind those lights are real women, real stories and a potentially life-saving message. It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we're reminding listeners that spotting a change in your body — and acting on it — can make all…

A young student’s dream of graduating is back on track, 20 vulnerable children are getting safer beds to sleep in, and an amputee is getting help to walk again — all thanks to the kindness of HOT1027 listeners. It’s been another rewarding week of making a meaningful difference through Hot…

Gender-based violence remains one of South Africa's most devastating crises — and the organisation working to tackle it says breaking the cycle must start with our children. The 'GBVF Response Fund' says violence has become so deeply entrenched in our society.... that many South Africans are becoming desensitised to it…

Today is World Arthritis Day. It’s a disease most of us associate with old age — but thousands of South African children are living with it, and many may not even know it. South Africa has just ten pediatric rheumatologists in the entire country — and no national patient registry…

Today is World Mental Health Day and new South African research is shining a light on the people we often forget when we talk about suicide — those left in its wake. Early findings from a Wits University-led international study suggest almost nine out of ten South African respondents have,…