"Adrenaline, Thrills & Horsepower" at the 2025 Ferrari Club Festival

It was a rollercoaster of a day in Pretoria where over a thousand children boarded a flight for the first time – and earned their wings. Pilots from around the country generously volunteered their time for the 10th edition of the Children’s Flight at the Wonderboom airport, where boys and…

A man who used to visit his 5 sisters at St Mary’s Children’s Home says HOT1027’s major revamp of the 123 year old sanctuary has restored his faith in humanity. Over the course of 11 hours on Friday, the HOT1027 crew and our friends from Jet Ubunye installed a water…

It's been a race against the clock, but the HOT 1027 team has managed to wrap up the mammoth revamp of St Mary’s Children’s Home in Rosettenville. The crew and our friends from Jet Ubunye started the Mandela Day project just before sunrise this morning – to make a meaningful…

A mother of five fighting cancer is getting some much-needed breathing room, an animal shelter has been given a fundraising boost and an orphanage has had a colourful makeover—all thanks to our generous HOT1027 listeners. This week alone, Hot Cares has poured over R100,000 into making a real difference. HOT1027's…

It’s "World Chocolate Day" and while some celebrate with a square or two, others take it, a little more seriously. Turns out, South Africans have made "chocolate hoarding" a national pastime. HOT 1027's Natasha Thorp, dug deep, into pantries, drawers, and secret tins to find out just how far people…