Breast cancer awareness: "We need to listen to our bodies"

A young boy will be able to hear again, a community matriarch will soon be able to walk and a home for the profoundly disabled is getting a helping hand - all thanks to the kindness of HOT1027 listeners. It's been another rewarding week making a meaningful difference with Hot…

Our newly installed environment MEC has ambitious plans to clean up Joburg’s air. For years now, criminals have been taking advantage of weak by-law enforcement, dumping and burning waste across decommissioned sites, on private land and in the veld releasing dangerous toxins into the air we breathe. HOT1027’s Tara Penny…

As we mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, survivors across South Africa are sharing their stories to remind wimen that early detection really does save lives. One of them is 55-year-old Cebisa Mfenyana who credits a simple daily habit with saving her life. HOT1027’s Tara Penny has more…

Toxic smoke continues to hang over Joburg’s northern suburbs — as illegal dumping and burning sites spread across Kaya Sands, Chartwell and surrounding areas. Despite years of complaints, residents say the city has failed to protect them from what’s become an environmental and health disaster. HOT1027's Tara Penny has more…

Gauteng is home to one of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth. The Magaliesberg - which stretches between Bronkhorstspruit in the East to almost as far as Sun City in the West is over two and a half billion years old. Scientists say that's nearly half as old as the…