The Vaal Dam: "When hemlines were once blamed for low levels"

Few things take South Africans back to their childhood faster than the taste — and the trivia — of Chappies bubblegum. But did you know the country’s most iconic sweet was born right here in Johannesburg — in a little factory in Troyeville? HOT1027’s Al Prodgers went looking for the…

A Diepsloot crèche is getting a vital security upgrade, a mother who donated a kidney to her son is getting much-needed breathing room and an animal rescue organisation can now sterilise even more feral cats — all thanks to HOT1027 listeners. It’s been another rewarding week for Hot Cares here…

A young South African pilot is soaring into the history books — and she’s done it in a proudly home-built South African aircraft. At just 21 years old, commercial pilot and instructor Shannon Russell has smashed a world altitude record for women in her class of aircraft, taking a Sling…

A South African wildlife filmmaker says a viral video and a call from the Discovery Channel have completely changed his life — reminding him just how powerful our connection to the natural world really is. Darren Britz recently had his work showcased by the Discovery Channel as part of it’s…

And today is Remembrance Day — when people around the world honour the men and women who bravely served in wartime. Here in South Africa, we remember many of our own — including one soldier whose act of courage in 1941 was so extraordinary - that even the ENEMY recommended…