"Die Kantoor" is hitting SA screens in January

Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium is home to one of football’s most famous stands — The Kop. Its name comes from a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where the Battle of Spion Kop was fought on this day back in 1900, during the Anglo-Boer War. What makes that battlefield remarkable is not just the…

A little boy is getting the vital splints he needs, ten families have been given a helping hand with school fees and a Joburg mom will soon be able to hear properly - all thanks to the kindness of HOT1027 listeners. It's been rewarding week making a meaningful difference with…

A young boy who survived a devastating bout of meningitis is getting much-needed support — thanks to HOT1027 listeners and our friends at Silverstar Pays It Forward. MJ contracted pneumococcal meningitis at the end of 2023 and spent three months in hospital, before being discharged with secondary complications. HOT1027’s Tara…

A once-in-a-lifetime sailing adventure has left Cape Town — crossing the Atlantic not just for the thrill of it, but to change lives. South African critical care paramedic Jake Brinkley - is sailing alongside his father, as they turn a lifelong dream into a mission for autism awareness. HOT1027’s Tara…

Every year on the 3rd of January, at exactly 9pm, fans of J.R.R. Tolkien raise a glass and toast “The Professor!” — honouring the Oxford academic who gave the world The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. But this quintessentially English writer was, in fact, born in the Free…