Helping animals in need with CLAW
Animals have no safety net in society and no voices of their own, but they touch our hearts in deep and meaningful ways. However, Pet owners in disadvantaged communities love their pets just as anywhere else. But pets suffer from poverty the same way their owners...
JD Koekoemoer
While the past 18 months have weighed heavy on us all, one thing has come into focus as one of life’s most cherished blessings – family. JD Koekemoer was confronted with that reality with the passing of his adult son his 6 years ago; a family tragedy that he faced...
Vusi Mubika
This week, Hot Cares received a letter about the heart-wrenching story of Vusimusi Mubika, a young man of just 19 years of age. Dominique Demetriades reached out and told us of Vusi’s painful, life-threatening struggle. Dominque writes: “I am a part of a ladies...
Father and Mentor – Coach Lawrence
Thuso Lawrence Mogotsi Lawrence was one of the first recipients of the Lesedi Trust bursary and during his high school career at Dainfern College, he excelled on the sports field, academically, and showed diligence beyond his years. He was liked by both teachers...
Hot Cares for Innesfree Park fire victims
Hot Cares for Innesfree Park fire victims Wendy Malpage started ‘Bubele Africa ‘a year ago when she noticed the high unemployment rate in her local neighbourhood. However, she was inspired to take action when walking past the Sandspruit River and seeing the area...
Hot Cares – The Ann Harding Cheshire Home
Jackie Kyle from The Ann Harding Cheshire Home - residential care facility for adults who have a physical disability contacted Hot Cares with an urgent plea. Unfortunately, when the area experiences loadshedding everything grinds to a halt at the home, and we are...
Hot Cares for ‘Mighty Mack’
On 12 May 2021, at just 5 months old, Nikita Friedman’s niece Mackenzie “Mighty Mack” Friedman was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) – a life-threatening blood cancer. Following her diagnosis, she underwent 10 days of intense chemotherapy, 3 surgeries...
Hot Cares helps Darren get back on his feet
Rudolph Nicholson contacted Hot Cares to help his longtime mechanic, Darren Quinn. “I have known him for the past 10 years, he is an honest, hardworking and reliable young man,” he writes. Darren has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 and resulting lockdowns....
Hot Cares Helps Unemployed Ronel Griessel Care for Her Orphaned Grandchildren
What struck Michelle Nunes most about her colleague Ronel Griessel was her absolute devotion to her two daughters – who she raised as a single mom under very difficult circumstances. So, when Ronel tragically lost her youngest daughter to an act of crime, Michelle...
Hot Cares: A birthday surprise for Nelson Tshabalala
Nelson Tshabalala is a burn survivor. He was burned when he was 5 years old and his mother tragically died in the fire, saving his life. In the years to follow, Nelson met Bronwen Jones, his ‘mama’, and the founder of the Children of Fire - a local charity...
Coach, mentor, leader and friend: Hot Cares for Joe Mosethle
“A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.” John Wooden Joe Mosethle, a coach at the Randburg Football club, is known is to have inspired his students towards hard work, persistence, and to focus on achieving their dreams to be a champion in...
A Giving Garden: The Bongani Community Centre
The Bongani Community Centre is a place where over 500 children have a safe environment to go to after school and it is here where the children often receive their only meal for the day. The centre caters for indigent and orphaned children providing food, and...
Lynn Tyack gets a helping hand from the Dis-Chem Foundation
Lynn Tyack is a local foster mom who has devoted her life to helping abused and neglected children experience a happy and healthy childhood. Hot Cares recently assisted Lynn Tyack with the payment of school fees for her foster child, Jessica, who has Down Syndrome....
Helping those in need: A home for Vaughn
Hot Cares received a phone call from Graham Cooper, providing us with an update about his housemate Vaughn Van Reeuwyk. Graham had nominated Vaughn for Christmas Wish 2020 and he was one of the recipients. Due to financial difficulties Vaughn had fallen behind in...
Making an incredible difference in children’s lives: Lynn Tyack
Lynn Tyack, a local foster mom, is a fantastic caregiver to abandoned babies and children that have been removed by authorities. A modern-day hero who has chosen to spend her retirement years serving and caring for the vulnerable children in the community. Hot...
Care and protection: The Animal Anti-Cruelty League
The Animal Anti-Cruelty League (AACL) Johannesburg has been protecting and caring for animals in South Africa since 1956 and recently celebrated their 65th anniversary on the 28th of February 2021. The organization has about 300 animals on site at the Regents Park...
Giving to Life: In honour of Nathan Bewsher
Cathy Bewsher contacted Hot Cares to ask that we help in assisting with creating more awareness for the Organ and Tissue Donor Foundation, as well as possibly help raise some funds for them – all in commemoration of their son, Nathan’s, 14th birthday. During...
A friend in need- Lisa and Marlin
Marlin Nagan got in touch with Hot Cares regarding her ex- colleague Lisa Theron. As an experienced recruiter, Lisa has fallen on hard times. She last worked at Cash Converters as a buyer and has subsequently been retrenched. She lost everything - became homeless...
Heli Hero: Lawrence Masanabo
Bill Watt, a helicopter engineer got in touch with Hot Cares regarding a colleague of his, Lawrence Masando. Bill has worked with Lawrence for the past five years at Grand Central Airport in Midrand, where Lawrence is an apprentice. As the family breadwinner,...
Wings of Inspiration Women and Children’s Shelter
Hot Cares recently received a phone call from Anthea – Kirsten Richardson’s sister telling us about a new Women and Children’s shelter they are opening in Krugersdorp. When Anthea asked if there was any way we could assist, Hot Cares knew we had to act swiftly...
Hot Cares for Coach Butler and his family
Butler Masango popularly known as "Coach Butler" has been developing young soccer players across Johannesburg over the past 15 years and, also coaches and mentors children from disadvantaged backgrounds in his free time. Coach Butler’s main source of income comes...
Some festive cheer for the young women of Uitkoms Home For Girls
Uitkoms Home For Girls is a registered child and youth care centre that offers non-discriminatory residential care, protection development plans and counselling to abused, or otherwise abandoned teenage girls. On average, 50 young women are catered for each year....
The Call of the Cats- Help Needed
Recently, Carolyn Austin got in touch with Hot Cares to share her story about a group of individuals who want to give back and make a small difference in the world we live in. These volunteers work with and behind organizations like CLAW and Harties Feral Cat...
Beloved soccer coach, Elvis Moyo
Hazel got in touch with Hot Cares regarding Elvis Moyo, a soccer coach at a local club, Randburg AFC. Elvis has been struggling to keep "his head above water" during the past 6 months of lockdown and because the soccer club has been closed since March, Elvis has...
Felicity’s Road To Recovery
Having been self-employed for over 20 years, within the Travel and Recruitment industries, Felicity Pollock reached out to Hot Cares to share her story. In August 2016 she was diagnosed with stage 4 Colon Cancer. This affected her personal life, career and Felicity...
Food Boys and Hot Cares assist Kwena Molapo Pre-school
Kwena Molapo Pre-school opened 25 years ago and is situated in the Lanseria informal settlement. It provides care and early childhood education to the children in the area and the pre-school also provides meals to the community. Currently the land is...
A friend in need- Elsie and Samantha
Samantha got in touch with Hot Cares to ask for assistance for her fellow colleague Elsie. They both work at a healthcare centre and unfortunately, Elsie is going through an extremely difficult time. Elsie and her husband Pamfi have two wonderful children, a...
The Blessing of Abbey Cross lodge and their carers
Hot Cares has had a special relationship with Abbey Cross Lodge for several years. Together with the Social Activity Director, Blessing, we have been able to get actively involved in assisting Abbey Cross Lodge, through volunteer work, donations and visiting the...
Logwood Village invites established companies, organisations, businesses and NGO’s to partner with them
Tim Plewman and his wife, Cathy, founded Cedarwood School for special needs children in 1998. Together, with the assistance of three other families, they were able to establish and finance the school. Cedarwood School is a wonderful school and thanks to its...
BNI BIZMASTERS sandwich day in partnership with Chefs with Compassion
BNI BizMASTERS have accepted the challenge to make 67,000 Sandwiches! This year, they have partnered with Chefs with Compassion to match their 67,000 soups with our sandwiches… You make the sarmies, they will make sure they get eaten. Getting involved is easy: Make...
67000 litres for Mandela Day – Chefs with Compassion and SA Harvest
67 000 litres of soup goes a long way. It provides nourishment to 268 000 people for one day. In honour of Madiba, chefs around the country are uniting with Chefs with Compassion and SA Harvest, two food rescue organisations, to cook with compassion for the most...
SAIPA and Hot Cares assist Green Door Women’s Shelter in Diepsloot
The rise in cases of violence directed at women and children, especially during the Covid-19 lockdown is alarming. Hot Cares got in touch with Green Door, an emergency shelter in Diepsloot for victims of domestic and sexual abuse to find out how we could assist...
Fiona Wilson – A loved and valued member of the Hot 91.9 FM family
Fiona Wilson is a loyal Hot 91.9 FM listener and a consistent donor of our Hot Cares community upliftment initiative. She always emails us her proof of payments and through our email exchanges we have gotten to know Fiona without even having met her in person! We...
Mamiki and Lebo get a helping hand from The Dischem Foundation and Hot Cares
Abram Kgari contacted Hot Cares to request assistance for Mamiki Muleya, a 16-year-old disabled girl from Diepsloot. Mamiki attends Bona Lesedi disability centre and her sole provider is her sister, Lebo Muleya.The family struggles to purchase groceries and nappies...
Hot Cares and Acer assist Max with his studies
Andrea Anderssen got in touch with Hot Cares regarding Max, a 21-year-old waste recycler who collects recycling materials each week. Unfortunately, he failed matric at the end of 2017 and has been recycling materials to get himself through school and to save money...
Hot Cares assists Wings of Inspiration Elderly Care Centre
Hot Cares recently contacted Wings of Inspiration Elderly Care Centre for assistance with one of our listeners who needed help rehoming a 72-year gentleman she had given a place to stay over the last few years. He has no family, struggles to survive off his SASSA...
Assisting the elderly of Reuven Old Age Home
Hot Cares received a request from one of our listeners, Tammy, who under normal circumstances joins a group of volunteers on a monthly basis to cook for the elderly at Reuven Old Age Home. They are one of the many groups of people and charity organisations that...
Hot Cares Covid 19 assistance in conjunction with ‘A Little Realeaf’- Jackson’s Foundation
Jacksons Real Food Market in Bryanston and Kyalami started the Jacksons Foundation a few years ago and regularly support families and people in need. With the current Covod-19 lockdown restaurants are unable to operate, yet the need to feed those in need has become...
Joburg works together to feed the hungry
Chef Philippe Frydman contacted Hot Cares to tell us about his idea of putting the restaurant kitchens that are currently ‘closed for business’ to good use and that he had been provided a kitchen by Mathew Abrahams of Thava Indian Restaurant in Norwood. Hanneke...
Hot Cares and SHOUT SA support those on the frontline in the fight against Covid-19
In the past few weeks, Hot Cares has actively assisted in the donation of masks, gloves, sanitisers, vitamins, immune boosters and more to our community and essential service workers. SHOUT SA have created a new public service initiative with SMD Technologies...
Hot Cares continues with COVID-19 lockdown assistance
During the Covid- 19 lockdown, Hot Cares continues to assist our most vulnerable communities. Hot Cares was notified that the homeless who visit our weekly soup kitchen have all been temporarily housed at a shelter in Windsor. We were so happy to hear that they...
Hot Cares continues to help school children receive a daily meal.
Mogau Nursery School is based in an informal settlement in Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift and is run by Pretty Vilikazi. Over 100 children attend the school, however, many are not able to pay school fees. As with many schools, Pretty has 40 students whose parents...
Hot Cares for our elderly communities
While the Coronavirus outbreak poses health risks for everyone, officials have made it clear that the elderly are particularly vulnerable. Recently, Hot Cares assisted members of the Diepsloot community with vegetables such as potatoes, onions as well as...
Hot Cares Contributes Towards Protecting EMS During Covid-19
Last week, Hot Cares donated protective gear such as masks, gloves, and sanitizer to the South African Police Service stations within our area. They also received a Dischem voucher for their station commander to purchase medical supplies, vitamins, and immune...
Hot Cares – Aunty Gwen
Natasha wrote into Hot Cares voicing her concerns about her aunty Gwen. Aunt Gwen who is 74 years old and is living in a flat on her sister's property living off a SASSA. She has recently suffered a stroke and is now bedridden and her daughter has been put in a...
Mama Kasi Rural Rescue
This week’s Hot Cares story is for the animal lovers. Helga Tsoumbris is the owner of Mama Kasi Rural Rescue, and she spends her life in townships taking dogs for sterilizations, vaccinations, parasite control as well as educating community members on importance of...
Hot Cares Steps In To Assist a Family Who Have Suffered the Loss of Cancer and Survived Cancer
Gavin got in touch with Hot Cares to nominate Sonja, a mother of two boys (aged 12 and 14) whose lives had taken a dramatic turn in 2019. At around this time last year Sonja’s partner and the father of her children, Garth was diagnosed with Oesophagus Cancer....
Hot Cares Joins The Community In Helping Samuel And His Twins
Samuel Nonyane is a single father who has been reeling after the recent passing of his wife following childbirth. Now faced with the enormous task of having to care for their newborn twin girls, as well as his two elder sons, Samuel also has to navigate how he...
Hot Cares, Cupcakes of Hope and Little Aiden
This week’s Hot Cares recipient Aiden is battling a Medulloblastoma which is a cancerous brain tumour. His father has been struggling to keep up with all the expenses and is unable to pay his medical aid this month, he’s battling financially and after...
Get Up Woman Self-Sustainable Women’s Village
Hot Cares recently received a request to help the “Get Up Woman” NPC by one of the Hot 91.9 FM clients who was previously in an abusive relationship. She had managed to not only get out of the abusive relationship because of “Women Get Up”, she had totally...
Foster Mom Gets a Helping Hand So She Can Carry on Making a Difference
Lynn Tyack is a single foster mother to three children, who live with her in her home. This is not the first time she has fostered, and she has a passion for opening her heart, and home to children who need it the most. In January she opened her home to two new...
Boy with Epilepsy’s Family Gets Peace of Mind and a Good Nights Rest
Ruweida Noble wrote into Hot Cares about her grandson Diyaan who has epilepsy. Diyaan and his mother stay with Ruweida and they both take care of him and wake up through the night to tend to his epilepsy. This hugely impacts not only their sleep, but their quality...
Hot Cares – The Angel Network
Samantha Cowen together with Sasha Lee Olivier went through to the Teddy Bear Clinic in 2019 to watch how children are taught how to testify in a rape trial. This has all been set up in a way to make the child feel safe, but also to make the child feel comfortable...
A Bike Called Milkshake
Today on Mansfield in the Morning we spoke to Cindy Van Wyk who shared her story. Cindy is a breast cancer survivor who underwent a bilateral mastectomy and cancer treatment. Her cancer was caught early and she is in remission mostly due to her faith and the fact...
Hot Cares – Healing Wings
This morning, Hot Cares on Mansfield in the Morning spoke to Megan Brewer from Healing Wings. Megan wrote to tell us about the incredible work they’re doing and about the far-reaching effects that work has had. While Healing Wings itself is a drug and alcohol...
FIBO Africa Challenge
The official launch of the FIBO Africa Corporate Challenge on Hot 91.9FM happened this morning on Mansfield in the Morning, with the aim of raising R91 900 for Hot Cares. We’re challenging corporates to take part in fun fitness challenges to find the fittest...
Gogo’s 100th Birthday
Robinah contacted Hot Cares on behalf of her beloved grandmother who lives in the Lorraine area in Tzaneen. As we read her letter, we got a deep sense of Robinah’s love and gratitude as she described how through thick and thin, her grandmother has always been...
Juanita and Charmaine
Charmaine contacted Hot Cares with a request for her amazing, resilient sister, Juanita who has had a rough go of it lately. Both Juanita and Charmaine lost their mother in 2017, but in the following year Juanita was also faced with her ending of her 25-year-long...
The Oosthuizen Family
Adele contacted Hot Cares about her friend Madelein Oosthuizen and her family who’ve been having a tragic time. Last month Madelein lost her 11-week old son Luandre who, after being born with cystic fibrosis, fought bravely for his little life in ICU. Madelein and...
Wings of Inspiration/Have A Heart Foundation – 27 05 2019
Last winter, Hot Cares lent some Hot Cares help to the Have a Heart Foundation by replacing all the windows in their building which had been smashed in, making the shelter vulnerable to the cold. Since then, they’ve had to move premises (for the better) and have...