Episode 20: Joe Cocker: "Music was an awakening for me"

A new book examining South Africa’s criminal underworld is raising a deeply uncomfortable question — what if that underworld isn’t separate from the system at all? News24 Investigative journalist Kyle Cowan has spent years tracking organised crime networks embedded across our country — and he's raised the alarm over the…

A new South African book is examining why we’re so drawn to stories about the so-called occult. In her book “The Devil made me do it” , author and Wits professor Nicky Falkof explains why she believes these stories often distract us from the real causes of violence in society…

What does it really take to join one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth — the so-called “Three Comma Club”? A new book by South African writers Gus Silber and Jonathan Ancer takes a sharp and often surprising look — at the world’s billionaires, explaining not just how they…

Retired Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron is sounding the alarm over South Africa’s prison system — warning it’s not just failing to stop crime, it may actually be making it worse. “Behind Prison Walls” is a new book, co-written by Justice Cameron – which lays out a stark case for…

Three of Joburg's most famous residents are in court tomorrow and they’re looking for a one-way ticket out of the city. "Lammie", "Ramadiba", and "Mopane" —the Joburg Zoo elephants are at the heart of an historic battle starting in the High Court in Pretoria. Hot 1027's Reuben Goldberg takes a…