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5MM UNPOPPYWOPPY - SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEIR PROBLEMS

YB5 - Mohau Cares Social Welfare Trust

Mohau Cares Social Welfare Trust offers Family Services and other poverty alleviation assistance to anyone in need. This is what we learn from the organisation's medal liaison, Mancha Ramusi, in this episode of YB5 - as we unpack the possibility for a poverty-free Mzansi. Tertiary students looking for help with registration fees could look to the organisation for assistance.

5MM - TRUTH HURTS

QOTD - NAUGHTY LIST

5MM TRUTH HURTS

QOTD - REALITY TV SHOW YOU WOULD WIN

5MM - UNPOPPYWOPPY - GROWING APART IS NORMAL

Growing apart from friends is more normal than people admit.

QOTD - HOLIDAY TV BINGES

Is there a movie or TV series that you watch around the holidays?

QOTD - A DATING APP... BUT DIFFERENT

A new dating app is launched. Instead of a photo of the person, it shows you a photo of their bedroom, car, kitchen, shoes, how they have their tea/coffee, things like that... what photo would tell you the most about someone, and would you be most interested to see to choose a potential date?

5MM - UNPOPPYWOPPY - GOOD TALKERS BAD LISTENERS

Most people can talk, very few actually listen

YB5 with Be The Voice Foundation

Be The Voice GBV Foundation Joining us for a conversation about the power of silence and the organisation's expectations after the National Disaster was declared, founder of Be The Voice, Candice Engelbrecht sheds more light for survivors. We also explore the social media tools by the organisations for survivors to begin and continue the healing journey post-trauma.

YB5 with NICRO

Crime Prevention Social Worker at NICRO, Lwandile Makwenkwe joins us for a conversation about the programmes offered at the organisation. We get an understanding of the NICRO model and how the work being done in the ADAPT programme is directed towards adolescents and not adults struggling with addiction.

YB5 with ACFS

Advancing Children For Success's Christine Rudolph joins us for a conversation about the effects of GBV on adolescent girls. We also unpack the importance of sexual and reproductive health awareness and the effects of poverty, namely orphanhood and the gender disparity it creates.

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS 16 VOICES - CONSTANCE

In the 13th episode of "16 Days, 16 Voices" we hear from Constance in Tembisa. Her story begins with a husband who controlled her every move, refusing to let her go to work and accusing her of cheating whenever she did. One evening, after taking a taxi home from work, she was attacked and gang raped by seven strangers. She went home in shock and could not bring herself to speak. Instead of recognising her trauma, her husband beat her, accused her of being unfaithful, and forced himself on her. When he realised she was bleeding he beat her again and threw her out of their bedroom. This happened only hours after the assault. She eventually opened a case of domestic violence, and during that process a magistrate urged her to reach out to POWA. Through counselling she found support and strength. She divorced her husband, began rebuilding her life, and now works with POWA. She is a single mother of three, carrying the weight of being both parent and protector in her home. "16 Days, 16 Voices" brings forward the truths many women are forced to carry in silence. Each story comes from someone who has survived in a country where danger feels ordinary and violence is woven into daily life. These voices show that GBV is not distant or theoretical, it is personal and it reshapes families, relationships, and entire communities. By allowing survivors to speak in their own words, we honour their reality and make it impossible to ignore the crisis in South Africa.

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - BONNIE

Bonnie’s story begins when she was 9, in a home where the person meant to protect her became the source of her fear. After a run in with older boys in her neighbourhood, he dragged her by her hair and screamed at her. That moment was the beginning of a pattern. She grew up with insults thrown at her like they were normal, and with a hand striking her face whenever he lost control. The damage from those years did not stay in the past. It shaped how she understands safety, how she sees men, and how she has learned to move through a world that never taught her what love was supposed to feel like. "16 Days, 16 Voices" brings forward the truths many women are forced to carry in silence. Each story comes from someone who has survived in a country where danger feels ordinary and violence is woven into daily life. These voices show that GBV is not distant or theoretical, it is personal and it reshapes families, relationships, and entire communities. By allowing survivors to speak in their own words, we honour their reality and make it impossible to ignore the crisis in South Africa.

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - PROMISE

Promise represents many women in South Africa whose childhoods were marked by abuse they could not name at the time. In the story, she is harmed by a family member and grows up carrying the weight of it alone. Years later an outreach worker from POWA visits her community, opening a door she never had before. Through counseling sessions she finally spoke out about how she was groomed, harmed, and then pressured into silence through manipulation and bribes, revealing the quiet endurance that shaped her life.  "16 Days, 16 Voices" brings forward the truths many women are forced to carry in silence. Each story comes from someone who has survived in a country where danger feels ordinary and violence is woven into daily life. 

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - BALISA

In the 16th episode of "16 Days, 16 Voices" we hear from Balisa. Her story, like so many others, begins with a controlling and abusive relationship. Her partner tried to dictate every part of her life, from where she worked to how she grieved a loss in her family. Tensions escalated and in a moment of unimaginable violence, she was shot in the eye and left unconscious, sustaining life‑changing injuries. The trauma meant that she lost one of her eyes, and her hearing in one ear. When she was finally able to get help, she turned to counselling through POWA, beginning a journey of recovery that has made sure she's been supported through this horror. "16 Days, 16 Voices" brings forward the truths many women are forced to carry in silence. Each story comes from someone who has survived in a country where danger feels ordinary and violence is woven into daily life. These voices show that GBV is not distant or theoretical, it is personal and it reshapes families, relationships, and entire communities. By allowing survivors to speak in their own words, we honour their reality and make it impossible to ignore the crisis in South Africa.

YB5 with COTD

Expanding our understanding of vulnerable children to include tertiary students, CEO Palesa Matuludi speaks on how the organisation is supporting them as a part of the vulnerable youth. Palesa further elaborates on the use of sport as a means to instill positive life values and promote well-being.

QOTD - SEXIEST JOBS

What is the sexiest job?