THE LETTER ( GUEST: REITUMETSE MTHEMBU – Registered Counselor COUNSELLING WITH REITUMETSI / INFO@REITUMETSEWELLNESS.CO.ZA

Dear Mapaseka I live with my partner of 4 years; we do not have a child together and each came with our children. Our kids do not live with us; my son stays with his father and his daughter with his ex. I felt excluded from a matter that involved my partner’s daughter whom I also consider as mine. My partner and the mother of the child did not involve me and this led to the 15 year old daughter and I got into an intense fight. I used unkind words to the child and she retaliated. When she visits our home she no longer speaks to me, it has now been a month and her dad says i must give her space and should apologise to her. I do acknowledge what i did was wrong and took her out to apologise but she is still angry and i’m not sure about begging the child and him allowing her to not speak to me for so long. She has also blocked me on whatsapp and has asked if i will share in her father’s inheritance And will it be equal to theirs? (asking her father). When the dad is not around the daughter is disrespectful and calls boys naked and the mother will call asking what is going on in my house and who comes for visits. How do i resolve this? LOVELY

LIFE IN BALANCE -Life in the Workplace; What Is Your Experience at work currently?( GUEST: JULIA MAKHUBELA - Founder and CEO of 54TwentyFour www.54twentyfour.co.za / 060 541 3813

MIND, BODY AND SOUL - How Does Our Daily Stress Impact the Mind, Body and Soul? What can we do about it? (GUEST: DR. SIKI GWANYA-MDLETYE - Member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists & PROF. PAMELA NAIDOO - CEO Heart & Stroke Foundation South Africa

"Changing the Narrative on Suicide" is the 2025 theme of Suicide Prevention Month. Mental health care is said to be out of reach for most South Africans. Up to 92% of people living with mental illness never receive treatment. For common conditions like depression, anxiety and substance use, three out of four people go without help.

RELATIONSHIP TUESDAY- THE INGREDIENTS OF GOOD LOVING RELATIONSHIP.( GUEST: COACH CATHY - Life and Relationship Coach

What Are The Key Ingredients of a Good Loving Relationship? What are yours? What makes your relationship work?

MONDAY MENDAY (GUEST: MBULELO MAYIKANA - Author of “Choices and Decision Making”; Founder of Contemporary Conversations, SINENHLANHLA MNGUNI - MD of SN Mnguni Attorneys 010 449 9705 info@mnguniinc.co.za & MOGAILE MOGASHOA - Founder DarkiePedia (Educating Self on Identity) @DARKIEPEDIA on Social Media

What Does Your Surname represent to you as a man? Last week ConCourt ruled that husbands can take their wives' surnames. In what is called by some a win for gender equality. There has been an uproar around the country from men.

OPENLINE MONDAYS On Hlengiwe’s mind: HOW ARE YOU DOING and do you have someone to talk to? ( GUEST: HLENGIWE ZWANE - Clinical Psychologist

THE HOT SEAT (GUEST: MARKS “GO MAN GO”MAPONYANE - Football Legend/ Analyst / Commentator/ Executive

We are counting down to the 2026 Fifa World Cup; its going to be football fever all the way to next year. One of our Iconic voices in all things soccer will be a familiar voice on SABC Radio and TV. He is on Tonight’s Hot Seat #Radio2000OurMusicYourMemories

AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY ( GUEST: GOG’ BOJOUR (INSTUDIO) TEXT (NOT CALL GOGO) ON 076 799 1303 WWW.GOGBOJOUR.CO.ZA

THE LETTER ( GUEST: BRIAN MHLANGA – Life and Leadership Coach / WWW.BRIANMHLANGA.COM & REITUMETSI MTHEMBU – Registered Counselor COUNSELLING WITH REITUMETSI: / INFO@REITUMETSEWELLNESS.CO.ZA

Dear Mapaseka My husband and I are both engineers and we earn good salaries but you will not believe that he hardly ever lifts a finger. He will not send me anything more than R5 000; his take home is close to R100 000 cause he knows I can provide for myself and kids. He will send money to his family, his mom and siblings and tell them to keep it a secret from me. I feel like I’m taking on so much and I’m tired. It’s safe to say I’m planning my exit. As my husband he fails to provide for me and look after his family planning my exit. Is this a good enough reason to leave ? Thuli

LIFE IN BALANCE (GUEST: OKUHLE MDODANA - Director Childline Eastern Cape Childline Toll Free Line 080 005 5555, MBULELO MAYIKANA - Author of “Choices and Decision Making”; Founder of Contemporary Conversations 076 468 2443 WWW.MBULELO.CO.ZA & DR NELISIWE ZIMU- Mental Health Practitioner & life Coach @DRNELLI on IG

The rape crisis and impregnating of young girls continues with no interventions in place. 117 children between the ages of 10 and 14 have given birth in the Eastern Cape this year alone. What does this say about the society we have become?

MIND BODY AND SOUL (GUEST: DR. SIVIWE MILA - Medical Practitioner @DRSIVIWE on instagram & KHULISO NETSHIVHANGANI Senior Physiotherapist at Kphysios

WHAT SPORTING ACTIVITY ARE YOU A PART OF? How do you train and recover?

MONDAY MENDAY -THE STRENGTH OF A MAN (GUEST: BONGANI LUVALO - Author “A Father, A Stranger: Mzantsi’s Memoirs of Fatherhood” and Founder of the Cool Dad’s Foundation WWW.COOLDADSFOUNDATION.CO.ZA @Bongani_Luvalo on Instagram

THE STRENGTH OF A MAN where does it lie and how do you show it?

It’s LEGAL MONDAY with SINENHLANHLA MNGUNI Director at Mnguni Inc / SN MNGUNI ATTORNEYS INC/ 010 449 9705 info@mnguniinc.co.za

THE HOT SEAT (GUEST: SIYA CHARLES - Trombonist, Bandleader, Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz 2025

AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY (GUEST: KHEHLA MANJORO - Healer -How To Reach Khehla Manjoro; Call on : 073 680 4444.

THE LETTER ( GUEST: BRIAN MHLANGA – Life and Leadership Coach / 082 880 0007 WWW.BRIANMHLANGA.COM & REITUMETSI MTHEMBU – Registered Counselor COUNSELLING WITH REITUMETSI: Whattsapp Call 064 388 7324 / INFO@REITUMETSEWELLNESS.CO.ZA

Dear Aus Mapaseka. I am caught up and I don’t know what to do. I have been dating my partner since 2017, when I qualified as a CA. As in any relationship we would have disagreements but they were always about his family and some of his friends' behavior towards me. At that time, I thought that this was our own disagreement that manifested itself in different ways but in principle it was the same issue. When he turned 30 in 2023, he started to initiate serious conversations about marriage and I thought that we had to go for counseling. Fast forward to Oct 2023, due to missing my one day of the pill, I got pregnant and that is how we basically started the lobola and signed the Antenuptial Contract Agreement. Things were moving so fast, we got a house and he moved in there while I was waiting to give birth and stayed at home for 5 months. The plan was to stay with my mom for 3 months then move in with him but he said I don’t need to move in then (August 2024). Because I was still healing from a c-section, my mom not being 100% as she was sick and i had returned to work during a hectic time and I was coming back from work around 8 or 9pm - staying with my mom was convenient. I moved in Jan 2025 and around early April after some suspicious behavior I looked at his laptop and saw that he was chatting with a lady. Based on these conversations it appeared that they were dating. I confronted him and he denied it. Because I didn’t have enough evidence as well being trusting, I chose to believe him. However my gut feeling was unsettled until I got confirmation when I looked at his hidden pictures and videos on his phone. There was a video whereby they were having sexual relations in my house in my bed on 23 Dec 2024. The worst part is that he was not using a condom. I also saw other videos with two other ladies that he did the same thing with before we got married. Even when I confronted him he denied it at first. He says he has stopped having sex with the lady around Jan 2024 when we moved in to stay with him. I have had counselling sessions (two) but I don’t know what to do. I never imagined myself being a single mother, more especially because he is the second guy I have had sexual interactions with. Please help; can i build a Home with this man? NELISIWE

LIFE IN BALANCE - STARTING OVER later in life.( GUEST: SIPHO HOTSTIX MABUSE - Award Winning Musician & MBULELO MAYIKANA - Author of “Choices and Decision Making”; Founder of Contemporary Conversations 076 468 2443 WWW.MBULELO.CO.ZA

In 2012 we came across the headline “Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse passes his Matric at 60! He signed up at Peter Lengene Adult Basic Education raining School in Klipspruit Soweto and tweeted “the news is out I passed my matric I'm so happy, going , going to matric next year.”

MIND, BODY AND SOUL- TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (GUEST: DR. EVELYN MASHOKOA - Specialist Urologist and Surgeon and Sexologist/ 082 854 2043 WWW.DRMOSHOKOA.COM

RELATIONSHIP TUESDAY- WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE PARTNER YOU ARE WITH & would you choose them again? ( GUEST: MOLEBOGENG MOHOLO - Clinical Psychologist /073 566 8289 WWW.MOLEBOGENGEMOHOLO.CO.ZA

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE PARTNER YOU ARE WITH & would you choose them again?

OPENLINE MONDAYS - On Hlengiwe’s mind: Change of Season Newness as Spring kicks off( GUEST: HLENGIWE ZWANE - Clinical Psychologist