Life Happens

Lifestyle Discussion & Social Issues, Incl. Children’s Programming.

Today marks a very important day in the history of the world. On this day June 6th 1944, D-Day tens of thousands of young men sacrificed their life in the fight for freedom of the world. Our own country was deeply involved in World War Two, men were sent to fight everywhere in the air, on the sea and on the landing grounds and it didn’t matter what color they were. Both black and white men from th...

You do good and we talk about it here on Life Happens. It’s another Do Good Dongerdag and we have Do Gooders in studio with us. Today we have a team of incredible women who are stepping outside of the comfort zone and taking bold steps literally to do something that requires a lot of mental and physical strength. Known as the Everest 2020 team, they are in full preparation mode and committed to su...

Social Media Commentator and friend of the show has been trolling through the socials to keep you up to speed with some of the day’s Trending Topics In Case You Missed. Guest: Bongani Drama

27-year-old Thabang Mamabolo is a young jeweler from Mamelodi, in Pretoria. He recently graduated from the Tshwane University of Technology in Jewellery Design and Manufacture. Classically trained but fell in love with contemporary jewellery, he is the Founder and Creative Director of Mamabolo Jewellers. His business specializes in bespoke contemporary jewellery, both in manufacturing and design....

Bonding with your baby during pregnancy is the perfect time to form an attachment with them and it’s important for their development once they are born. This includes both the mother and father of the baby who are able to make that connection with the baby during pregnancy. If you’re parent you’re already familiar with some of the most commonly known ways to bond with the baby while inside their m...

Traditionally and biologically menstruation is an issue that affects women only, but holistically menstrual health affects both women and men. The husband of a wife who curl herself into a fetal position due to menstrual cramps every month knows what I mean, or the father of a young girl at the peak of puberty and is having to buy sanitary pads for her also hears me. The teacher who has to address...

Have you heard, we’ve been tracking the day’s trending topics to keep you informed in case you missed it. Guest: Mongezi Mtati - Digital Strategist and MD of Word Start and Friend of the show.

She’s been cooking since she was six-year-old, she’s passionate about experimenting with colours, flavours and textures. She has a sweet tooth and loves the creative side of baking. She learned how to cook at Bright Young Chef, a cooking workshop ran by her mother, Tanya George. Bright Young Chefs believes that cooking & baking with children can provide many beneficial learning experiences like fi...

Lesotho is a landlocked country, nestled between the Drakensberg and Maloti mountain ranges and entirely surrounded by South Africa. Commonly known for its colorful blankets which might I add were show stopper in a 2018 American superhero film, the Black Panther. It’s one of the 3 remaining kingdoms in Africa, the others are Morocco and Swaziland

It’s ….. past the hour and if you’ve just joined, welcome, you’re just in time for In case you missed it, where we bring you up to speed with trending topics on social media. Senior Public Relations Specialist at Ditshego Media and Friend of the show’s Sibonisile Ngubane is doing the honors for us today. Guest: Sibonisile Ngubane - Senior Public Relations Specialist at Ditshego Media and Friend of...

Those are the amazing lyrics to Natasha Beddingfield’s song Unwritten. That’s how we have to tackle life sometimes, like blank pages that we have to fill with strength, love, passion, compassion, endurance, and composure. That’s what all those students who are preparing to write exams are going to need soon, to keep their composure as they prepare for their upcoming midterm exams. How exactly is t...

How you react to someone else’s actions may have a negative impact on your life unless you take control of your own thoughts and feelings and learn to block negativity away. It’s Youth Month and we know that young people especially are easily susceptible to peer pressure. Our guest today turned her negative situation from being a struggling Domestic Worker to BA Psychology degree graduate. She is...

It’s officially Youth Month and we want to take dedicate to the youth of this country who are doing well. We start the month off by celebrating a young lady who has been been chosen by President Ramaphosa to dress one of the country’s most success and famous choirs. She was appointed as the new designer for Grammy award-winning gospel group, Soweto Gospel Choir a few months ago She graduated from...

Social Media Commentator and friend of the show has been trolling through the socials to keep you up to speed with some of the day’s Trending Topics In Case You Missed. Guest: Bongani Drama

Siphokazi (The great Gift) was born in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape of South Africa. She attended primary school at Kwa-zizamele and then proceeded to Toli Secondary School. She then came to Johannesburg In 1999 and enrolled at Sibikwa Community Art Centre. In 2000, she received a bursary from The National Arts Council, enabling her to enroll at Central Johannesburg College, where she completed her di...

guest: Samora Mangesi

Well, if you’re still waiting for the future, I’m here to tell you that the future is here and it comes bearing good news. There’s been too many reports of botched surgical surgeries and here at the Life Happens bureau of investigations we are having none of it! Not in this day in age, nowadays Surgeons can plan safe surgical procedures in advance using A 3D printing machine. Here’s how it works,...

Today's throwback goes to the 30th of May, 2006 where the incidence of new HIV infections appeared to have stabilized for the first time in 25 years of AIDS. The world had been making progress against the disease, which brought about better access to drugs and the growth in the awareness of the epidemic. But the United Nation’s agency warned that there were still bigger problems to deal with in co...

It’s Take a Girl Child to Work Day today, is your office full of girls today? This initiative is aimed at broadening young girls’ horizons in South Africa and helping them explore a myriad of career opportunities from which they were previously excluded. It’s regarded as one of South Africa’s largest collaborative acts of volunteerism, which has helped more than a million girls. This year the camp...

Our new cabinet. I know that this is out of character for us, we are a lifestyle and human interest show but you know, sometimes The personal is political, there are connections between personal experience and larger social and political structures. So, you have your ministers South Africa. How do you feel about them? Who would you have liked to see added on to the list, who would you have liked t...

We all need a little fire every now and to rekindle that flame within us. Maybe you’ve always wanted to write a book but you’ve been procrastinating or discouraged because you don’t really know what the next step to getting your book out there is or are jaded because maybe it didn’t work in the past. Our guest today knows that we all have a story to tell, but we sometimes need a little help gettin...

My guest today has herself shown kindness to a lot of people in her involvement with charities such as the Johannesburg Children’s Home and The Abraham Kriel Children’s Home. She’s also used her voice and influence to numerous organizations such as the Sonke Gender Justice Network, The National Department of Health, the ANC Women’s League and The World Bank. You know her as Dineo Mashaba Dlomo fro...

Millions of people around the world will stand in solidarity to raise awareness on the negative impact of smoking this Friday. The 31st of May marks World No Tobacco Day and this year’s theme is ‘Tobacco and Lung Health’. The day is also aimed at advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption and engage stakeholders across multiple sectors in the fight for tobacco control. From ca...

We’ve been tracking the day’s trending topics for you to keep you informed in case you missed what’s happening on the socials. Guest: Bongani Drama, Social Media Commentator and Friend of the show, is filling us in today